San Gaetano, Santa na ranar 7 ga watan Agusta

(1 Oktoba 1480 - 7 Agusta 1547)

Labarin San Gaetano
Kamar yawancinmu, Gaetano da alama an juya shi zuwa rayuwar "al'ada": ta farko a matsayin lauya, sannan a matsayin firist wanda ke aiki da aikin Roman Curia.

Rayuwarsa ta sami yanayi na musamman yayin da ya shiga cikin Oratory of Divine Love a Rome, kungiyar da aka sadaukar da ita don ibada da sadaka, jim kadan bayan kammala aikinsa yana da shekaru 36. A 42 ya kafa asibiti don marasa lafiya a cikin Venice. A cikin Vicenza ya shiga cikin rukunin addini na "disreputable" wanda ya ƙunshi kawai maza daga cikin mafi ƙasƙancin yanayi a rayuwa - kuma abokansa sun yi masa katutu, waɗanda suke tunanin aikinsa wani tunani ne ga danginsa. Ya nemi marasa lafiya da matalauta a cikin birni ya yi musu hidima.

Babban buƙatar lokacin shine sake fasalin Ikilisiya wanda "ba shi da lafiya tare da shugaban da membobi". Gaetano da abokai uku sun yanke shawarar cewa hanya mafi kyau don kawo canji ita ce farfado da ruhi da himmar malamai. Tare sun kafa ikilisiya da aka sani da Theatines - daga Teate [Chieti] inda bishop na farko na farko yake da gani. Daya daga cikin abokan daga baya ya zama Fafaroma Paul IV.

Sun sami damar tserewa zuwa Venice bayan an lalata gidansu a Rome lokacin da sojojin Emperor Charles V suka kori Rome a 1527. Theatines sun yi fice a cikin ƙungiyoyin sake fasalin Katolika waɗanda suka daidaita kafin juyin juya halin Protestant. Gaetano ya kirkiro da monte de pieta - “tsauni ko tara ta ibada" - a Naples, ɗayan ƙungiyoyi masu bada bashi mai riba waɗanda ke ba da kuɗi don amincin abubuwan da aka yi niyya. Manufar hakan ita ce taimaka wa talakawa da kuma kare su daga masu shigo da kaya. Smallan ƙaramar Cajetan ƙarshe ya zama Bank of Naples, tare da manyan canje-canje a siyasa.

Tunani
Da a ce an dakatar da Vatican II a takaice bayan zamansa na farko a cikin 1962, da yawa daga cikin 'yan Katolika sun ji cewa an yiwa babban coci babban ci gaba. Cajetan yana da irin wannan ra'ayi game da Majalisar Trent, wanda aka gudanar daga 1545 zuwa 1563. Amma kamar yadda ya ce, Allah ɗaya ne a cikin Naples kamar yadda yake a cikin Venice, tare da ko ba tare da Trent ko Vatican II ba. Mun buɗe kanmu ga ikon Allah a kowane irin yanayi muka sami kanmu, kuma ana nufin Allah. Standardsa'idodin Allah na nasara sun bambanta da namu.