NguLydia O'Kane
Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo abantu kwihlabathi liphela kuye kwafuneka baziqhelanise nendlela eyahlukileyo yokuphila, ukusebenza kunye nokuthandaza ngenxa yobhubhani we-coronavirus.
Kodwa ayikayeki uHambo lweSizwe lwaseFransi lweentsuku ezine oluya eLourdes ukuba luqhubeke.
NgoLwesithathu, i-147th Uhlelo lohambo ngezonqulo lwaqala ngeMisa eNgcwele kwiCawe yaseSt Bernadette.
Lo msitho, oququzelelwa liBandla labaNtu, uqala ngomhla we-12-16 kweyeThupha kwaye unomxholo othi: “Ukuya kuMthombo wothando”.
Nangona uhambo oluya phambili, olu shicilelo aluzukubona inkitha yabantu beminyaka edlulileyo ngenxa yezithintelo zokungena ekuhlaleni.
Abagulayo ababodwa
UFr Vincent Cabanac ungumlawuli weFrench National Pilgrimage. Ucacisile ukuba ngaphandle kobunzima malunga nobhubhane, uhambo lwalo nyaka luyi "rendezvous" abafuna ukuyigcina.
Kulo nyaka, kuya kubakho igqiza labahambi ngezonqulo abangama-500 kuphela abaza kube bekho kulo msitho. Kodwa abanye abahambi ngezonqulo baya kuba nakho ukulandela yonke iminyhadala ephambili kwi-intanethi, kwaye abo bagulayo baya kuba nakho ukuba yinxalenye yohambo ngerediyo kunye nomabonwakude.
Asifuni ukuba abagulayo "bazive bebodwa", utshilo uMlawuli weSizwe, kwaye yiyo loo nto kuya kubakho olu nxibelelwano lwedijithali ukusuka kubo ukuya kwiSanctuary.
Nangona i-COVID-19 iyitshintshile ifomathi yale ndibano, kusekho uluhlu olutyebileyo lweziganeko ekuhambeni kwezi ntsuku zine. Le nkqubo ibandakanya ukucengcelezwa kweRosari, iikonsathi, imingcelele, imilindo kunye nobungqina.
Izithintelo endaweni
Ngenxa yezizathu zempilo, kunye nokuhlonipha ukuhamba kude ngokwasemzimbeni nangokwentlalo, ukuhlamba akunakwenzeka kwiSanctuary okwangoku. Kodwa uFr Cabanac ubonisa ukuba ngomqondiso womqondiso, abantu baya kukwazi ukuza kwiindawo zokuhlambela kwaye baya kukwazi ukuhlamba ubuso kunye nezandla zabo.
Utyelelo lukaKhadinali Parolin
Ngokumenywa ngabaququzeleli bohambo lwesizwe, uNobhala welizwe laseVatican uKhadinali uPietro Parolin utyelela iShrine eLourdes ukuze alawule uMthendeleko woMthendeleko wokuNyuleka ngoAgasti we-15.
Wayemenyelwe kwindawo engcwele ngaphambi kokuqhambuka kwe-coronavirus.
Olu lutyelelo lwesithathu lweKhadinali eLourdes ukusukela oko yaba nguNobhala weLizwe waseVatican. Ngo-2017 watyelela iShrine njengommeli kaPope Francis kuSuku lweHlabathi lwabagulayo; kwaye ngo-2018 kwiiNtsuku zokuthengisa zaseSt Francis de.
Ethetha ngobukho bukaKhadinali Parolin eLourdes, uFr Cabanac uthe, “Luphawu olubaluleke kakhulu kuthi lokuba iKhadinali indwendwele.” Ngobukho bakhe unikela imbonakaliso yokhuthazo oluthembekileyo noluthobekileyo.
“UKhadinali,” watsho uMbingeleli woNyuko, “unikela isigidimi esinamandla sokuthandazela kungekuphela nje iFransi kodwa nehlabathi, ebonisa injongo yakhe apha kwiGrotto yaseMassabielle yaye olu tyelelo luya kubaluleka kakhulu kuthi, eFransi naku kwiCawa.”
