Ukuqoqwa kwempahla kuthathwe kulokho amaJesuit akushiye ngemuva futhi kwafundisiswa kahle ngu-Eligio Moisés Coronado.
Njengoba kwenzeka ngayo yonke imishini yaseBaja California, ikhombisa ingcebo ehambayo kaSanta Gertrudis, efaka isithombe esihle saseSanta, esisanda kubuyiselwa ezinsukwini zethu, isiphambano esihle kakhulu kanye nesitshulu sika-Our Lady of the Rosary esigciniwe. emnyuziyamu omncane. Kulezi zinto esesizibalile ngenhla sitshelwa ngokuchuma kwemishini: ku-sacristy amasethi wezindwangu ayi-12, kwagcinwa ama-chasubles "angaboni" kanye nama-satin, ngaphezu kwe-dalmatics, i-Brittany albs neminye imihlobiso okufanele yenziwe, konke izindwangu ezibabazekayo namalineni.
Kwakukhona iziphambano namakhandlela esiliva, kanye nemicengezi yensimbi efanayo, kwakukhona nama-lecterns: elinye lesiliva kanti elinye i-tortoiseshell. Ama-cruises abalulekile bekungukuthi, amabhangqa amathathu awo enziwe ngesiliva kanti elinye nge "chinaware" lilethe iManila Galleon eyabambelela okokuqala ngqa, ngemuva kokuwela iPacific, eSan José del Cabo. Isithombe esihle se-Our Lady of the Rosary, neNgane ezandleni zakhe "sihlotshiswe ngamaparele, umqhele wesiliva, imihlobiso yamaparele, ama-pearl rosari, amaketanga amancane egolide, imigexo yamaparele ...". Masingakhohlwa inani elikhulu lamapharele akhishwe kuma-oysters aseBaja California nekhwalithi yawo enhle. Ngeshwa, banyamalala emashumini amathathu eminyaka yaleli khulu ngenxa yesifo, ngaphezulu ngesikhathi sobuqotho nangesikhathi sikaPorfirio Díaz, izintokazi zazigqoka imigexo yamaparele amakhulu, ezinye zaziyizithoni ezimnyama nezimnyama.
Ukusetshenziswa kwabo, izithunywa zevangeli zaseSanta Gertrudis "zazinezingqimba ezintathu ezivela eChina, izinkomishi eziyisithupha ezivela eChina," futhi "nezitsha ezindala eziyisithupha zaseGuadalajara." Ubukhazikhazi bezitsha zobumba zaseChina babuhambisana "nezinto ezintathu, amatafula amane, elilodwa linezikhumba zezinkomo ... ama-comales amabili" nezinye izinto ezisetshenziswayo. EMishini kwakukhona nesikhathi sokufunda, ngoba eshalofini lamapulangwe kwakukhona "izincwadi ezingamakhulu nangaphezulu, ezinkulu nezincane, ezintsha nezindala." Ubaba u-Amurrio akakwazanga ukubhala phansi izihloko, kepha ezinye izinto ezikhona ezincwadini zikhombisa isiko lomhlaba wonke lezithunywa zevangeli ezifunda izimpilo zabangcwele kanye nezivumelwano zomlando, zaxhumana nezichazamazwi ngezilimi ezahlukahlukene futhi zazithokozisa ngokufunda iHistory. owePirates, umsebenzi wokuqala kaSchemeling wohlobo lwawo - abathi emikhunjini yabo esabekayo bacathamela iManila Galleons.
UMama wethu waseLoreto, usanta ongumvikeli wamaJesuit, wayengeke abe khona ohlwini lweSanta Gertrudis; Kodwa-ke, isithombe sesinyamalele, okugcinwe ukuvuma okuhle futhi okuhle kusuka ngekhulu le-18 elidwetshwe ngombala obomvu, futhi isikhunta sensimbi sokwenza abaphathi kanye ne-tornavoz ebisepulpiti.
Ukuchuma kweSanta Gertrudis la Magna kuze kube sekuqaleni kwekhulu le-19 kusesifundo. Ngabe sizovumela abathandi bobuciko izwe lethu eliqukethe, ukuthi ngokunganaki noma ngokungazi umzamo oyisibonelo walabo abakuqonda ukubaluleka nobuhle benhlonhlo yaseCalifornia, omunye wemisebenzi emikhulu yoMdali, ulahlekile? Isithunywa sevangeli saseNtaliyane sohlelo lweComboni, uMario Menghini Pecci uzimisele ukuthi akunjalo futhi wenze umsebenzi we-titanic wokubuyisa iSanta Gertrudis la Magna neSan Francisco de Borja. Ngosizo lweqembu elixhasayo, hhayi kuphela elivela eBaja California, kodwa elivela eMexico City, e-United States nase-Italy, uzuze isigaba sokuqala sokubuyiselwa kweSanta Gertrudis, lapho iqembu elinabanzi isipiliyoni. Kodwa-ke, kuningi okudinga ukwenziwa, kule mishini eshiwo ngenhla naseSan Francisco de Borja, eyalahleka ngobuningi benhlonhlo, ivakashelwa abazinikele kubo bobabili abangcwele emikhosini yabo kanye nezivakashi eziningi bayazi ukuthi bangabuthola kanjani ubuhle obufihliwe kulengadi enhle kakhulu ka-Allah.
Umthombo: IMexico ngesikhathi # 18 Meyi / Juni 1997
