UKhisimusi "womuntu ompofu" wase-Assisi
USanta Francis yase-Assisi yayinokuzinikela okuthile kuKhisimusi, iwubheka njengobaluleke ngaphezu kwanoma yiliphi elinye iholide lonyaka. Wayekholelwa ukuthi, nakuba iNkosi yayilethe insindiso kwezinye imikhosi, kwakuwusuku lwayo lokuzalwa lapho yaqala khona ukusisindisa. Ongcwele wayefuna wonke umKristu ajabule eNkosini ngesikhathi sikaKhisimusi, abonise injabulo hhayi kuphela kubantu abaswele kodwa nasezilwaneni nasezinyonini.
Ku-"Impilo Yesibili kaSaint Francis wase-Assisi” ka-Tommaso da Celano, igqamisa ukuzinikela okujulile kukaSanta Francis ngoKhisimusi. Wawugubha ngokukhulu ukucophelela lokhu mkhosi, wawubiza ngokuthi umkhosi wamadili. ONgcwele wathatheka ngokukhethekileisithombe soMntwana uJesu futhi waqabula ngokulangazela imifanekiso yezitho zosana.
Saint Francis kanye nothando lwakhe ngoMntwana uJesu
Ngesinye isikhathi, lapho friars babexoxa ukuthi isibopho dedani inyama ngolwesihlanu lukaKhisimusi, uFrancesco waphendula ethukuthele kakhulu. Wathi usuku lokuzalwa koMntwana uJesu angeke luthathwe njengosuku lokuzisola. Kunalokho, uFrancis wayefisa ukuthi ngalolu suku i abantu abacebile babeyokwanelisa abampofu nokuthi izilwane zithola ukudla okuchichimayo kunokuvamile.
ONgcwele wabonisa ukukhathazeka okuthile nge ubumpofu beNcasakazi uMariya ngosuku lokuzalwa kukaJesu.Ngesinye isikhathi, ngesikhathi sokudla, umfundisi othile wamkhumbuza ngobumpofu buka Intombi futhi uFrancesco, edangele kakhulu ngalomcabango, wasukuma etafuleni futhi wadla isinkwa esisele ngqo emhlabeni.
UFrancis wayekholelwa ukuthi ubumpofu buyinto eyodwa ubuhle bobukhosi, ekhanya eNkosini neNdlovukazi yasezulwini. Ephendula umbuzo ngezici ezenza umuntu asondele kuKristu, oNgcwele wamemezela ukuthi ubumpofu buyindlela ethile yensindiso, ubuhle obaziwa abambalwa kuphela.
UFrancesco wayeyindoda evela inhliziyo enkulu nozwelo olukhulu. Wabonisa lezi zimfanelo ngezandla ezingokoqobo nezilula, njengokuqabula izithombe zoMntwana kanye nesifiso wonke umuntu, amadoda nezilwane, angasijabulela. inala ngalolu suku olukhethekile.