Ndifikile eRoma namhlanje kwinkomfa yecawa kule mpelaveki. Nani nonke, bafundi bam, entliziyweni yam, ndathatha uhambo ukuya kusihlwa. Ezinye zeengcinga zam ebehleli kwilitye eliyimboko eSt.Peter's Square…
EQHELEKILEYO ukuziva, ukujonga ezantsi e-Itali njengoko sasisehla ekumiseni kwethu. Ilizwe lembali yakudala apho imikhosi yamaRoma yayihamba, abangcwele bahamba, kwaye igazi labanye abaninzi laphalazwa. Ngoku, oohola bendlela, iziseko zophuhliso, kunye nabantu abahamba behamba ngathi ziimbovane ngaphandle koloyiko lwabahlaseli kunika imbonakalo yoxolo. Kodwa ngaba uxolo lwenene kukungabikho kwemfazwe?
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Ndingene kwihotele yam emva kokuhamba ngemoto evuthayo evela kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya. Umqhubi wam oneminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe ubudala wayeqhuba iMercedes enendlela ekhalayo engasemva kunye nokungakhathali nokuba ndingutata wabantwana abasibhozo.
Ndangqengqa ebhedini yam ndamamela ulwakhiwo, itraffic ne ambulances zidlula ngasefestileni yam ngesikhalo usiva kumabonakude we English qha. Umnqweno wokuqala wentliziyo yam yayikukufumana icawa enoMthendeleko oNgcwele ndingqengqe phambi kukaYesu ndithandaze. Umnqweno wesibini wentliziyo yam yayikukuhlala ndithe tyaba ndikhe ndilale. Ijethi lag iphumelele.
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Kuthe ngentsimbi yeshumi elinanye kusasa ndisozela. Ndavuka sekumnyama emva kweyure ezintandathu. Ndothukile kukuba ndivuthele emva kwemini ndilele (kwaye ngoku ndinibhalela ezinzulwini zobusuku apha), ndaye ndagqiba kwelokuba ndinqumle ebusuku. Ndahamba ndaya eSt. Peter's Square. Kukho uxolo olunjalo apho ngokuhlwa. I-basilica yayivaliwe, kunye neendwendwe ezimbalwa zokugqibela ziphuma. Kwakhona, ukulambela ukuba noYesu kwi-Ekaristi kwavuka entliziyweni yam. (Ubabalo. Lubabalo lonke.) Oko, nomnqweno wokuVuma. Ewe, uMthendeleko woXolelwaniso—eyona nto iphilisayo umntu anokudibana nayo: ukuva, ngegunya likaThixo ngommeli wakhe, ukuba uxolelwe.
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Ndahlala phantsi kwilitye lakudala elisekupheleni kwepiazza kwaye ndacamngca ngekholonade egobileyo eyayisuka kwi-basilica.
Uyilo loyilo lwenzelwe ukumela i iingalo ezivulekileyo zikamama-Umama weCawe-ewola abantwana bakhe abavela kwihlabathi liphela. Enjani ukuba ntle ingcinga. Ngokwenene, iRoma yenye yeendawo ezimbalwa emhlabeni apho ubona abefundisi noonongendi behamba bephuma kulo lonke ihlabathi namaKatolika aphuma kuzo zonke iintlanga nezizwe. Katolika, ngokusuka kwisichazi sesiGrike esithi καθολικός (katholikos), sithetha “ihlabathi liphela.” I-Multiculturalism lilinge elisileleyo lehlabathi lokuphinda into esele iphunyeziwe yiCawe. URhulumente usebenzisa ukunyanzeliswa kunye nokuchaneka kwezopolitiko ukudala imvakalelo yobunye; iCawe isebenzisa nje uthando.
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Ewe, iCawa nguMama. Asinakuyilibala le nyaniso isisiseko. Usikhulisela esifubeni sakhe ngobabalo lweeSakramente kwaye usikhulisela enyanisweni ngeemfundiso zoKholo. Uyasiphilisa xa singxwelerhekile kwaye uyasikhuthaza, ngamadoda nabafazi bakhe abangcwele, ukuba sibe ngomnye umfanekiselo kaKristu. Ewe, loo mifanekiso iqingqiweyo iphezu kwevaranda ayilobhastile namatye nje kuphela, kodwa ngabantu ababephila baza balitshintsha ihlabathi!
