Impilo Yabangcwele: San Girolamo Emiliani
San Girolamo Emiliani, umpristi
1481-1537
NgoFebhuwari 8 -
Umbala wokukhumbula oyisikhumbuzo ongokonakala: Omhlophe (onsomi uma usuku lwesonto leLenten)
Patron wezintandane nezingane ezilahliwe
Wayebonga kuze kube phakade ngemuva kokusinda ehlangabezana nokufa
Ngonyaka ka-1202, insizwa ecebile yase-Italiya yajoyina amahhashi ezempi edolobheni lakubo. Amasosha angenalwazi aya empini elwa namandla amakhulu edolobha eliseduze futhi akhanselwa. Iningi lamasosha abuyela emuva agijinywe yimikhonto futhi asala eshonile odakeni. Kepha okungenani kwasindiswa. Wayengumbhishobhi omkhulu ogqoke izingubo zikanokusho nezikhali ezintsha nezimbizayo. Bekufanele ukuthatha abathunjiwe ngenxa yesihlengo. Isiboshwa sahlupheka ejele elimnyama nelinosizi unyaka wonke ngaphambi kokuba uyise akhokhele ukukhishwa kwaso. Umuntu oshintshiwe ubuyile ezweni lakubo. Lowo muzi kwakungu-Assisi. Leyo ndoda kwakunguFrancesco.
Osanta wanamuhla, uJerome Emiliani, ubekezelele into efanayo noma ngaphansi kwalokho. Wayeyisosha edolobheni laseVenice futhi wamiswa njengenduna yenqaba. Lapho belwa neligi yamadolobha, inqaba yawa futhi uJerome waboshwa. Uchungechunge olusindayo lwalumbozwe entanyeni, ezandleni nasezinyaweni futhi luboshelwe engxenyeni enkulu yemabula ejele elingaphansi komhlaba. Wayekhohliwe, eyedwa futhi ephathwa njengesilwane ebumnyameni wejele. Leli kwakuyitshe legumbi. Waphenduka impilo yakhe ngaphandle kukaNkulunkulu.Wakhuleka.Wazinikezela kuLwethu. Futhi-ke, ngandlela-thile, waphunyuka, wabopha amaketanga futhi wabalekela eduzane nedolobha. Uhambe ngeminyango yebandla lendawo waphokophela phambili ukufeza isifungo esisha. Wasondela kancane kwiNtombazanyana ehlonishwa kakhulu wabeka amaketanga akhe e-altare phambi kwakhe. Waguqa, wagebisa ikhanda lakhe wathandaza.
Amanye amaphuzu we-pivot angaguqula umugqa oqondile wempilo ungene ekhoneni elifanele. Ezinye izimpilo zishintsha kancane, zigobeka njenge-arch isikhathi eside seminyaka. Ukuthunyelwa kwesizungu kwahlukunyezwa yiSan Francesco d'Assisi noSan Girolamo Emiliani kwenzeka ngokuzumayo. Lamadoda ayenethezekile, enemali futhi esekelwa umndeni nabangane. Ngakho-ke, ngokumangazayo, babenqunu, bebodwa futhi beboshwe. USt. Jerome wayengadangala ekudingisweni kwakhe. Abantu abaningi bayayenza. Wayengamlahla uNkulunkulu, aqonde ukuhlupheka kwakhe njengophawu lokuthi uNkulunkulu akamukelanga, athukuthele futhi alahlwe. Esikhundleni salokho, waphikelela. Ukuboshwa kwakhe kwakuwukuhlanza. Wanikeza injongo yakhe yokuhlupheka. Lapho esekhululiwe, wayenjengomuntu ozelwe kabusha, ebonga ukuthi amaketango asezindongeni ezisindayo awabe esasisinda isidumbu sakhe phansi.
Lapho eqala ukubalekela kuleya nqaba yasejele, kwaba sengathi iSan Girolamo yayingakaze iyeke ukugijima. Wafunda, wamiswa waba ngumpristi futhi wahamba kulo lonke elaseNyakatho ne-Italy, ethola izindlu zezintandane, izibhedlela kanye nemizi yezingane ezilahliwe, abesifazane abawileyo nabahluzekile. Esebenzisa inkonzo yakhe yobupristi eYurophu esanda kuhlukaniswa abahlubuki bamaProthestani, mhlawumbe uJerome wabhala ikhathekizimu yokuqala yemibuzo nezimpendulo ukuze afundise imfundiso yamaKatolika ezimangeni zakhe. Njengabangcwele abaningi kakhulu, wayebonakala ukuthi ukuyo yonke indawo ngasikhathi sinye, enakekela wonke umuntu ngaphandle kwakhe. Ngenkathi enakekela abagulayo, watheleleka futhi washona ngo-1537, ukholo ngenxa yokuphana. Wayengolohlobo lwendoda eheha abalandeli. Ekugcineni baba yibandla lenkolo futhi bathola ukuvunyelwa ezenkolo ngo-1540.
Impilo yakhe yayixhomeke esitokisini. Kuyisifundo. Ukuhlupheka okungokomzwelo, ngokomzimba noma ngokwengqondo, lapho kunqotshwa noma kulawulwa, kungaba yisandulelo sokubonga okukhulu nokuphana. Akekho ohamba umgwaqo ukhululekile ukwedlula ukuthathwa kwangaphambilini. Akekho umuntu othanda umbhede ofudumele futhi onethezekile njengomuntu owake walala kusofa. Akekho umuntu ogwinya umoya wokuvuka komoya omusha njengokusanda kwezwa kudokotela ukuthi umdlavuza usuphelile. ISt. Jerome ayikaze ilahlekelwe isimangaliso nokubonga okugcwalise inhliziyo yakhe lapho ekhululwa. Konke kwakusha. Bonke babemncane. Umhlaba wawungowakhe. Futhi wayezobeka wonke amandla akhe namandla ekukhonzeni uNkulunkulu ngoba wayengabasindayo.
San Girolamo Emiliani, usudlulisile ukuzalwa ukuze uphile impilo yezithelo enikelwe uNkulunkulu nomuntu. Kusiza bonke labo abavaleleke ngandlela thile - ngokwenyama, ngokwezezimali, ngokomoya nangokomoya noma ngokwengqondo - ukunqoba noma yini ebabophayo futhi baphile impilo engenalo ulaka.