Namuhla, cishe kuwo wonke amakhaya kunesilwane esincane esifuywayo. Njengoba singomunye womkhaya, siyabakhathalela futhi siyaqinisekisa ukuthi bayaphila.
Kungakho namuhla, sizobhala ngemikhuleko eya kuSanta Anthony the Abbot, futhi kancane ngaye, umvikeli wezilwane.
Saint Anthony of Abad
I-San Antonio de Abad (eyaziwa nangokuthi iSan Anton) Wayeyindela yobuKristu engumKatolika eyasungula inhlangano ye-eremitical. Impilo yakhe ichazwa encwadini kaSaint Athanasius futhi isitshela ngendoda eyaba ngcwele ngokwengeziwe futhi yaba yisibonelo esihle sokuzinikela kobuKristu kanye nesethenjwa esiyisisekelo sokuzincisha ngokomoya nangokwengqondo kwamaKatolika. U-Antonio Abad ushone ngoJanuwari 17, 356 eNtabeni iColzim eTebaida, eGibhithe (noma iHeracleópolis Magna, uMbuso WaseRoma). Wazalwa ngo-January 12, 251 eGibhithe, endaweni manje eyaziwa ngokuthi idolobha lase-Alexandria.
Kungani iphethini yezilwane?
Ngokwemibhalo yobuKristu, lithi Saint Jerome, encwadini yakhe ethi Paul the hermit (umnumzane odumile waseThebaid), u-Antony wavakashela uPaul eminyakeni yakhe yokugcina futhi wamkhuthaza ukuba aphile ukuphila kwezindela. Lapho u-Anthony efika igwababa okwakuthiwa lalinikeza uPablo isinkwa nsuku zonke lamukela u-Antony ngezinkwa ezimbili. Lapho uPawulu efa U-Antonio wayesizwa amabhubesi amabili nezinye izilwane ukuze amngcwabe. Kusukela lapho, u-Antonio ubelokhu engusanta ongumvikeli wabafuyi nezilwane.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, enye indaba abayilandisayo iwukuthi ngesinye isikhathi, ingulube yasendle yensikazi yayithutha izingulube ezimbili eziyizimpumputhe, isesimweni sengqondo sokuswela. U-Antonio welapha ubumpumputhe bezilwane, futhi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi unina akazange asuke eceleni kwakhe, emvikela kunoma yisiphi isilwane esiyingozi esasingase sisondele.. Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, umfanekiso weSan Antón unengulube esesimweni esizithobayo.
Umkhuleko kuSaint Anthony the Abbot
Umkhuleko ungahluka kuye ngezwe okuvela kulo ukunxusa ku-Saint Anthony. Noma kunjalo, lapha sizobeka leyo ngokuvamile evame kakhulu ezingeni lomhlaba wonke:
Nkosi yaseZulwini, Mdali wezinto zonke,
namuhla ngifuna ukucela isihe sakho nesihawu ngesilwane sami,
nangokulamula kukaSaint Anthony the Abbot,
Obizwa nangokuthi uSanta Anton, umvikeli omkhulu wezilwane,
ukuthi lezi zidalwa zazinothando olungakanani,
Ngiyakuncenga ukuthi ungalokothi umlahle
mnike impilo, ukuze angahlupheki noma ahlupheke,
ukuthi akadabuki, ukuthi akasweli amandla
ungezwa ubuhlungu noma ubuhlungu,
ungazizwa uwedwa
nokuthi ngaso sonke isikhathi eduze kwakho kukhona umuntu okunakekelayo ngothando.Ngamandla othando lwakho,
vumela… (igama lesilwane esifuywayo)
phila ujabule futhi unempilo,
ukuthi unakho konke okudingayo ngokwesifiso sakho.Yinakekele futhi uyivikele,
ukuthi akasweli ukudla, umbhede nokuphumula,
lokho akuntuli abangane, uthando nenhlonipho,
beka isandla sakho phezu kwakhe, uma egula;
ungavumeli lutho nanoma ubani ukuba akulimaze,
noma ukuthi ilahleke noma yebiwe,
Ngiyamthanda njengelungu lomndeni
njalo ngizakuba seceleni kwakho
ukumnika lonke uthando lwami nokumboza izidingo zakhe.Ngicela isibusiso sakho esikhethekile nosizo
khona manje lokho… (igama lesilwane esifuywayo)
udinga okuningi kuwe
(cela impilo, noma ukweba, noma ukulahlekelwa, ukuvikelwa, izinkinga...):(faka isicelo).
Nkosi, ngiyakuncenga,
ngokuncenga kukaSaint Anthony the Abbot,
hawukela amadoda ngokungazi
baphatha kabi izilwane,
nibafundise ukubathanda njengezidalwa zenu.Nkosi, hawukela izilwane ezifuywayo,
ukuthi kaningi bayayekwa futhi bashiywe,
ngaphandle kokuzivikela
ukungabi nandaba nonya lomuntu:
ungabashiyi bodwa nosizi lwabo.Nkosi Nkulunkulu, hawukela izilwane
njengebhubesi, ingwe, inkawu, indlovu
nezinye izinhlobo ezibanjwayo
ukuyiswa emasekisini noma eziqiwini:
banikeze bonke indawo ephephile endaweni yabo.Nkosi hawukela izilwane zasemapulazini
ezikhula ezindaweni ezihlala abantu abangenamakhaya,
kanye nalezo zilwane ezisezindlini
benziwa umhlatshelo ngaphandle kokubulala izinzwa: bamukele ngobuhlungu babo.Nkosi hawukela izilwane zokulinga
yeka le mikhuba futhi ubasindise ekuhluphekeni kwabo.Nkosi, wena owagxilisa eSan Antonio Abad
uthando olukhulu ngobumpofu nokuhlonipha izilwane,
yiba nesihe kuzo zonke izilwane ezihluphekayo
futhi wenze umphakathi oqotho osekelwe othandweni nokuthula
yazo zonke izidalwa ezigcwele iplanethi.Amen.
Isiko elidumile lase-San Antón
UJanuwari 17 wusuku lukaSan Antón, umgcini wezilwane, ngakho-ke, usuku lwezilwane ezifuywayo. Eqinisweni, usuku abalimi nabafuyi asebelugubhe amakhulu eminyaka. Ngekhulu le-XNUMX, usuku lwe-San Antón lwalugujwa eSpain, lapho abantu bevakashela khona nezilwane zabo, ama-parade futhi beya emasontweni ukuze osanta abusise izilwane zabo ezifuywayo. Abantu abanezilwane ezifuywayo bathola ibhanisi enefomula ekhethekile, okufanele igcinwe ngemali yemali ngonyaka olandelayo.
E-Spain, sekudume kakhulu emashumini eminyaka amuva nje ukuthi amakholwa ahambise izilwane ezifuywayo esontweni ukuze zibusiswe umfundisi wesifunda. Abanye abantu baletha ezinjeni, ezinyonini nasezimfuyweni ukuze babusiswe.
Njengelukuluku, yize imikhosi ekude kakhulu ezilwaneni ingeyaseSan Antonio de Abad, siphinde sibe:
- usuku lwezilwane, okungu-Okthoba 4.
- Usuku Lwamazwe Ngamazwe Lwamalungelo Ezilwane Zamazwe Ngamazwe, Okthoba 10.
Ngethemba ukuthi lolu lwazi mayelana nomkhuleko oya eSan Antonio de Abad lube wusizo kuwe.