Ukanti, ndiba buhlungu ngendlela ethile. Ewe, amanyundululu ngokwesini ajinga phezu kweCawa yamaRoma njengamafu esiphango. Kodwa kwangaxeshanye, khumbula oku: wonke umfundisi, ubhishophu, ukhadinali nopopu abaphilayo namhlanje abasayi kuba lapha kwikhulu leminyaka., kodwa iBandla liyakwenza oko. Ndathatha iifoto eziliqela ezifana nezi zingasentla, kodwa kwimeko nganye amanani awayekuloo ndawo ayetshintsha, ukanti iSt. Peter’s ayizange itshintshe. Ngokunjalo nathi, sisenokulinganisa iBandla kuphela ngabalinganiswa kunye nabadlali beli xesha langoku. Kodwa leyo yinyaniso nje engaphelelanga. IBandla kananjalo ngabo bathe bahamba phambi kwethu, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo, abo bazayo. Njengomthi omagqabi ahamba aze ahambe, kodwa isiqu sihlala sihlala, ngokunjalo, isiqu seCawa sihlala sihlala, nokuba kufuneka sithenwe ngamaxesha athile.
Piazza. Ewe, elo gama lindenza ndicinge pizza. Ixesha lokufumana isidlo sangokuhlwa.
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Ixhego elingqibayo (ubuncinci belicenga) landimisa lacela ingqekembe yemali encinci yokutya. Amahlwempu ahlala enathi. Luphawu lokuba ubuntu busaphukile. Nokuba kuseRome okanye eVancouver, eKhanada, apho bendisuka khona, kukho abangqibi kuzo zonke iikona. Enyanisweni, ngoxa ndandiseVancouver, mna nomfazi wam sothuswa linani labantu esadibana nabo ababezulazula ezitratweni njengeezombies, abancinane nabakhulileyo, abangenanjongo, abangenathemba, bephelelwe lithemba. Njengoko abathengi nabakhenkethi babedlula, andisayi kuze ndililibale ilizwi lendoda egangileyo eyayihleli ekoneni, ikhwaza wonke umntu odlulayo isithi: “Ndifuna nje ukutya njengani nonke.”
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Sinika amahlwempu oko sinako, size sizitye. Ndimise kwindawo yokutyela encinci yamaTaliyane engekude ehotele. Ukutya kwakumnandi. Ndakhe ndacinga indlela umntu adalwe ngayo. Sikude kwizilwanyana njengoko inyanga isuka eVenice. Izilwanyana ziyagqogqa kwaye zitye oko zinokukufumana kwimeko ezikuyo, kwaye azicingi kabini. Abantu, kwelinye icala, bathatha ukutya kwabo kwaye balungiselele, ixesha lonyaka, iziqholo, kwaye bahombise ukujika izithako ezikrwada zibe ngamava olonwabo (ngaphandle kokuba ndiyapheka). Hayi, hayi indlela entle ngayo ubuchule bomntu bokuyila xa busetyenziselwa ukuzisa inyaniso, ubuhle, nokulunga ehlabathini.
Iweyitara yam yaseBangladesh yandibuza ukuba ndikonwabele njani ukutya. “Yayimnandi,” ndatsho. “Indisondeze kancinane kuThixo.”
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Ndinento eninzi entliziyweni yam ngobu busuku... izinto esizixoxayo mna nomfazi wam uLea, iindlela eziphathekayo esifuna ukukunceda ngazo, bafundi bethu. Ke ngoko kule mpelaveki, ndimamele, ndivula intliziyo yam kuYehova ndimcela ukuba ayizalise. Ndinoloyiko olukhulu apho! Sonke senza njalo. Njengoko ndive umntu esithi mva nje, "Izizathu zicingelwa kakuhle bubuxoki." Ke eRome, isiXeko esingunaphakade kunye nentliziyo yobuKatolika, ndiza njengomhambi ndicela uThixo ukuba andinike ubabalo endiludingayo kwisigaba esilandelayo sobomi bam kunye nobulungiseleli kunye nexesha elisaseleyo kulo mhlaba.
Kwaye ndiya kunithwala nonke, bafundi bam abathandekayo, entliziyweni yam nasemthandazweni, ngakumbi xa ndisiya engcwabeni likaSt John Paul II. Uyathandwa.
ILizwi ngoku yinkonzo yexesha elizeleyo leyo
iyaqhubeka ngenkxaso yakho.
Usikelele, kwaye enkosi.
Ukuhamba noMark kwi The Ngoku iLizwi,
cofa kwibhena engezantsi ukuya rhuma.
I-imeyile yakho ayizokwabelwana naye nabani na.
