Ongcwele wosuku: USanta Agnes waseBohemia

USanta wosuku, uSanta Agnes waseBohemia: U-Agnes wayengenazo izingane ezakhe, kepha wayenika impilo kubo bonke ababemazi. U-Agnes wayeyindodakazi yeNdlovukazi uConstance neNkosi u-Ottokar I waseBohemia. Wayethembise uMbusi waseSilesia, owashona eminyakeni emithathu kamuva. Ekukhuleni kwakhe, wanquma ukuthi ufuna ukungena empilweni yenkolo.

Ngemuva kokwenqaba imishado neNkosi uHenry VII waseJalimane neNkosi uHenry III waseNgilandi, u-Agnes wabhekana nesiphakamiso esivela kuFrederick II, uMbusi Ongcwele WaseRoma. Wacela usizo kuPope Gregory IX. Upapa wayenethonya; UFrederick washo ngobukhulu ukuthi wayengeke acasuke uma u-Agnes ethanda iNkosi Yezulu kunaye.

Ngemuva kokwakha isibhedlela sabampofu nendawo yokuhlala amafreyimu, u-Agnes waxhasa ngezimali ukwakhiwa kwesigodlo sezindela sasePoor Clares ePrague. Ngo-1236, yena nabanye besifazane abahloniphekile abayisikhombisa bangena kulesi sigodlo. USanta Chiara uthumele izindela ezinhlanu ezivela eSan Damiano ukuba zihlanganyele nabo futhi wabhalela u-Agnes izincwadi ezine emazisa ngobuhle bomsebenzi wakhe nemisebenzi yakhe yokungazi.

U-Agnes waziwa ngokuthandaza, ukulalela nokwenzakalisa. Ingcindezi kaPapa yamphoqa ukuthi amukele ukhetho lwakhe njengolungafanele, nokho isihloko ayesithanda kwakungu "dadewethu omdala". Isikhundla sakhe asizange simvimbe ekuphekeleni abanye odade nokulungisa izingubo zabanochoko. Izindelakazi zamthola enomusa kodwa eqinile kakhulu mayelana nokugcinwa kobuphofu; wenqaba isicelo sikamfowethu wasebukhosini sokusungula isipho semonastery. Ukuzinikela ku-Agnes kwavela ngokushesha ngemuva kokushona kwakhe, ngomhlaka 6 Mashi 1282. Wahlanjululwa ngo-1989. Idili lakhe lezinkonzo ligujwa ngomhlaka 6 Mashi.

Ongcwele wosuku, u-Saint Agnes waseBohemia: uyakhombisa

U-Agnes wachitha okungenani iminyaka engama-45 esigodlweni sezindela sasePoor Clares. Impilo enjalo idinga ukubekezela nothando olukhulu. Isilingo sobugovu asizange siphume lapho u-Agnes engena esigodlweni sezindela. Mhlawumbe kulula ngathi ukuthi sicabange ukuthi izindelakazi ezazihlukanisiwe “zakwenza” maqondana nobungcwele. Indlela yabo iyefana neyethu: ukushintshana kancane kancane kwezinkambiso zethu - ukuthambekela kobugovu - ngezindlela zikaNkulunkulu zokupha.