Umthandazo oya eSan Antonio de Padua nguwo onokukukhonza e khangela laa mtshakazi kudala elindelwe.
“Nina nizele luzuko, luthando, ububele, nokulunga okuninzi uThixo akunike kona, ukuze wenze imimangaliso emikhulu kubantu balo mhlaba mkhulu.
Ndiyakuncoma namhlanje ukuba ulungile kuye wonke umntu ofuna uncedo lwakho, ukuba unenceba kuye wonke umntu ofuna ulonwabo lokuba nothando olufanelekileyo ecaleni kwakhe, wena sithandwa sam ndiyakucela ukuba undinike ulonwabo nolonwabo ukukwazi ukufumana uthando oluya kuhlala luhamba nam, ukuze ndikwazi ukufumana umntu ofanelekileyo, esinye isiqingatha sam, umphelelisi wobomi bam, iqhekeza elilahlekileyo lokuhlanganisa umhlaba wam.
Ndiyakucela ukuba undincede ndifumane iqabane lomphefumlo elindilindeleyo elicinga ngam, ndizibuze ukuba ndiza kuba liphi emhlabeni, ndicinga ngalo mzuzu apho singamanyanisa iingqondo zethu, umzimba wethu, umoya wethu, iintliziyo zethu.
Ndiyazi ukuba niya kundiphulaphula nindincede emithandazweni yam nindicelela umntwana onguYesu owawunaye ngamaxesha onke nakuThixo uSomandla ndinipha izipho ezininzi zozuko nentsikelelo ukuze umphefumlo wam ufumane ulonwabo kunye naye. uthando lwam lungunaphakade".
Amen.
Isalathiso semixholo
Yayingubani uSaint Anthony wasePadua?
USanta Anthony wazalwa njengoFernando Martins eLisbon, ePortugal. Wazalelwa kwintsapho ecebileyo kwaye eneminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu wacela ukuba athunyelwe kwi-Abbey yaseSanta Cruz e-Coimbra, eyayilikomkhulu lasePortugal. Ngethuba lokuhlala kwakhe kwi-abbey, wafunda i-theology kunye nesiLatini.
Emva kokumiselwa kwakhe njengobubingeleli, waba omiselweyo umphathi wemisitho kwaye unoxanduva lokwamkela iindwendwe kwi-abbey. Xa iiFrancican friars zaseka i-hermitage encinci ngaphandle kweCoimbra enikezelwe kuSaint Anthony waseYiputa, uFerdinand waziva enomnqweno wokuzibandakanya nabo. Ekugqibeleni uFerdinand wanikwa imvume yokushiya i-abbey ukuze ajoyine umyalelo omtsha waseFrancisca. Xa wamkelwayo, walitshintsha igama lakhe laba nguAntonio.
Ngowe-1224 uFrancis waphathisa uAntonio ukuba aqhube izifundo zeenkokeli zakhe. UAntonio wayenayo incwadi yeendumiso iqulethe amanqaku kunye namagqabantshintshi ukunceda ekufundiseni abafundi yaye, ngexesha apho umatshini wokushicilela wawungekayilwa, wayewuxabisa kakhulu.
Xa umfundi osandul 'ukufunda wagqiba ekubeni ashiye i-hermitage, weba incwadi exabisekileyo ka-Antonio. Xa uAntonio wafumanisa ukuba yayingekho, wathandazela ukuba ifumaneke okanye ibuyiselwe kuye. Isela layibuyisela incwadi kwaye, kwelinye inyathelo, wambuyisela kuMyalelo ngokunjalo.
Le ncwadi kuthiwa igcinwe namhlanje kwikhaya loonongendi likaFrancisca eBologna. UAntonio wayedla ngokufundisa kwiiyunivesithi zaseMontpellier naseToulouse, emazantsi eFransi, kodwa wenza kakuhle kakhulu kwindima yomshumayeli.
Imfundiso yakhe yonqulo lwamaKatolika yayilula yaye igxininisa kangangokuba abona bantu bangafundanga nabamsulwa babeziqonda izigidimi zakhe. Ngokuba Wabhengezwa njengoGqirha weCawa nguPopu Pius XII ngo-1946.