Umzimba ongaphelele weSanta Bernadette: Kugeleza igazi elinamanzi
Kunowesifazane oneminyaka engama-35 ofayo: Umzimba ophelele kaSanta Bernadette Marie Bernarde Soubirous, "oxoxa" weSisters of Nevers, owaziwa ngoBernadette, lowo owayebonile wakhuluma no-Our Lady eLourdes. Umlenze wakhe wawubolile. Ubukeza isikhathi sakhe esidlule sosizi nendlala kuqala, sokuhlekwa usulu nokungabi nabulungisa ngaleso sikhathi, sokungaqondakali njalo. Nakhu ukuthi umlobi uMarcelle Auclair asichaze kanjani isivumelwano esingokomoya sikaBernadette:
"Ngesidingo sikamama nobaba, ngokulinyazwa kwesigayo,
nge wayini yokukhathala, yezimvu ezinamakhambi: ngiyabonga, Nkulunkulu wami!
Umlomo kakhulu ukondla engangiyikho;
ngoba izingane zazinakekela, ngoba izimvu ezigciniwe, ngiyabonga!
Ngiyabonga, Nkulunkulu wami, nge-Procurator, kuKhomishani, kumaGendarmes, ngamagama anokhahlo kaDon Peyremale,
ngezinsuku owafika ngazo, Ntombi enguMariya,
kulabo ongafikanga kubo,
Ngeke ngikwazi ukukubonga ngaphandle kwaseZulwini.
UBernadette, lowo owayebonile futhi wakhuluma noMama Wethu eLourdes
Kepha ngenxa yokushaywa ngempama, ngenhleko, nokuqhuma, kwalabo abangibambele ukuhlanya,
kulabo abangithathe njengexoki,
kulabo abangithathe ngentshisekelo,
NGIYABONGA, MADONNA!
isipelingi angikaze ngazi,
ngenkumbulo engingakaze ngibe nayo,
ukungazi kwami nobuwula bami, ngiyabonga!
Ngiyabonga, ngiyabonga, ngoba ukube bekukhona emhlabeni
intombazane eyisiphukuphuku kunami, ubuyobe ukhethe yona!
Ngomama wami oshonele kude,
ngobuhlungu engabunabo lapho ubaba,
esikhundleni sokufinyelela kuBernadette wakhe omncane, uDadewethu Marie Bernarde wangibiza: Ngiyabonga Jesu!
Ngiyabonga ukuphuza le nhliziyo ebuhlungu onginike yona ngomunyu.
Ngomama uJosephine owangimemezela ukuthi "anginalusizo lwalutho", ngiyabonga! Ngokubhuqa kukaMama Master, izwi lakhe elinzima,
ukungalungi kwakhe, indelelo yakhe, nesinkwa sokululazeka, ngiyabonga!
Umzimba ophelele kaSaint Bernadette "UDade Marie Bernarde ungishayele: ngiyabonga, Jesu"
Ngibonga ukuthi kube yilapho umama Teresa angasho ukuthi, "Awungeke unganele."
Ngiyabonga ngokuba yilungelo lokuhlanjalazwa,
ngakho-ke odadewethu bathi, "Inhlanhla kanjani ukungabi yiBernadette!"
Siyabonga ngokuba nguBernadette,
esongelwa ngejele ngoba bengikubonile, Ntombi Engcwele!
Ubonwa ngabantu njengesilo esingandile;
uBernadette asho ukuthi, uma embona wathi: "Akunjalo?"
Lo mzimba odabukisayo onginike wona,
ngalesi sifo somlilo nentuthu,
inyama yami ebolayo, amathambo ami abolile, umjuluko wami, umkhuhlane wami,
izinhlungu zami ezibuthuntu nezibukhali, NGIYABONGA, NKULUNKULU WAMI!
lo mphefumulo onginike wona,
ugwadule lwe-aridity yangaphakathi,
ubusuku bakho nokukhanya kwakho,
ukuthula kwakho nombani wakho;
konke, engekho nokwethula wena, NGIYABONGA, NGIYABONGA, O JESU!
(Kusuka kusivumelwano esingokomoya sikaBernadette - 1844-1879)
UBernadette ushone eneminyaka engama-35 kanti umzimba wakhe uxoshwe kathathu esikhaleni seminyaka engama-46, ngenxa yenqubo yokuvuselelwa, ngokumangazayo okumangazayo ukuthi bekulokhu kwenzeka njalo, yize irosary yakhe manje yayisagqwala futhi nengubo yakhe isinamanzi.
Odokotela abaqale bayikhipha bayamangala ukuthola ukuthi i-intact (futhi isekhona namanje) iqala isibindi, okubonakala sengathi yinto yokuqala engahambi kahle, namazinyo namazipho nakho kuqinile.
Futhi, eminyakeni eminingi emva kokushona kwakhe, igazi elinoketshezi lisageleza emzimbeni wakhe. Kuyinto engaphezulu kwemvelo, futhi konke okungaphezu kwemvelo kungumsebenzi kaNkulunkulu. Manje ake sithandaze kuMama wethu waseLourdes.