ISan Gaetano, uSanta wosuku olu-7 Agasti

(1 Okthoba 1480 - 7 Agasti 1547)

Umlando weSan Gaetano
Njengabaningi bethu, uGaetano ubebonakala ebhekiswe empilweni "ejwayelekile": okokuqala njengommeli, bese kuba njengompristi owenza umsebenzi we-Roman Curia.

Impilo yakhe yathatha ithuba elihlukile lapho ejoyina i-Oratory of Divine Love eRome, iqembu elizinikele ekuzinikeleni nasezinikeleni, ngemuva nje kokugcotshwa kwakhe eneminyaka engama-36. Ngama-42 wasungula isibhedlela sabangalapheki eVenice. E-Vicenza waba yingxenye yomphakathi wenkolo "ongathandeki" owawunabesilisa besimo esisezingeni eliphansi kakhulu empilweni - futhi wahlolisiswa kanzima ngabangane bakhe, ababecabanga ukuthi isenzo sakhe sasikhombisa umndeni wakhe. Wafuna abagulayo nabampofu edolobheni futhi wabakhonza.

Isidingo esikhulu sesikhathi kwakuwukwenziwa kabusha kweSonto "elaligula ngekhanda namalungu". UGaetano nabangane bakhe abathathu banquma ukuthi indlela engcono kakhulu yokuguqula isimo ukuvuselela umoya nentshiseko yabefundisi. Ngokubambisana basungula ibandla elaziwa ngokuthi yiTheatines - elivela eTeate [Chieti] lapho umbhishobhi wabo wokuqala ophakeme abona khona. Omunye wabangani kamuva waba uPapa Paul IV.

Bakwazi ukubalekela eVenice ngemuva kokucekelwa phansi kwekhaya labo eRoma ngesikhathi amasosha oMbusi uCharles V ediliza iRoma ngo-1527. AbakwaTheatines babevelele phakathi kwezinhlangano zamaKatolika ezazenza izinguquko ngaphambi kweNguquko YamaProthestani. UGaetano wasungula imonte de pieta - “intaba noma isikhwama sokuzinikela” - eNaples, enye yezinhlangano eziningi ezingenzi nzuzo ezikweleta imali yokuphepha kwezinto ezibophezelekileyo. Inhloso bekuwukusiza abahlwempu nokuvikeleka kubabolekisi. Inhlangano encane yaseCajetan ekugcineni yaba yiBhange LaseNaples, nezinguquko ezinkulu kwezepolitiki.

Ukuzindla
Ukube iVatican II yanqanyulwa ngamafuphi ngemuva kweseshini yayo yokuqala ngo-1962, amaKhatholika amaningi ayezozwa ukuthi kube negalelo elikhulu ekukhuleni kweSonto. UCajetan wayenombono ofanayo ngoMkhandlu waseTrent, owawubanjwe kusukela ngo-1545 kuya ku-1563. Kodwa njengoba asho, uNkulunkulu uyefana eNaples njengaseVenice, ngeTrent noma ngeVatican II noma ngaphandle kwayo. Sivula amandla kaNkulunkulu kunoma yiziphi izimo esizithola sikuyo, futhi intando kaNkulunkulu yenziwe. Izindinganiso zikaNkulunkulu zempumelelo zehlukile kwezethu.