ISan Gaetano, iNgcwele yosuku lwe-7 ka-Agasti

(1 Okthobha 1480-7 Agasti 1547)

Imbali yeSan Gaetano
Njengoninzi lwethu, uGaetano wayebonakala ejolise kubomi "obuqhelekileyo": okokuqala njengegqwetha, emva koko njengombingeleli owenza umsebenzi weRomania Curia.

Ubomi bakhe bathatha indawo eyahlukileyo xa wajoyina i-Oratory of Divine Love eRoma, iqela elizinikeleyo ekuhloneleni nasekuthandeni abantu, kungekudala emva kokumiselwa kwakhe eneminyaka engama-36. Ngama-42 waseka isibhedlele esinganyangekiyo eVenice. E-Vicenza waba yinxalenye yenkolo "engathandekiyo" eyayiquka kuphela amadoda akumgangatho ophantsi ebomini - kwaye wahlolisiswa ngokuqatha ngabahlobo bakhe, ababecinga ukuba isenzo sakhe sibonakalisa usapho lwakhe. Wakhangela abagulayo nabangamahlwempu esixekweni, wabalungiselela.

Esona sidingo sikhulu sexesha yayikukuhlaziywa kweCawe "eyayigula ngentloko namalungu". UGaetano nabahlobo bakhe abathathu bagqiba kwelokuba eyona ndlela ingcono yokuhlaziya yayikukuvuselela umoya nenzondelelo yabefundisi. Bebonke baseke ibandla elaziwa ngokuba ziiTheatines - ukusuka eTeate [Chieti] apho ubhishophu wabo wokuqala obalaseleyo wabona. Omnye wabahlobo kamva waba nguPopu Paul IV.

Bakwazi ukubalekela eVenice emva kokuba ikhaya labo eRoma latshatyalaliswa xa imikhosi ka-Emperor Charles V yaphanga iRoma ngo-1527. ITheatines zazibalasele phakathi kwemibutho yamaKatolika eyayijika phambi koHlaziyo lwamaProtestanti. UGaetano waseka imonte de pieta - "intaba okanye ingxowa yokuhlonela uThixo" - eNaples, enye yemibutho emininzi engenzi nzuzo eyaboleka imali kukhuseleko lwezinto ezenziweyo. Injongo yayikukunceda abahluphekileyo nokubakhusela kubabolekisi. Umbutho omncinci waseCajetan ekugqibeleni waba yiBhanki yaseNaples, notshintsho olukhulu kwezopolitiko.

Ukucingisisa
Ukuba iVictoria II yayiphelisiwe emva kweseshoni yayo yokuqala ngo-1962, amaKatolika amaninzi ngewayebone ngathi kubethwa lukhulu ekukhuleni kweCawa. ICajetan yayinombono ofanayo malunga neBhunga laseTrent, elalibanjwa ukusukela ngo-1545 ukuya kowe-1563. Kodwa njengokuba watshoyo, uThixo uyafana eNaples njengoko enjalo naseVenice, eneeTrent okanye iVictoria II. Sivula amandla kaThixo kuzo naziphi na iimeko esizifumana sikuzo, kwaye intando kaThixo yenziwe. Imilinganiselo kaThixo yokuphumelela yahlukile kweyethu.