USanta wosuku lukaJanuwari 4: indaba kaSt. Elizabeth Ann Seton
I-Saint of the day kaJanuwari 4
(28 Agasti 1774 - 4 Januwari 1821)
Indaba ka-St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
UMama Seton ungenye yamatshe angukhiye e-American Catholic Church. Wasungula umphakathi wezenkolo wokuqala waseMelika, iSisters of Charity. Uvule isikole sokuqala saseMelika wasungula ikhaya lezintandane laseMelika lokuqala. Konke lokhu ukwenze esikhathini esiyiminyaka engama-46 ngenkathi ekhulisa izingane zakhe ezinhlanu.
U-Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton uyindodakazi yangempela ye-American Revolution, eyazalwa ngo-Agasti 28, 1774, eminyakeni emibili nje ngaphambi kweSimemezelo Sokuzimela. Ngokuzalwa nangomshado, wayexhumene nemindeni yokuqala yaseNew York futhi wajabulela izithelo zomphakathi ophakeme. Wakhuliswa njenge-Episcopalian ekholwayo, wafunda ukubaluleka komkhuleko, umBhalo kanye nokuhlolwa kukanembeza ebusuku. Uyise, uDkt. Richard Bayley, wayengawathandi kakhulu amasonto, kodwa wayengumuntu opha abantu okuhle, efundisa indodakazi yakhe ukuthanda nokusebenzela abanye.
Ukushona kukanina ngaphambi kwesikhathi ngo-1777 kanye nodadewabo omncane ngo-1778 kwanika u-Elizabeth umuzwa wobuphakade nokuba yisikhashana sempilo njengomhambi emhlabeni. Kunokuba abe lusizi futhi adabuke, wabhekana "nokuqothulwa kwesizwe" okusha ngakunye, njengoba akubeka, nethemba nenjabulo.
Ngeminyaka eyi-19, u-Elizabeth wayeyinhle yaseNew York futhi washada nosomabhizinisi ocebile, uWilliam Magee Seton. Babenezingane ezinhlanu ngaphambi kokuba ibhizinisi lakhe liqhekeke futhi wabulawa yisifo sofuba. Ngeminyaka engama-30, u-Elizabeth wayengumfelokazi, engenamali, enezingane ezinhlanu okufanele azondle.
Ngenkathi ese-Italy nomyeni wakhe owayesifa, u-Elisabetta wabona ubuKatolika busebenza ngabangane bomndeni. Amaphuzu amathathu ayisisekelo amholela ekubeni abe ngumKatolika: ukukholwa ebukhoneni bangempela, ukuzinikela kuMama Obusisiwe nokuqiniseka ukuthi iSonto LamaKatolika libuyele kubaphostoli nakuKristu. Abaningi emndenini nakubangane bakhe bamenqaba lapho eba ngumKatolika ngoMashi 1805.
Ukondla izingane zakhe, wavula isikole eBaltimore. Kusukela ekuqaleni, iqembu lakhe lalilandela imigqa yomphakathi wezenkolo, owasungulwa ngokusemthethweni ngo-1809.
Izinhlamvu zikaMama Seton eziyinkulungwane noma ngaphezulu ziveza ukukhula kwempilo yakhe yokomoya kusuka ebuhleni obujwayelekile kuye ebungcweleni bobuqhawe. Wathola ubunzima obukhulu bokugula, ukungaqondi kahle, ukushona kwabathandekayo (umyeni wakhe namadodakazi amabili amancane) kanye nosizi lwendodana ehlubukayo. Ushone ngoJanuwari 4, 1821 futhi waba yisakhamuzi sokuqala saseMelika ukuthi asishaye isifuba (1963) wabe esegcotshwa (1975). Ungcwatshwe e-Emmitsburg, eMaryland.
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U-Elizabeth Seton wayengenazo izipho ezingavamile. Kwakungeyona imfihlakalo noma inhlamba. Akazange aprofethe noma akhulume ngezilimi. Wayenemikhuleko emibili emikhulu: ukuyeka ukwenza intando kaNkulunkulu nothando olukhulu lweSakramente elibusisiwe. Ubhalele umngani wakhe, uJulia Scott, ukuthi angancamela ukuhweba umhlaba "ngomhume noma ugwadule". "Kodwa uNkulunkulu unginike okuningi okumele ngikwenze, futhi ngihlala nginethemba lokukhetha intando yakhe kunalokho engikufisayo." Uphawu lwakhe lobungcwele luvuleleke kubo bonke uma sithanda uNkulunkulu futhi senza intando yakhe.