Izimpawu zeLourdes: amanzi, izixuku, abantu abagulayo
Amanzi
"Iya uyiphuze ugeze emthonjeni", yilokhu iNtombi enguMariya eyibuze ku-Bernadette Soubirous ngoFebhuwari 25, 1858. Amanzi eLourdes awawona amanzi abusisiwe. Kungamanzi ajwayelekile futhi ajwayelekile. Ayinakho ubuhle noma impahla ethile yokwelapha. Ukuthandwa kwamanzi eLourdes kwazalwa nezimangaliso. Abantu abaphulukisiwe babemanzi, noma baphuze amanzi entwasahlobo. UBernadette Soubirous ngokwakhe uthe: “Uthatha amanzi njengomuthi…. kumele sibe nokukholwa, kumele sithandaze: la manzi bebengeke abe namandla ngaphandle kokholo! ". Amanzi weLourdes uwuphawu lwamanye amanzi: lokho kobhapathizo.
Izixuku
Sekuyiminyaka engaphezu kuka-160 isixuku sikhona kulo mcimbi, sivela kuwo wonke amazwekazi. Ngesikhathi wohlelo lokuqala, ngomhlaka 11 kuFebhuwari 1858, uBernadette wayehambisana kuphela nodadewabo uToinette nomngani, uJeanne Abadie. Emavikini ambalwa, uLourdes ujabulele idumela le "dolobha lezimangaliso". Kuqala amakhulu, bese izinkulungwane zabantu abathembekile nabenelukuluku befika kuleyo ndawo. Ngemuva kokuqashelwa okusemthethweni kwamahlelo okwenziwa yiBandla, ngonyaka we-1862, uhambo lwakuqala lwendawo lwahlelwa. Umbono weLourdes waqala ukubonakala emhlabeni wonke ekuqaleni kwamashumi amabili eminyaka. Kepha kungemva kweMpi Yezwe Yesibili lapho izibalo zikhomba isigaba sokukhula okunamandla…. Kusukela ngo-Ephreli kuya ku-Okthoba, njalo ngoLwesithathu nangeSonto, ngo-h. Ngo-9,30: XNUMX ekuseni, kugujwa inqwaba yamazwe omhlaba eSan Pio X. Ezinyangeni zikaJulayi no-Agasti, eSanhalage kukhona nezixuku zomhlaba wonke zentsha.
Abantu abagulayo nabaphathi
Okushayayo isivakashi esilula ubukhona ngaphakathi kweSanhala labantu abaningi abagulayo nabakhubazekile. Lababantu abalinyazwe yimpilo bangathola induduzo ethile kuLourdes. Ngokusemthethweni, babalelwa ku-80.000 abantu abagulayo nabakhubazekile abavela emazweni ahlukahlukene abaya eLourdes minyaka yonke. Naphezu kokugula noma ubuthakathaka, lapha bazizwa besendaweni yokuthula nenjabulo. Ukuphiliswa kokuqala kukaLourdes kwenzeka ngesikhathi sovalo. Kusukela lapho, ukubona abagulayo kuye kwabathinta ngokujulile abantu abaningi kangangokuba baye banikela ngosizo lwabo ngokukhululekile. Bangabaphathi, abesilisa nabesifazane. Kodwa-ke, ukuphulukiswa kwezidumbu akunakufihla ukuphulukiswa kwezinhliziyo. Wonke umuntu, ogulayo emzimbeni noma komoya, bazithola sebephansi kweGrotto yama-Apparitions, phambi kweNkosazana enguMariya ukuhlanganyela umthandazo wabo