Ongcwele wosuku: Abangcwele uPerpetua noFelicità
USaint of the day: Saints Perpetua and Happiness: “Lapho ubaba wami ngothando lwakhe azama ukungiqhelisa enhlosweni yami ngezimpikiswano futhi ngaleyo ndlela enza ukholo lwami lube buthakathaka, ngathi kuye: 'Bona lo mbiza, imbiza yamanzi noma yini kube? Ngabe ingabizwa nganoma yiliphi elinye igama ngaphandle kwalokhu eliyikho? "Cha," ephendula. "Ngakho-ke nami angikwazi ukuzibiza ngegama ngaphandle kwalokhu engiyikho: umKristu".
Ubhala kanjalo uPerpetua: osemncane, omuhle, okhulile, owesifazane ohloniphekile waseCarthage eNyakatho Afrika, umama wendodana esanda kuzalwa nomlobi wezindaba zokushushiswa kwamaKrestu nguMbusi uSeptimius Severus.
Unina kaPerpetua wayengumKristu kanti ubaba wakhe wayengumhedeni. Wayelokhu emncenga ukuthi aphike ukholo lwakhe. Wenqabile waboshwa eneminyaka engu-22.
Encwadini yakhe yezenzakalo zansuku zonke, uPerpetua uchaza isikhathi sakhe sokuboshwa: “Yeka usuku olwesabekayo! Ukushisa okwesabekayo, ngenxa yezixuku! Ukuphathwa ngonya okuvela emasosheni! Ngaphezu kwakho konke, ngangihlushwa ekukhathazekeni enganeni yami…. Ngahlushwa ukukhathazeka okunjalo izinsuku eziningi, kodwa ngathola imvume yokuthi ingane yami ihlale nami ejele, futhi ngikhululekile ezinkingeni zami nasekukhathazekeni kwami, ngasheshe ngalulama futhi ijele lami laba yisigodlo sami bakhethe ukuba lapho kunanoma iyiphi enye indawo “.
Ngaphandle kokusongelwa ngokushushiswa nokubulawa, uPerpetua, uFelicita - oyisigqila nomama okhulelwe - nabangane bakhe abathathu, uRevocatus, uSecundulus noSaturninus, benqaba ukuyeka ukukholwa kwabo kobuKristu. Ngenxa yokwenqena kwabo, bonke bathunyelwa emidlalweni yomphakathi enkundleni yezemidlalo. Lapho uPerpetua noFelicita banqunywa amakhanda kanti abanye babulawa yizilwane.
Saints Perpetua nenjabulo
UFelicita wabeletha ingane yentombazane ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuqala kwemidlalo. Imizuzu yokuqulwa kwecala likaPerpetua nokuboshwa kwakhe iphela ngosuku olungaphambi kwemidlalo. "Ngokwenziwe emidlalweni uqobo, ake ngibhale ukuthi ngubani ozokwenza." Idayari yaqedelwa ngofakazi wokuzibonela.
Ukucabanga: Ukushushiswa kwezinkolelo zenkolo akugcini kumaKrestu asendulo. Cabanga ngo-Anne Frank, intombazane engumJuda eyaphoqeleka ukuba icashe nomndeni wayo futhi kamuva yashona eBergen-Belsen, elinye lamakamu okubulawa kukaHitler phakathi neMpi Yezwe II. U-Anne, njengoPerpetua noFelicity, wakhuthazelela ubunzima nokuhlupheka futhi ekugcineni wafa ngoba wazinikela kuNkulunkulu .. Encwadini yakhe yezenzakalo zansuku zonke, u-Anne uyabhala: “Kunzima ngokuphindwe kabili kithina bantu abasha ukubamba ukuma kwethu nokubamba imibono yethu, lapho yonke imigomo ichithekile futhi icekelwa phansi, lapho abantu bekhombisa uhlangothi lwabo olubi kakhulu futhi bengalazi. ukukholwa eqinisweni nasemthethweni nakuNkulunkulu ”.