Ongcwele wosuku: Saint John Joseph weSiphambano
USt. John Joseph weSiphambano: Ukuzincisha akukona ukuphela kukodwa, kodwa kuwusizo kuphela ekuboneleleni ngesisa esikhulu - njengoba kukhombisa impilo kaSt. John Joseph.
Wayengumuntu othanda ukuzincisha kakhulu ngisho eseyinsizwa. Lapho eneminyaka engu-16 wajoyina amaFranciscans eNaples; wayengowokuqala wase-Italy ukulandela inhlangano yezinguquko eSan Pietro Alcantara. Isithunzi sikaJohn Joseph sobungcwele senza abaphathi bakhe bamthuma ukuba asungule isigodlo esisha nangaphambi kokuba simiswe.
Ukulalela kwaholela ekwamukelweni kwezikhundla njenge-novice master, umqaphi futhi, ekugcineni, nokwesifundazwe. Iminyaka yakhe ka ukwenziwa kwemali bamvumela ukuthi anikeze lezi zinkonzo kuma-friars ngothando olukhulu. Njengomqaphi kwakungeyona into enhle ukusebenza ekhishini noma ukuletha izinkuni namanzi adingwa ama-friars.
Ekupheleni kwesikhathi sakhe njengesiFundazwe, wazinikela ekulaleleni ukuvuma izono kanye nokwenza udaba lokukhwabanisa, izinto ezimbili ezaziphikisana nomoya wokuntwela kweNkathi Yokukhanyiselwa. UGiovanni Giuseppe della Croce wagcotshwa ngokusemthethweni ngo-1839.
Ukucabanga: USanta John Joseph weSiphambano
Ukubanjiswa kwemali kwamvumela ukuba abe uhlobo lwesikhulu esithethelelayo esifunwa uSt. Ukuzincisha kufanele kusiholele esibonelweni sokusiza, hhayi ukufutheka; kufanele isisize sicacise izinto eziza kuqala kithi futhi isenze sibe nothando ngokwengeziwe. USt. John Joseph weSiphambano ungubufakazi obuphilayo bokubonwa nguChesterton: “Kuhlale kulula ukuvumela iminyaka ibe yinhloko yayo; into enzima ukugcina okwakho.
I-Roman Martyrology: NaseNaples, uSt.John Joseph weSiphambano (uCarlo Gaetano) uCalosirto, umpristi we-Order of Friars Minor, owalandela ezinyathelweni zikaSt.Peter wase-Alcántara, wabuyisa isiyalo senkolo ezindaweni eziningi zezindela eNeapolitan isifundazwe. UCarlo Gaetano Calosirto wazalelwa e-Ischia ngo-Agasti 15, 1654. Kuthe eneminyaka eyishumi nesithupha wangena esigodlweni seNeapolitan saseSanta Lucia eMonte dei Frati Minori Alcantarini, lapho aphila khona impilo yokuzincisha. Ngokubambisana nabanxanxathela abayishumi nanye wabe esethunyelwa endaweni engcwele yaseSanta Maria Needvole ePiedimonte d'Alife, ukuze kwakhiwe isigodlo esisha.