Ongcwele wosuku lwango-11 Febhuwari: indaba ka-Our Lady of Lourdes
NgoDisemba 8, 1854, uPapa Pius IX wamemezela imfundiso ye-Immaculate Conception kumthethosisekelo wabaphostoli Ineffabilis Deus. Eminyakeni engaphezudlwana kwemithathu kamuva, ngoFebhuwari 11, 1858, kwavela intokazi kuBernadette Soubirous. Lokhu kwaqala uchungechunge lwemibono. Ngesikhathi kuvele umashi ngomhlaka 25 Mashi, le ntokazi yazikhomba ngala mazwi: "I am the Immaculate Conception". UBernadette wayeyindodakazi egulayo yabazali abampofu. Ukwenza kwabo inkolo yamaKhatholika kwakungasho nje ukuthi kusivivi. UBernadette wayekwazi ukuthandaza kuBaba Wethu, Dumisa uMariya kanye neSivumo Sokholo. Wayewazi nomthandazo weMedal Medal: "O Mary wakhulelwa ungenasono".
Ngesikhathi ephekwa ngemibuzo uBernadette watshela akubonile. Bekuyinto "emhlophe esesimweni sentombazane". Usebenzise igama elithi aquero, igama lesigodi elisho "le nto". "Wayeyintombazane enhle ephethe irosari engalweni". Ingubo yakhe emhlophe yayizungezwe ibhande eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Wayegqoke iveyili emhlophe. Kwakukhona i-rose eliphuzi onyaweni ngalunye. Wayephethe irosari ngesandla. UBernadette waphinde wahlatshwa umxhwele iqiniso lokuthi le ntokazi ayisebenzisanga ifomu elingahlelekile lekheli (tu), kodwa ifomu labezizwe (vous). Intombi ethobekile yavela entombazaneni ethobekile futhi yayiphatha ngesithunzi. Ngaleyo ntombazane ethobekile, uMaria uvuselele futhi uyaqhubeka nokuvuselela ukholo lwezigidi zabantu. Abantu baqala ukuthutheleka eLourdes bevela kwezinye izingxenye zeFrance nakuwo wonke umhlaba. Ngo-1862 iziphathimandla zesonto zaqinisekisa ubuqiniso bemibono futhi zagunyaza inkolo ye-Our Lady of Lourdes yesifunda-bhishobhi. Umkhosi we-Our Lady of Lourdes waya emhlabeni wonke ngo-1907.
Ukuzindla: ILourdes isiphenduke indawo yokuhambela nokwelapha, kepha nokholo olukhulu kakhulu. Iziphathimandla zesonto seziqaphele ukwelashwa okuyisimangaliso okungaphezu kwama-60, yize mhlawumbe kube khona okunye okuningi. Kubantu bokholo lokhu akumangazi. Kungukuqhubeka kwezimangaliso zikaJesu zokuphulukisa, manje ezenziwa ngokuncengela kukanina. Abanye bangathi izimangaliso ezinkulu kakhulu zifihliwe. Abaningi abavakashela uLourdes babuyela ekhaya benokholo olwenziwe kabusha futhi bakulungele ukukhonza uNkulunkulu kubafowabo nodadewabo abaswele. Kusengaba khona abantu abangabazayo izibuko zikaLourdes. Mhlawumbe okungcono kakhulu okungashiwo kubo ngamazwi angenisa ifilimu ethi The Song of Bernadette: “Kulabo abakholelwa kuNkulunkulu ayikho incazelo edingekayo. Kulabo abangakholelwa, akukho ncazelo engenzeka “.