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 KUKHALA KWA DONGOSOLO

Pamene ndimadutsa ku United States zaka ziwiri zapitazo paulendo wa konsati, ndinadabwa ndi moyo wabwino womwe ndimalalikira pafupifupi mayiko onse, kuyambira misewu, mpaka kuchuluka kwa chuma chakuthupi. Koma ndinadabwa ndi mawu omwe ndinamva mumtima mwanga:

Ndi chinyengo, moyo womwe wabwerekedwa.

Ndinatsala ndi lingaliro loti zonse zatsala pang'ono kufika kugwera pansi.

 

Ndikudziwa zomwe atolankhani akunena lero: kuneneratu zakusokonekera kwachuma, kutsika pang'ono kwachuma, kukonza msika wamsika ndi zina zambiri. Koma, ndiye kuti osati zomwe ndikukhulupirira zili pano ndipo zikubwera. Tsopano, ndiroleni ine ndinene pomwepo kuti ine ndikhoza kukhala ndikulakwitsa; kuti mpatuko wolemba wazaka zitatu zapitazi wasokonekera; kuti ndine wopusa wopanda nzeru. Koma, ndiloleni kuti ndikhale wopusa. Ndikukhulupirira zomwe Ambuye andipangira kuti ndilembe, kundikonzekeretsa kuti ndinene, komanso kundilimbikitsa kuti ndiyankhule ndizomwezo kutha kwa nthawi ino kwatigwera. Dongosolo lakale lomwe, kuyambira nthawi ya French Revolution mpaka pano, likugwa ngati nyumba yomangidwa pamchenga, ndipo mphepo zosintha ayamba kunyamula.

 

KUKHALA PA Zachuma

Choyamba kugwa-chomwe tikuchitachi pakadali pano ndi chuma. Ndikumanga kwamakono komwe kwamangidwa ndiumbombo, pakuwonongeka kwa capitalism kwatha. Ndi moat yodzaza ndi magazi a osalakwa, mwana wosabadwa wowonongedwa m'mimba. Kuchokera pamawonedwe azachuma okha, 50.5 miliyoni yochotsa mimba kuyambira 1970 yatenga US $ 35 quintillion madola pazotayika Padziko Lonse (LifeSiteNews.com, Okutobala 20, 2008). Ndipo tsopano America ikukonzekera kusankha purezidenti wopititsa mimba kwambiri m'mbiri yake yemwe walembedwa kuti akufuna kusunga malamulo owopsa kwambiri opha ana monga kuchotsa padera kubadwa ndi moyo kubadwa mimba. 

Apanso, sindine wachuma; chabwino mlaliki wosavuta. Koma ndikukhulupirira kuti tiwona kuwonongeka konse kwa ndalama zaku America zomwe zimayendetsa chuma chambiri padziko lapansi — komanso posachedwa kuposa momwe anthu ambiri amaganizira. (Kumapeto kwalemba ili pansipa, ndalemba kanema yomwe mungafune kuwonera poyankhulana pawayilesi yakanema (CNN) ndimanenedwe ena osonyeza zomwe zachenjezedwa pano.) Izi zikachitika, a dola idzakhala yopanda pake, kenako chinthu chachiwiri chakuwonongeka chikuyamba kuchitika: cha chikhalidwe cha anthu…

 

KUKHALA KWA ANTHU 

Zimandivuta kuti ndilembe zinthu izi chifukwa sicholinga changa kuwopseza aliyense. Koma ngati ndinu okonzeka, ndiye kuti simudzachita mantha zinthu izi zikayamba kuchitika. M'malo mwake, ndili ndi chiyembekezo kuti mukhulupilira Yesu kotheratu monga Aisraeli adadalira Iye mkati mwa chipululu kuti adzawasamalira mana akumwamba. 

