USt. Catherine wayefanelwe umusa kaNkulunkulu ngesikhathi sokuphila kwakhe. Namuhla wonke umuntu ngomthandazo angaphendukela kuye ngezinkinga zawo futhi athole usizo. Ngaphambi kokuba sithole ukuthi yini esiza isithonjana se- Great Martyr Catherine, sifunda indaba yalokhu impilo ka-saint.
UCatherine wayeyintombazane enhle kakhulu futhi ehlakaniphile, ngisho nendodakazi yombusi wase-Alexandria. Inani elikhulu lamadoda lacela izandla zakhe, kodwa wayekholelwa ukuthi kufanele abe nomlingani ongcono kakhulu. Umama ka-Ekaterina wayengumKristu oyimfihlo, futhi wathatha indodakazi yakhe kumdala ongcwele wathi umkhwenyana ufanelana nezidingo zakhe nguJesu. Indodana kaNkulunkulu yenqabe intombazane, ngoba yayingafanelekile kuye. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, uCatherine washintsha impilo yakhe: wahlala ehlanzeka, ebhapathiziwe futhi ethandaza njalo. Ngobunye ubusuku wabona kuye umbono, lapho iNkosi yamnika indandatho, yamxolisa yedwa. Ngalezo zinsuku uMaximilian weza e-Aleksandria, owakhetha ukunqoba uCatherine, kodwa wamphika ngenxa yalokho okwakushiwo ejele futhi lapho ehlukunyezwa khona. Ngenxa yalokho, uCatherine wabulawa, futhi wafa ngomthandazo kuJesu. Umkhosi we-Great Martyr Catherine ugujwa ngomhlaka-7 kuDisemba. Emasontweni ngalolu suku, i-liturgy iqhutshwa.
USt. Catherine the Great usiza ngani?
UCatherine ngisho nangesikhathi sokuphila kwakhe wazibonakalisa engumfana ohlakaniphile kakhulu, ngakho-ke amaKristu amcabangela ukuthi uyisibonelo selwazi. Yingakho amanyuvesi amaningi acabangela uCatherine njengendodana yabo. Kucatshangwa ukuthi othisha nabafundi bangaphendukela kumuntu ongcwele ukuze abasize baphumelele ekwakhethweni, ekutholeni ulwazi nokukhanyiselwa. Abafundi bathumela uCatherine ngaphambi kokuhlolwa. Ukusekelwa kwasezulwini kuthathwa ngabantu abahlanganyela emsebenzini, ohlangene nokwahlulela okunengqondo,
Ukuthola ukuthi yini esiza uMarty Martyr Omkhulu, kufanelekile ukuthi abantu basambiza ngokuthi ungumJudakazi, ngoba ungumkhulumeli wedwa. Amantombazane amancane athandaza phambi kwesithombe santa, ngakho wasiza ukuthola umlingani womphefumulo. UCatherine ubizwa nangokuthi umkhulumeli womshado, njengoba evikela ubudlelwane , ukhuthaza ukulondolozwa kwemizwa futhi usindise imindeni ekuxabaneni nasehlukanisweni. Isithonjana sikaSt. Catherine i-Great Martyr kumele sibe endlini yentombazane efuna ukukhulelwa. Ungambuza ngokuzalwa okulula kanye nempilo yengane. Isithonjana endlini sizogcina ukuthula nokuchuma.