UThixo unguLonke uvuyo - Ubomi bukaSt Teresa waseAndes

UMBHALI uJennifer Moorcroft

UTeresa kaYesu waseAndes, ungcwele wokuqala waseChile owamiselwa njengongcwele, wayengumfazi oselula onomdla owayethanda ezemidlalo nomculo kwaye enabahlobo abaninzi. Wangena eKarmele waza wafa emva kweenyanga ezilishumi elinanye eneminyaka elishumi elinesithoba ubudala. Nyanga nganye iindwendwe ezingaphezu kwe-100,000 ziyathontelana kwindawo yakhe engcwele, uninzi lwazo lulutsha.

Yintoni le nto itsala abantu abaninzi kangaka kuye, nto leyo ebalaseleyo kangangokuba ngoku ungumngcwele ongcwele? Ngenxa yokuba ungomnye wabo, abantu bakowabo bayamthanda. Ulutsha luyamthanda kuba waba ngumngcwele ngokuphila ubomi obufanayo nabo, esikolweni, edlala imidlalo, enandipha abahlobo bakhe, kwaye kuyo yonke loo nto, ephila ukholo lwakhe ngokupheleleyo.

Imfundo kaTeresa ibonisa isiseko esipheleleyo, kungekuphela nje kwezenkolo, kodwa nakwifilosofi, ingqiqo, kunye nobuntu. Okubaluleke ngakumbi, kwangaxeshanye yayikhokelwa bubomi bokomoya obunomdla nobuqeqeshweyo obugxile kwiisakramente kwaye ngaphezu kwako konke kubukho bukaYesu kwiSakramente Engcwele. Izazi zezenkolo, zifunda imibhalo yale ntombazana ineminyaka elishumi elinesithoba ubudala, ziyamangaliswa kukuqonda okunzulu, okunengqiqo nokucacileyo awayenako ngokholo lwakhe, ukholo olwaluphila, luvutha luthando lwakhe olupheleleyo ngoThixo. Ubomi bukaTeresa bungqina.

UJennifer Moorcroft ubalisa eli bali limangalisayo kubafundi abathetha isiNgesi ukuze nabo bakwazi ukubamba umlilo wothando lukaThixo oluvela kuSt. Teresa waseAndes baze bafumane uvuyo nolonwabo oluvela kukuphila eluthandweni lukaThixo.

2009

I-Pb

161pp