USanta Jeanne Jugan - Ububele bukaThixo kwiHlabathi

UMBHALI uEloi Leclerc

Ngokuthi uJeanne Jugan, umseki weLittle Sisters of the Poor, ungcwele, icawa ivakalisa ubungcwele bayo.

OoSister abancinci baziwa kakhulu ngamakhaya abo okunyamekela abantu kwihlabathi liphela, apho abantu abadala bakhathalelwa khona ngesidima. Ibali lakhe liyamangalisa. Njengomntu onamandla amakhulu nonomdla, waqala umsebenzi ngokuthatha ixhegokazi elilahliweyo waliyisa ekhayeni lakhe, waza wafumana indawo entsha ngokukhawuleza waza waqokelela uluntu olumngqongileyo. Kamva uJean wasuswa kubunkokeli beBandla awayelisungule. Ngaphandle kokukhalaza okanye ukucaphuka wazivumela ukuba ahluthwe into awayeyithanda kakhulu - umsebenzi wakhe.

UJeanne unikwa umzekelo kuthi ngenxa yendlela awayephila ngayo ihlazo nokungabikho kobulungisa - engazithembi, kodwa ephakama eya kuThixo, 'etyatyamba njengerozi', ngaloo ndlela esenza ukuba umsebenzi kaThixo okhanyayo ubonakale kuye, ngobunyulu nokukhanya kwawo konke.

Umbhali yimbongi yamaFranciscan, isazi sefilosofi, kunye nombhali.

2009

I-Pb

Umfanekiso wombala

62pp