USanta Rita wayengunongendi wase-Italiya owazalwa phantsi kwegama likaMargherita Lotti, ngonyaka we-1381 eRoccaporena. Wayesoloko eqinile kumbandela wokholo, kwada kwafika umzuzu apho abantwana bakhe bafa ngenxa yokwenza isono sokufuna ukuphindezela ukufa kukayise.
USanta Rita unxulunyaniswa ne iirozi kunye neenyosi ezimhlophe, njengoko kunokufunyanwa kwimizobo emininzi kwiBasilica yaseSanta Rita.
USanta Rita wanikela ingxelo yokuba isimo sengqondo somyeni wakhe sasilawula kakhulu, wayedla ngokumalela ukuba angayi ecaweni okanye anike amahlwempu uthando, kodwa ukholo lwakhe lwalulukhulu kangangokuba wakwenza ngasese oko.
Ngenye imini wayeza kunika amahlwempu awayengatyi isonka, wasifihla phantsi kwelokhwe yakhe. Umyeni wakhe wamothusa, wayefuna ukumhlutha ilofu yesonka. Kodwa wothuka xa ndimphakamisa ilokhwe yesonka yajika yaba sisipha seerozi ezimhlophe.
Ngokuphathelele iinyosi, emva kokubhaptizwa kukaSanta Rita, kuthiwa zazingena zize ziwushiye emlonyeni ebusuku ukuze zigalele ubusi bazo, obabuneempawu zokuphilisa.
Okwangoku kwikhaya loonongendi apho wayehlala khona iinyosi zihlala ezindongeni, ziye zafundwa kwaye zithathwa njengezodwa kwihlabathi.
Isalathiso semixholo
Uthini umthandazo oya kuSanta Rita?
"Owu uSanta Rita onamandla, obizwa ngokuba liGqwetha lamatyala aphelelwe lithemba, umncedi kwithemba lokugqibela, indawo yokusabela kunye nosindiso kwiintlungu, ezikhokelela enzonzobileni yolwaphulo-mthetho kunye nokuphelelwa lithemba: ngayo yonke intembeko kumandla akho asezulwini, ndiguqukela kuwe ebunzimeni. nesiganeko esingenakubonwa kwangaphambili esiyicinezele kabuhlungu intliziyo yam.”
“Ndixelele, oh Santa Rita, awuzundinceda?, awuzondithuthuzela? Ngaba uza kulisusa iliso lakho kunye nosizi lwakho entliziyweni yam, ukhathazeke kakhulu? Uyazi kwakhona ukuba yintoni ukufa kwentliziyo, ukhathazeke kakhulu! Ngenxa yosizi olukhulu, nangenxa yeenyembezi ezikrakra ozithululayo ngcwele, ndincede. Thetha, uthandaze, undithandazele, ongoyikiyo ukwenza njalo, kwiNtliziyo kaThixo, uYise wenceba nomthombo wayo yonke intuthuzelo, undifumanele ubabalo endilunqwenelayo (bonisa ubabalo olunqwenelekayo apha). Ewe, ngokuqinisekileyo uya kundiphulaphula: yaye ndiya kusebenzisa olu lubabalo ukuze ndiphucule ubomi bam nezithethe zam, ukuze ndivume emhlabeni nasezulwini iinceba zobuthixo.”
Yintoni ebuzwa kuSanta Rita de Casia kumthandazo wakhe?
Mininzi iminyhadala ephawula ubomi bukaSanta Rita eyenzelwa imithandazo yakhe eyaziwa kakhulu, phakathi kwayo uthathwa njengengcwele kwaye uyathandazelwa:
- Izizathu ezingenakwenzeka.
- Ukomelela ngokuchasene nokuxhatshazwa.
- Usapho.
- Oonobangela abalahlekileyo.
- Uthando lukamama.
- Ukunyaniseka.
- Izifo.
- Amanxeba.
Ayiphelelanga kubuKatolika kuphela umthandazo oya kuSanta Rita wenziwa, nawo umthandazo wasekuseni ukutsala amandla omoya kaThixo, kwizinto zakho ezinjengomthandazo yeshishini, nezithunywa zezulu ezingabakhonzi bakaThixo Ingelosi eNgcwele uRafayeli.