ESicily isifanekiso segazi leMadonna likhalela
"Ngijabule kakhulu ukuthi kunabantu lapha nanamuhla, ngiyethemba ukuthi uLwethukazi uzoyilalela imithandazo yabo, kunesidingo sokuguqulwa kwemiphefumulo". Unksz Pina Micali ukhuluma esekhaya lakhe endaweni eyi-Giampilieri Marina eMessina phambi kwesithombe se-Our Lady of Sorrows okwathi isikhathi esingaphezu kwesonto ngabe waqala ukuchitha "izinyembezi zegazi", eheha inqwaba yabathembekile basePuglia nasenyakatho ne-Italy. Ngokusho kwabahambi, uketshezi olunjenge-oli lwaluzokwehla engutsheni yesithombe.
Cishe abantu abangamashumi amathathu babuthane ngomkhuleko phambi kwalesi sithombe: kukhona abacela umusa, abazokhuluma noNkk Pina. Nokho, laba bokugula bayagula futhi abakwazi ukuma. Ubonisa ukubingelela okufushane nje futhi ucela wonke umuntu ukuba athandaze ngokubathembisa ukuthi uma bebuya uzobanika ukotini ngamafutha okwehla engxenyeni yesithombe sikaMadonna. Wonke umuntu uthi bayakholelwa isimangaliso, noma ngabe abakwaCuria bezwakalise ukuqaphela ngalolu daba.
Lesi sithombe sanikelwa ngumpristi ovela e-Agrigento, lapho kukhona ezinye izithonjana zeMadonna enobuso obomvu obunemibala. Phezulu, ubuso bukaKristu owayeseceleni kombhede weSignora Pina, into yokuqala yendlu okwenzeka kuyo iminyaka engama-25 edlule, ngo-1989, "igazi" ngabe lichithekile. Ngo-1992 wabe esethinta enye yezithombe zikaMadonna kwathi bonke abanye banikela kuNkk Pina. Ukwamukela abathembekile, uFrancesca Gorpia omunye wamalungu enhlangano ye-Emmanuele Onlus.
"Njalo ngoLwesibili nangoLwesihlanu nangoMgqibelo wokuqala enyangeni ngayinye siphinda irosari futhi uNkk Pina ubona uMadonna - uthi - kwesinye isikhathi uke wabona noJesu. Umama kaNkulunkulu umchazela ukuthi imiphefumulo eminingi namuhla ikhetha ububi nokuthi kumele sibathandazele. U-Lady wethu ubezosho nokuthi ukhethe iGiampilieri ngalezi zehlakalo ngoba ukuguqula imiphefumulo kuzoqala lapha ”. Futhi ekungabazeni okuyikho mayelana nale ndaba, ivolontiya liyaphendula: "Esikhathini esedlule izinyembezi ziye zahlaziywa ngodokotela futhi bekukhulunywa ngezinto ezingaveziwe kanye nokuba khona kwegazi lomuntu".