Ongcwele wosuku: San Clemente
UClement angabizwa ngokuthi umsunguli wesibili wamaRedemptorists, ngoba nguyena owaletha ibandla likaSant'Alfonso Liguori kubantu abasenyakatho ne-Alps.
UGiovanni, igama alinikwa ngesikhathi ebhapathizwa, wazalelwa eMoravia emndenini ompofu, ongowesishiyagalolunye ezinganeni eziyi-12. Yize ayefisa ukuba ngumfundisi, yayingekho imali yezifundo zakhe futhi wayengumfundi wokubhaka. Kodwa uNkulunkulu wahola inhlanhla yale nsizwa. Wathola umsebenzi ebhikawozi lezindela lapho avunyelwa khona ukuba afunde emakilasini esikoleni sakhe sesiLatin. Ngemuva kokushona kuka-abbot, uJohn wazama impilo yokuba yedwa, kepha ngenkathi uMbusi uJoseph II eqeda ama-hermitages, uJohn wabuyela eVienna nasekhishini.
Ngolunye usuku, ngemuva kokukhonza imisa eSt. Stephen's Cathedral, wabiza inqola yamantombazane amabili ayelinde lapho emvuleni. Engxoxweni yabo bafunde ukuthi ngeke akwazi ukuqhubeka nezifundo zakhe zobupristi ngenxa yokushoda kwemali. Banikela ngokukhululekile ukuxhasa bobabili uGiovanni nomngani wakhe uTaddeo ezifundweni zabo zobufundisi. Laba bobabili baya eRoma, lapho bakhangwa khona umbono wempilo yezenkolo kaSanta Alphonsus kanye nabakwaRedemptorists. Lezi zinsizwa ezimbili zagcotshwa ndawonye ngo-1785.
Ngokushesha lapho athi eneminyaka engama-34, uClement Maria, njengoba ayebizwa kanjalo manje, noTaddeo babuyiselwa eVienna. Kodwa ubunzima benkolo lapho babaphoqa ukuba bahambe futhi baqhubekele enyakatho baye eWarsaw, ePoland. Lapho bahlangana namaKatolika amaningi akhuluma isiJalimane ayeshiywe ngaphandle kompristi ngokucindezelwa kwamaJesuit. Ekuqaleni kwakudingeka baphile ngobumpofu obukhulu futhi bashumayele izintshumayelo zangaphandle. Ekugcineni bathola isonto laseSan Benno futhi eminyakeni eyisishiyagalolunye eyalandela bashumayela izintshumayelo ezinhlanu ngosuku, ezimbili ngesiJalimane nezintathu ngesiPolish, beguqulela abaningi enkolweni. Basebenza ngokuzikhandla emsebenzini wezenhlalakahle phakathi kwabampofu, basungula ikhaya lezintandane bese kuba isikole sabafana.
Ngokuheha abazongenela ibandla, bakwazi ukuthumela izithunywa zevangeli ePoland, eJalimane naseSwitzerland. Zonke lezi zisekelo ekugcineni kwadingeka ukuthi zishiywe ngenxa yezinxushunxushu zezombusazwe nezenkolo zangaleso sikhathi. Ngemuva kweminyaka engu-20 esebenza kanzima, uClemente Mary ngokwakhe waboshwa futhi waxoshwa ezweni. Kwaze kwaba kuphela emva kokuboshwa lapho akwazi khona ukufika eVienna, lapho ayeyohlala futhi asebenze khona eminyakeni eyi-12 edlule yokuphila kwakhe. Ngokushesha waba "ngumphostoli waseVienna", elalela ukuvuma kwabacebile nabampofu, evakashela abagulayo, esebenza njengomeluleki wabanamandla, ehlanganyela ubungcwele bakhe nawo wonke umuntu osedolobheni. Umsebenzi wakhe wobuciko wobuciko kwakungukusungulwa kwekolishi lamaKatolika edolobheni lakhe alithandayo.
Ushushiso lwalandela uClement Mary, futhi kwakukhona labo abasegunyeni abakwazi ukumvimba ekushumayeleni isikhashana. Kwenziwa umzamo osezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu wokuthi axoshwe. Kepha ubungcwele bakhe nodumo kwamvikela futhi kwavuselela ukukhula kwamaRedemptorists. Ngenxa yemizamo yakhe, ibandla lamiswa ngokuqinile enyakatho ye-Alps ngesikhathi sokushona kwakhe ngo-1820. UClement Maria Hofbauer wagcotshwa njengomuntu ogcotshiwe ngonyaka ka-1909.
Ukucabanga: UClemente Mary ubone umsebenzi wempilo yakhe ungena enhlekeleleni. Ukungezwani kwezenkolo nezepolitiki kwamphoqa ukuthi yena nabafowabo bashiye izinkonzo zabo eGermany, ePoland naseSwitzerland. UClement Maria uqobo waxoshwa ePoland futhi kwadingeka aqale phansi futhi. Omunye wake waveza ukuthi abalandeli bakaJesu ababethelwe kufanele babone kuphela amathuba amasha avulekayo lapho behlangabezana nokwehluleka. UClemente Maria usikhuthaza ukuthi silandele isibonelo sakhe, sithembele eNkosini esisiqondisayo.