Ongcwele ka-Okthoba 14: iSan Callisto, umlando nomthandazo

Kusasa, ngo-Okthoba 14, iSonto LamaKatolika liyakhumbula ISan Callisto.

Indaba kaCallisto ifingqa kahle umoya wobuKrestu bakuqala - ophoqelelwe ukubhekana nenkohlakalo nokushushiswa koMbuso WaseRoma - futhi udlulisela kithi indaba ehluke ngokuphelele yomuntu nengokomoya, eyabona isigqila esivela kuTrastevere, isela nombolekisi, saba uPapa noMfelukholo UbuKristu.

Wazalwa maphakathi nekhulu lesibili, futhi ngokushesha waba yisigqila, uCallisto wasebenzisa ukuqonda kwakhe waze wazuza ukwethenjwa yinkosi yakhe, eyamenza wakhululeka futhi wamnikeza ukuphathwa kwempahla yakhe. Idiyakoni wagcotshwa, waqanjwa igama elithi 'Guardian' wamathuna angamaKristu e-Appia Antica, amathuna amathuna athatha igama lakhe futhi asakazeka ngaphezu kwezitezi ezi-4 zamaphaseji ka-20.

Wayehlonishwa kakhulu kangangokuba, ekufeni kukaZephyrinus, umphakathi waseRoma ngo-217 wamkhetha njengoPapa - owalandela uPeter ngo-15.

Umkhuleko kuSan Callisto

Yizwa, Nkosi, umkhuleko
kunabantu abangamaKristu
phakamisela kuwe
kwimemori ekhazimulayo
kweSan Callisto I,
upapa kanye ukholo
nangokuncenga kwakhe
usihole futhi usisekele
emendweni onzima wokuphila.

NgoKristu iNkosi yethu.
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