USt. Catherine wayefanelekele ukuthanda kukaThixo ngexesha lokuphila kwakhe. Namhlanje wonke umntu ngomthandazo unokubuyela kuye ngeengxaki zabo aze athole uncedo. Ngaphambi kokuba sithole oko kukunceda uphawu lweMarty Martyr Great, sifunda ibali lobomi buka-saint.
UCatherine wayeyintombazana enhle kwaye eyingqondi, kwaye yintombi yomlawuli wase-Alexandria. Inani elikhulu lamadoda lacela izandla, kodwa wayekholelwa ukuba kufuneka abe nomlingane ongcono. Umama ka-Ekaterina wayengumKristu oyimfihlo, waza wathabatha intombi yakhe kumdala ongcwele wathi owomyeni ufanelwe iimfuno zakhe nguYesu. Unyana kaThixo wenqabileyo intombazana, kuba yayingamfanelekanga. Ukususela ngelo xesha, uCatherine wayishintsha ubomi bakhe: wahlala ehlambulukile, ebhaptiziwe kwaye ethandaza rhoqo. Ngobunye ubusuku wabona kuye umboniso, apho iNkosi yamnika indandatho, yamgxotha kuye. Ngaloo mihla uMaximilian weza eAleksandria, owathi wagqiba ukunqoba uCatherine, kodwa wamgatya ngenxa yento eyayiphonswe entolongweni kwaye kwakukho iintlungu ezahlukahlukeneyo. Ngenxa yoko, uCatherine wabulawa, waza wafa ngomthandazo kuYesu. Umthendeleko we-Great Martyr Catherine ugujwa ngomhla wesixhenxe kaDisemba. Kwiicawa namhlanje, i-liturgy ibanjwe.
USt. Catherine Omkhulu unceda ntoni?
UCatherine ngisho nangethuba lokuphila kwakhe wazibonakalisa engumfana onobuqili, ngoko amaKristu amjonga ukuba ngumntu onelungelo lolwazi. Yingakho iiyunivesithi ezininzi zibhekisela kuCatherine njengobuncwane babo. Kukholelwa ukuba ootitshala nabafundi banokubuyela kumntu ongcwele ukuze abancedise ukuphumelela kwimeko ekhethiweyo, ekufumaneni ulwazi nokukhanyiselwa. Abafundi bathumela uCatherine ngaphambi kokuhlolwa. Inkxaso yasezulwini ifunwa ngabantu ababandakanyeka emsebenzini, odibeneyo nesigwebo somthetho,
Ukufumanisa oko kukunceda u-Catherine Martyr Omkhulu, kubalulekile ukuthetha ukuba abantu bamthiwa ngumYudakazi, kuba ungumlamli wedwa. Amantombazana amancinci athandaza phambi komfanekiso wongcwele, ngoko wanceda ukufumana umlingane womphefumlo. UCatherine ubizwa ngokuba ngumlamli womtshato, njengoko ekhusela ubudlelwane , ukhuthaza ukugcinwa kwemvakalelo kwaye usindisa iintsapho ekuxabaneni nasekuqhawuleni umtshato. Ikhonkco likaSt. Catherine i-Great Martyr kufuneka libe endlwini yintombazana efuna ukukhulelwa. Unokumbuza malunga nokuzalwa okulula kunye nempilo yomntwana. Ikhonkco endlwini iya kulondoloza uxolo nokuchuma.