Kusiyanitsa pakati pa "kukhumudwa" komwe kudabwera ndi Kukhumudwa Kwakukulu m'zaka zapitazi ndikuti anthu ambiri panthawiyo sanali kudalira kakhalidwe kaboma kapena boma kuti liwapezere chakudya. Ambiri anali alimi omwe adapitilizabe kulima pantchito yawo, ngakhale anali ochepa. Koma lero, kuli kudalira kwakukulu pa boma pazinthu zofunika monga madzi, magetsi, ndi gasi wachilengedwe. Palibe mapampu otunga madzi; pali nyali zochepa zowunikira madzulo; ndipo ngakhale wina atakhala ndi poyatsira moto kapena mbaula, momwe nyumba zimamangidwira lero zimawapangitsa kukhala osatheka kutentha kupatula chipinda chimodzi kapena ziwiri.

Ndipo pamakhala kudalira koopsa pamakampani akulu kuti atipatse chakudya, osati omwe amalima kumaloko. Ndalamazo zikagwa, mabizinesi ndi zomangamanga nthawi zambiri zimatsata. Kutumiza kumatha kuima, chakudya chimachepa msanga, ndipo zofunikira monga mankhwala ndi mankhwala akuchimbudzi zitha kukhala zovuta kupeza. 

Anthu akufika kale malo otentha. Pali mkwiyo ndi kukhumudwa komwe kwatsika pansi pa mbadwo uno… m'badwo womwe wakulira chifukwa cha kukonda chuma ndikuwusiya wopanda chakudya chauzimu. Tikuwona izi zikuwonekera pakugawana mabanja, kuchuluka kwachiwawa, komanso kudzipha kwakukulu. Sikugawikana kokha mwa chikhalidwe, komanso Mpingo wokha. Ndi gulu lomwe lidayendetsedwa pang'onopang'ono kuchoka ku ufulu wodzilamulira mpaka kudalira boma kwathunthu. Kugwa kwa chikhalidwe cha anthu pangozi yowopsa, ndikukhulupirira, zomwe Cardinal John Henry Newman adaneneratu:

… Ngati padzakhala chizunzo, mwina zidzakhala pomwepo; ndiye, mwina, pamene tonsefe tiri m'malo onse a Dziko Lachikristu ogawikana kwambiri, ndi ochepetsedwa kwambiri, odzaza ndi magawano, pafupi kwambiri ndi mpatuko. Tikadziponya padziko lapansi ndipo timadalira chitetezo chathu, ndipo tasiya kudziyimira pawokha ndi mphamvu zathu, pamenepo [Satana] angatiukire mokwiya mpaka Mulungu kumulola. Kenako mwadzidzidzi Ufumu wa Roma utha kusweka, ndipo Wotsutsakhristu akuwoneka ngati wozunza, ndipo mayiko akunja ozungulira amalowa. - Wowonjezera John Henry Newman, Chiphunzitso IV: Kuzunzidwa kwa Wokana Kristu

Ndi kugwa kumeneku kwachuma komwe kumatsegula njira yandale yatsopano…

 

KUKHALA PANSI

Chakudya chikasowa, malire amakhala osatetezeka (ngati sanaphwanyidwe), ndipo kayendetsedwe ka boma kasokonekera, mikhalidwe yakonzeka kukhazikitsanso ndale zatsopano. Lamulo lankhondo limakhala njira yolamulira anthu wamba. Njira zodabwitsa zotsutsana ndi anthu wamba mdziko zimatha kukhala zomveka. Koma chisokonezo ichi chikapitilira malire am'dziko ndikudzadza mbali zambiri zadziko lapansi, ndiye kuti mwina ndikofunikira kuti Dziko Latsopano.

