Ibhalwe nguLydia O'Kane
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule abantu emhlabeni wonke kuye kwadingeka bajwayelane nendlela ehlukile yokuphila, ukusebenza kanye nokuthandaza ngenxa yobhubhane lweCoronavirus.
Kodwa akukavimbi ukuthi kuqhubeke uhambo lwezinsuku ezine lwe-French National Pilgrimage oluya eLourdes.
NgoLwesithathu, i-147th Uhlelo lohambo olungcwele lwaqala ngeMisa Elingcwele eBandleni laseSt Bernadette.
Lo mcimbi, ohlelwa yiBandla Lama-Assumptionists, uqala ngo-Agasti 12-16 futhi unendikimba ethi: “Ukuya Emthonjeni Wothando”.
Yize lolu hambo lusaqhubeka, lolu hlelo ngeke lubone izixuku eziningi zeminyaka edlule ngenxa yemikhawulo yokuncishiswa kwezenhlalo.
Abagulayo ababodwa
UFr Vincent Cabanac ungumqondisi we-French National Pilgrimage. Ubuye wachaza ukuthi yize kunobunzima mayelana nalolu bhubhane, uhambo lwalo nyaka “luwumhlangano” abafuna ukuwugcina.
Kulo nyaka kuzobe kunethimba lama-pilgrim angu-500 kuphela azobe ekhona kulo mcimbi. Kepha abanye abahambi bazokwazi ukulandela yonke imicimbi esemqoka online, nalabo abagulayo bazokwazi nokuba yingxenye yohambo ngomsakazo nomabonakude.
Asifuni ukuthi abagulayo “bazizwe bebodwa,” kusho uMqondisi Kazwelonke, yingakho kuzoba nalokhu kuxhumana kwedijithali kusuka kubo kuya eSanctuary.
Yize i-COVID-19 isishintshile isimo salo mbuthano, kusenochungechunge olucebile lwemicimbi phakathi nezinsuku ezine. Lolu hlelo luhlanganisa ukuphindaphinda kweRosari, amakhonsathi, udwendwe, imilindelo kanye nobufakazi.
Imikhawulo isendaweni
Ngenxa yezizathu zempilo, kanye nokuhlonipha ukuqhelelana ngokomzimba nangokwenhlalo, ukugeza akunakwenzeka eNdaweni Engcwele njengamanje. Kodwa uFata Cabanac uveza ukuthi ngophawu olungokomfanekiso, abantu bazokwazi ukuza ezindaweni zokugeza futhi bazokwazi ukugeza ubuso nezandla.
Ukuvakashelwa kukaKhadinali Parolin
Ngokumenywa ngabagqugquzeli balolu hambo olungcwele lukazwelonke, uNobhala Wezwe waseVatican uKhadinali Pietro Parolin uvakashele eShrine eLourdes ukuyokwengamela iMisa Lomkhosi Wokuthatha KukaJesu ngomhlaka-15 Agasti.
Wayemenyelwe endaweni engcwele ngaphambi kokugqashuka kwe-coronavirus.
Lokhu sekuwukuvakasha kwesithathu kukaKhadinali eLourdes selokhu abe nguNobhala Wombuso waseVatican. Ngo-2017 wavakashela iShrine njengommeleli kaPapa uFrancis oSuku Lomhlaba Lokugula; futhi ngo-2018 ngezinsuku ze-St Francis de Sales.
Ekhuluma ngokuba khona kukaKhadinali Parolin eLourdes, uFata Cabanac uthe, “Kuwuphawu olubaluleke kakhulu kithi ukuthi uKhadinali avakashe.” Ngokuba khona kwakhe unikeza isikhuthazo esithembekile nesithobekile.
“UKhadinali,” kusho umPristi Wokusulelwa Kwemvelo, “unikeza umlayezo oqinile womthandazo hhayi weFrance kuphela kodwa owomhlaba wonke, wethula inhloso yakhe lapha eGrotto yaseMassabielle futhi lokhu kuvakasha kuzoba okubaluleke kakhulu kithi, eFrance nakuwo wonke umhlaba. iBandla.”
