Ongcwele wosuku lukaFebhuwari 5: indaba yeSant'Agata

(cishe 230 - 251)

Njengasendabeni ka-Agnes, omunye umfel 'ukholo owayeyintombi weSonto lokuqala, cishe akukho lutho ngokomlando oluqinisekile ngalo lo ngcwele ngaphandle kokuthi wabulawelwa ukholo eSicily ngesikhathi kushushiswa umbusi uDecius ngo-251.

Inganekwane ithi u-Agata, njengo-Agnes, waboshwa njengomKristu, wahlukunyezwa futhi wathunyelwa endlini yobufebe ukuze aphathwe kabi. Wavikelwa ekwephuleni umthetho futhi kamuva wabulawa.

Ubizwa ngokuthi ungumphathi wePalermo neCatania. Ngonyaka ngemuva kokufa kwakhe, ukuzola kokuqhuma kweMt. U-Etna ubhekiswe ekuthandazeleni kwakhe. Ngenxa yalokhu, abantu ngokusobala baqhubeka nokumcela imithandazo yokuzivikela emlilweni.

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Ingqondo yesayensi yanamuhla iyaphazamiseka emcabangweni wokuthi amandla wentaba-mlilo aqukethwe uNkulunkulu ngenxa yemithandazo yentombazane yaseSicilian. Mhlawumbe ukwamukelwa okuncane kakhulu umbono wokuthi lowo saint ungumsizi wobungcweti bemisebenzi ehlukahlukene njengaleyo yabasunguli, abahlengikazi, abavukuzi kanye nabaqondisi bezintaba. Kodwa-ke, ngokunemba kwethu ngokomlando, ingabe silahlekelwe yimfanelo ebalulekile yomuntu yokumangala kanye nezinkondlo, kanye nenkolelo yethu yokuthi siza kuNkulunkulu ngokusizana, ngezenzo nangomkhuleko?

ISant'Agata ingukuvikela izifo zamabele