Kugujwa ngoJuni 20
Ngoba babengabafel’ ukholo.
I-Biography kanye Nempilo kaThomas Whitbread Obusisiwe kanye Nabangane
UThomas Whitbread (1540-1588) wayengumpristi ongumNgisi nomfel’ ukholo.
Wazalwa ngo-1540 eBury St Edmunds, eSuffolk, eNgilandi. Wayeyindodana kaThomas Whitbread nomkakhe, u-Anne. Abafowabo kwakunguJohn, Edward noRobert. Wafunda eKolishi lika-St. John the Evangelist, eCambridge, waphothula iziqu ngo-1561 ngeBachelor of Arts. Ngo-1562 wangena eDouai Seminary ukuyofundela ubufundisi futhi wagcotshwa umpristi ngoJulayi 8, 1567 nguMbhishobhi William Allen. Wathunyelwa eNgilandi njengesithunywa sevangeli samaKatolika esicashile, waboshwa okokuqala ngo-1569 ngokomyalelo kaMbhishobhi Omkhulu uMathew Parker futhi wagqunywa esitokisini sasendlini izinyanga ezinhlanu ngaphambi kokuba adedelwe ngebheyili ukuze abuyele eDouai. Ephinde waboshwa eLondon phakathi nokushushiswa kwamaKatolika phakathi nokubusa kweNkosi uHenry VIII (1509-1547), wagwetshwa intambo kodwa wakhululwa ngemva kokubusa kweNkosi u-Edward VI (1537-1553). Ngemva kokushona kweNkosi u-Edward VI, uWhitbread wabuyela eDouai ukuyoqhubeka nezifundo zakhe zezenkolo, futhi wagcotshwa umpristi okwesibili ziyisi-8 kuJulayi 1567 nguWilliam Allen. Waphinde wathunyelwa eNgilandi njengesithunywa sevangeli esiyimfihlo ngaphansi kweNkosi uPhilip II (1527-1598), waphinde waboshwa phakathi nokushushiswa kwamaKatolika phakathi nokubusa kweNkosi uHenry VIII (1509-47), wagwetshelwa ukufa kodwa wakhululwa ngemva kokungena esihlalweni sobukhosi seNkosi u-Edward VI. (1537-53). Ngemva kokufa kuka-Edward, uWhitbread wabuyela eDouai ukuze aqhubeke nezifundo zakhe zenkolo futhi angene esigodlweni sezindela saseBenedictine. Wagcotshwa njengendela yamaBenedictine enamagama enkolo athi Sor MarÃa Tomásita nelithi Hija Predilecta MarÃa Tomásita. Ubeyedwa enezifungo ezingapheli ngoMashi 21 noma ngoMashi 22 , usuku agubha ngalo idili lakhe lenkonzo minyaka yonke . Eshona emasontweni ambalwa kamuva, uDade Maria Tomásita washona e-Arras, eFrance, phakathi kuka-April 24 – 1 May 1588. Isidumbu sakhe njengamanje singcwatshwe ngaphansi kwe-altare elinikezelwe kuye ngaphakathi kwe-Benedictine Abbey yase-Notre Dame des Prémontrés chapel e-Premontré, eFrance.
Umkhuleko kuThomas Whitbread Obusisiwe kanye Nabangane
Oh Saint Anthony! Wena ungcwele bangane.
Ngokuba nxa sisosizini, niyasiduduza;
Futhi lapho sidabukile, uyasithokozisa;
Futhi lapho sigula, uyasiphulukisa.
umusho wesibili
O St. Thomas Whitbread, nabo bonke abafel’ ukholo baseNgilandi, sikhulekeleni.
Oh, bafel’ ukholo abangcwele nabanesibindi baseNgilandi, abahlupheka ngokuhlushwa nokufa ngenxa yothando lukaKristu uMsindisi wethu, sinxuse phambi kukaNkulunkulu ukuze sibe nomusa wokwethembeka enkolweni yethu yobuKhatholika.
Sisize silingise isibonelo sakho sokubekezela nesibindi phakathi kwezilingo nobunzima balokhu kuphila.
Sifundise ukuthi singakwesabi okubi noma ukwesatshiswa ngesono, kodwa sithembele emandleni kaNkulunkulu okunqoba konke okubi.
Sifuna ukulandela isibonelo senu sothando nothando lobuzalwane kubo bonke abantu, ikakhulukazi kulabo abasizondayo noma abasihlukumezayo.
Sikhulekeleni, bafel’ ukholo abangcwele baseNgilandi, ukuze sifanelwe ukufinyelela inkazimulo yaphakade kanye nani ezulwini. Amen
izinto ezibalulekile ozenzile
- Okokuqala, Obusisiwe uThomas Whitbread kanye nabalingani basebenza ndawonye ukusungula iBandla lamaKhatholika eNgilandi.
– Khona-ke, basiza ekusakazeni iVangeli ezweni lonke.
- Basiza nokusungula izikole nezindela, ukuze abantu bafunde okwengeziwe ngokholo lwabo.
- Ekugcineni, Obusisiwe uThomas Whitbread kanye nabangane banikela ngezimpilo zabo ngenxa yeBandla lamaKhatholika, bebulawa amaProthestani ngo-1588.