UFrancis oNgcwele waseAssisi wazalwa ngonyaka we-1182 e-Italiya, ubuntwaneni bakhe kunye nobutsha bakhe babuphila ngokupheleleyo njengaye nabani na ngelo xesha, ngobunewunewu obukhulu, kuba uyise wayenezixhobo ezinkulu, ngoko akazange azi ukuba kunjani ukuva. nayiphi na imfuno..
Noko ke, emva kwedabi, iSan Francisco de Asís yayidla ngokuvalelwa isithuba esingangonyaka, ngoko ekuphumeni kwayo wayiqonda indlela izinto ezaziyiyo ngokwenene. Wathwaxwa sisifo esiqatha waza wathi akuhamba wagqiba kwelokuba ancame izinto zakhe waza wazinikela ekuncedeni abo basweleyo kakhulu, apho wancedisa ekwakhiweni ngokutsha kwamanye amabandla.
Ngokunjalo, wagqiba ekubeni ashumayele inkolo yobuKrestu kwaye konke oku kwakungenxa yokuhlaziywa kwayo, awathi wayifumana ngokushumayela kwakhe, ngaloo ndlela wazuza abalandeli abaninzi ngenxa yesandi samazwi akhe, awathi asasazeka phakathi kodidi oludumileyo.
Isalathiso semixholo
Yeyiphi imithandazo eya kuSaint Francis waseAssisi?
Oh Nkosi, ndenze isixhobo soXolo lwakho.
Apho kukho intiyo, mandize noThando.
Apho kukho isikhubekiso, ndivumele ndizise ukuxolelwa.
Apho kukho ukungavisisani, mandikhokele uManyano.
Apho kukho ukuthandabuza khona, mandizise uKholo.
Apho kukho imposiso, mandizise iNyaniso.
Apho kukho ukuphelelwa lithemba, mandizise uVuyo.
Apho kukho ubumnyama, mandizise ukuKhanya.Owu, Nkosi, ndenze ukuba ndingafuni kakhulu ukuthuthuzelwa, kodwa ukuthuthuzela;
ukuqondwa, kodwa ukuqonda;
ukuthandwa, indlela yokuthandaNgenxa yokuba:
Ukunikela, oko kwamkelekileyo; exolelayo, lowo uxolelweyo; Xa esifa, uvuselwa kuBomi obunguNaphakade.
Umthandazo II
Oyintanda uFrancis waseAssisi,
Namhlanje ndiphakamisa ilizwi lam egameni lakho ukuze ndikubuze
Ukuba undivumele ukuba ndonwabele olo xolo lwangaphakathi olwazalwa ngokutsha entliziyweni yakho xa wawusaphila.Ngaloo ndlela ke ndiya kuba nako ukusasaza ukholo lweNkosi
Kwabanye kwaye baya kubuyela kwindlela yenyaniso,
ekufuneka badlule kuyo. Uxolo malube nam rhoqo kwaye
kwaye Ngamana abam nabo bangasonwabela esi sipho sinamandla.
Amen.
Yintoni ebuzwayo kuSanta Francis waseAssisi kumthandazo wakhe?
Imithandazo eya eSan Francisco de Asís iqhelekile, ngaphandle kwesicelo esithile, yenziwa njengombulelo ngobomi esinabo.
Nangona kunjalo, namhlanje kukho inani elikhulu lemithandazo, kwaye igubungela nayiphi na ingxaki onokucinga ngayo, apho ungcwele ngamnye unomthandazo wakhe, umzekelo, umthandazo kuMartin de Porres, ebonisa ingcwele yezinto ezingenakwenzeka nezithi sihlandlo ngasinye zikwazi ukuba namakholwa angakumbi ngenxa yezithembiso ezizalisekiswa ngabo.