Umthandazo ku-Saint Francisco de Posadas

  • USanta Francis wasePosadas, owaziwa ngokuthi 'uMpostoli wase-Indies', wayeyisithunywa sevangeli esingumJesuit esivelele eLatin America.
  • Wazalwa ngo-1579 eCórdoba, eSpain, futhi wazinikela ekushumayeleni ivangeli eViceroyalty yasePeru.
  • Wasungula ukuncishiswa okuningi futhi wayengumbhishobhi wokuqala ongumJesuit waseRío de la Plata.
  • Wafa ngo-1640 ngemva kokuhlasela kwabashokobezi futhi izinsalela zakhe ziphumule eBuenos Aires.
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USanta Francisco de Posadas ungusanta odumile eLatin America. Waziwa ngokuthi "uMphostoli wama-Indies" kanye "noPatron of the Missions". Uyacelwa ukuba acele usizo ezindabeni eziphathelene nomsebenzi, ukuvangela kanye nokusabalalisa iVangeli. Uyacelwa futhi usizo lokunqoba izithiyo endleleni yokholo.

Umlando kanye nempilo kaSaint Francisco de Posadas

USanto Francisco de Posadas wazalwa ngo-1579 edolobheni laseCórdoba, eSpain. Wayeyindodana yomshado owakhiwa uJuan de Posadas noMaría Sánchez. Ngemva kweminyaka embalwa, umndeni wakhe wathuthela edolobheni laseSeville.

Kusukela esemncane wabonisa isithakazelo esikhulu enkolweni nasekufundeni imiBhalo Engcwele. Lapho eneminyaka eyishumi nesithupha wangena esigodlweni sezindela saseSan Pablo eSeville, lapho azinikela khona esifundweni sesayensi futhi wagcotshwa njengompristi.

Ngonyaka we-1604 wathunyelwa njengesithunywa sevangeli eMelika, ikakhulukazi eViceroyalty yasePeru. Lapho wasebenzisa inkonzo yakhe iminyaka eminingana, emelela umsebenzi wakhe wokushumayela ivangeli phakathi kwabantu bomdabu. EPeru wahlangana nomJesuit u-Diego Luis de San Vitores, owammema ukuba ajoyine iNhlangano KaJesu. UFrancisco wavuma futhi, ngemva kokuphothula izifundo ezidingekayo, wagcotshwa umpristi ongumJesuit ngo-1611.

Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, uSanta Francis wasePosadas wayezozinikela kuphela emsebenzini wezithunywa zevangeli phakathi kwaboMdabu baseMelika. Okokuqala, wabelwa eMexico, lapho ayeyochitha khona ingxenye enkulu yokuphila kwakhe njengomphostoli. Lapho wayezothola ukuncishiswa okuningi—amadolobha asungulwa amaJesuit ukuze aqhubekisele phambili umsebenzi wokushumayela—futhi wayezosebenza ngokuzikhandla ukuze aguqulele abantu bomdabu ebuKatolikeni. Umsebenzi wakhe wawungelula ngaso sonke isikhathi: kwadingeka abhekane nakho kokubili ubunzima bemvelo nokuhlukunyezwa njalo okuvela emaqenjini amaProthestani afuna ukuqeda ithonya lamaKatolika eMelika. Ungafunda kabanzi ngalesi sihloko kokuthunyelwe kwethu okuhlobene. UJosé de San Martín.

Ngo-1627 waqokwa njengomphathi wamaJesuit wesifundazwe sasePeru futhi eminyakeni emithathu kamuva wayezoba yisifundazwe se-Río de la Plata (Argentina-Uruguay) viceroyalty. Kulesi sifundazwe sokugcina wayezofeza umsebenzi onzima wezithunywa zevangeli owawuzomyisa ezindaweni eziqhelile nezinobutha kakhulu endaweni yase-Argentina-Uruguay (namuhla eqondana neningizimu ye-Argentina ne-Uruguay). Ngalesi sikhathi, kwakudingeka abhekane hhayi nje nesimo sezulu esibi kakhulu kodwa futhi - futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke - ukuhlaselwa njalo kwamavukela-mbuso amaProthestani (aziwa ngokuthi "izigelekeqe") ayefuna ukuqeda ubukhona bamaKatolika kulawo mazwe asemngceleni neBrazil (ngaleso sikhathi eyayibuswa ePortugal). Ngokudabukisayo, lokhu kungqubuzana kwezikhali kwakuzogcina kumlahlekisele ngokuphila kwakhe: USanta uFrancis wabulawa ngesikhathi sokuhlasela kweqembu labashokobezi edolobheni elincishisiwe ngoJanuwari 13, 1640. Izinsalela zakhe ezifayo okwamanje zisesontweni lesifunda saseNuestra Señora La Merced eBuenos Aires (Argentina) .Umthandazo ku-Saint Francisco de Posadas

Umthandazo ku-Saint Francisco de Posadas

I-Saint Anthony, i-Saint Anthony,

ukuthi uhamba emhlabeni wonke,

ukuthi uhamba emhlabeni wonke,

woza ungihlangabeze

umusho wesibili

USanta Francis wasePosadas,

imithandazo ngawe,

O Saint Francisco de Posadas,

ukuthi usezulwini,

Sicela usikhulekele,

Ngoba silapha emhlabeni.

Siyakucela ukuba ukhulume noNkulunkulu,
Kubo bonke abahluphekayo nabakhalayo,
Kubo bonke abagulayo nabaswele.

O Saint Francisco de Posadas,

Imithandazo yethu mayifinyelele kuwe,

Futhi ovela ezulwini usisize ukuba sizuze

Ukuthula nothando kubo bonke abantu.

izinto ezibalulekile ozenzile

- washumayela imisa yokuqala eRío de la Plata
– wasungula ikolishi lokuqala lamaJesuit eRío de la Plata
– wasungula iseminali yokuqala yamaJesuit eRío de la Plata
– wayengumbhishobhi wokuqala ongumJesuit waseRío de la Plata