Kodi ichi ndi choyipa? Papa John Paul Wachiwiri analalikirapo kuti:

Osawopa! Tsegulani, tsegulirani Khristu khomo. Tsegulani malire a mayiko, zachuma ndi ndale… -Papa John Paul II: A Life in Pictures, p. 172

Izi zikumveka ngati kuyitanitsa dongosolo ladziko latsopano. Koma chinsinsi chake: ndikutsegulira mayiko, chuma, ndi ndale "kwa Khristu." Zowopsa, zomwe womutsatira Papa Benedict XVI akupitilizabe kuwonekera, ndikuti kusiya Khristu kunja kwa mayiko athu, malingaliro athu azachuma, ndi ma demokalase sikudzabweretsa ufulu, koma kuzunza ufulu. Ndiko kuzunza ufulu kumeneku pa a chachikulu sikelo yomwe, mwa gawo, lipenga la chenjezo lomwe ndikumva kuti Ambuye andiyitanitsa kuti ndiwombe m'masiku ano. Ndikukhulupirira kuti ndichifukwa chachikulu chomwe Mulungu adatumizira amayi ake, "Mkazi wobvala dzuwa," monga kukwaniritsidwa kwa Chivumbulutso (onani mitu 12 & 13), ziwonetsero zomwe zidayamba ndi St. Catherine Labouré patangopita nthawi yochepa kuchokera ku French Revolution. Pa nthawi ya kuwonekera kwa Mkazi kuli nkhondo yayikulu ndi "chinjoka" -Satana, yemwe amapereka mphamvu yake kwa "chirombo" chomwe chimachita nkhondo ndi Mpingo, ndikukoka dziko lonse lapansi kwa iye mu eco-politics yapadziko lonse lapansi gulu lachipembedzo (onani Kuyesa Kwazaka Zisanu ndi ziwiri mndandanda). 

 

MULUNGU NDI MTHAWIRO WATHU

Nangano, kodi chitetezo chathu chili kuti m'masiku ano? Golide?

Ngakhale siliva wawo kapena golidi sadzakhoza kuwapulumutsa… (Zefaniya 1:18)

Mu ndalama zakunja?

Musadzikundikire nokha chuma padziko lapansi… (Mateyu 6:19)

M'magulu aboma?

Uzani anthu achuma m'nthawi ino kuti asakhale onyada komanso asamadalire chuma chosadalirika koma Mulungu. (1 Tim 6:17)

Pakuti pamene chinjoka, atachotsa Mpingo kudalira kwake pa zithandiziro za dziko lino, akonzeka kukonzekera kumulikwira, Lemba limati:

Mkazi nayenso adathawira kuchipululu komwe adakonzedweratu ndi Mulungu, kuti kumeneko adzamusamalira masiku khumi ndi awiri mphambu makumi asanu ndi limodzi. (Chiv 12: 6)

Mulungu akuyenera kukhala pothawirapo masiku ano a Mkuntho Wamkulu womwe wakuta dziko lapansi tsopano. Ino si nthawi ya chitonthozo, koma nthawi ya zozizwitsa. Kwa iwo omwe asiya chuma chawo chapadziko lapansi ndikudalira Mulungu, Yesu Khristu ndiye chuma chawo. Inde, sungani chakudya pang'ono, zinthu zina zofunikira, ndikusunga ndalama zilizonse zomwe mungakhale nazo m'malo mokhala kubanki. Osangobweza, ndipo wina akakupemphani kuti mumuthandize, mupereke kwaulere komanso mosangalala. 

Mosakayikira, padzakhala zovuta patsogolo pathu tonsefe. Koma ngati Babulo agwa mozungulira inu nonse, sichidzakupwetekani inu, pakuti mtima wanu suli pano kuyamba ndi ... 

Mulungu ndiye pothawirapo pathu ndi mphamvu yathu, mthandizi pafupi ndi ife, pa nthawi ya masautso: kotero sitidzaopa ngakhale dziko lapansi lingogwedezeka, ngakhale mapiri atagwa pansi pa nyanja, ngakhale madzi ake atuluka mwaukali ndi thovu , ngakhale mapiri agwedezeka ndi mafunde. Yehova wa makamu ali ndi ife, Mulungu wa Yakobo ndiye mphamvu yathu… (Masalmo 46: 2-4)

 

 

 

 

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