Banja, Wolemba Michael D. O'Brien
Chimodzi mwamavuto omwe ndimamva ndikuti achibale akuda nkhawa ndi okondedwa awo omwe apatuka pachikhulupiriro. Yankho ili lidasindikizidwa koyamba pa 7 February, 2008…
WE nthawi zambiri amati "chingalawa cha Nowa" tikamanena za bwato lodziwika bwino. Koma si Nowa yekha amene adapulumuka: Mulungu adapulumutsa banja.
Pamodzi ndi ana ake, mkazi wake, ndi akazi a ana ake, Nowa analowa m'chingalawamo chifukwa cha chigumula. (Gen 7: 7)
Mwana wolowerera atabwerera kwawo, banja idabwezeretsedwa, ndipo maubwenzi adasinthidwa.
Mchimwene wako anali atafa ndipo tsopano wauka; anali wotayika ndipo wapezeka. (Luka 15:32)
Pamene makoma a Yeriko adagwa, hule ndi banja lake lonse anatetezedwa ku lupanga chifukwa iye anali wokhulupirika kwa Mulungu.
Rahabi hule yekha ndi onse amene ali mnyumba ndi iye apulumutsidwa, chifukwa anabisa amithenga omwe tidawatumiza. (Yos 6:17)
Ndipo “lisanadze tsiku la Ambuye…”, Mulungu akulonjeza:
Ndidzakutumizirani Eliya, mneneri… kuti asandutse mitima ya atate kwa ana awo, ndi mitima ya ana kwa atate awo (Mal 3: 23-24)
KUPULUMUTSA MTSOGOLO
Nchifukwa chiyani Mulungu akubwezeretsa mabanja?
Tsogolo la dziko lapansi limadutsa pabanja. —POPA JOHN PAUL II, Odziwika a Consortio
Zidzatero Mabanja Komanso kuti Mulungu asonkhanitse mu Likasa la mtima wa Maria, kuti awapatse mwayi wolowera Nyengo yotsatira. Ndi chifukwa chake banja limakhala chiwonetsero chachikulu cha kuwukira kwa Satana pa anthu:
Vuto laubambo lomwe tikukhala lero ndi chinthu, mwina chofunikira kwambiri, chowopseza munthu mu umunthu wake. Kutha kwaubambo ndi umayi kumalumikizidwa ndi kutha kwa kukhala kwathu ana amuna ndi akazi. -Papa BENEDICT XVI (Kadinala Ratzinger), Palermo, pa Marichi 15, 2000
Koma ndi Mulungu pali yankho nthawi zonse. Ndipo idapatsidwa kwa ife kudzera pamutu wa Banja la mpingo, Atate Woyera:
Tchalitchichi chakhala chikunena kuti mphamvu ya pempheroli ndi yothandiza kwambiri, ndikupereka Rosari… mavuto ovuta kwambiri. Nthawi zina pamene Chikhristu chimawoneka kuti chikuwopsezedwa, chipulumutso chake chimanenedwa ndi mphamvu ya pempheroli, ndipo Mkazi Wathu wa Rosary adatamandidwa kuti ndi amene kupembedzera kwake kudabweretsa chipulumutso.
Lero ndikupereka mwaufulu ku mphamvu ya pempheroli… chifukwa chamtendere padziko lapansi komanso chifukwa cha banja. -PAPA JOHN PAUL II, Rosarium Virginis Mariae, n. 39
Kudzera m'mapemphero athu ndi zopereka tsopano, makamaka pemphero la Korona, tikukonzekera njira ya Ambuye, tikupanga njira zowongoka kuti okondedwa athu amene anatayika mu uchimo abwerere kwawo, ngakhale iwo amene akumana ndi "zovuta kwambiri." Sichitsimikizo choti - aliyense ali ndi ufulu wosankha ndipo akhoza kukana chipulumutso. Koma mapemphero athu atha kubweretsa kuwala kwa chisomo, mwayi wolapa, zomwe mwina sizingaperekedwe.
Rahabi anali hule, hule. Komabe adapulumutsidwa chifukwa cha chikhulupiriro (Yos 2: 11-14), motero, Mulungu adamuchitira chifundo ndi kumuteteza lonse banja. Osataya mtima! Pitirizani kudalira Mulungu, ndipo perekani banja lanu kwa Iye.
Pamene Mulungu anali pafupi kuyeretsa dziko lapansi ndi chigumula, Iye anayang'ana pa dziko lapansi ndipo anangopeza chisomo ndi Nowa (Gen 6: 8). Koma Mulungu anapulumutsanso banja la Nowa. Phimbani umaliseche wa am'banja lanu ndi chikondi chanu ndi mapemphero anu, komanso koposa zonse chikhulupiriro chanu ndi chiyero, monga Nowa anabweretsa chophimba kubanja lake… monga Yesu anatiphimba kudzera mu chikondi chake ndi misonzi, inde, mwazi wake womwe.
Chikondi chimakwirira machimo ochuluka. (1 Pet. 4: 8)
Inde, perekani okondedwa anu kwa Mary, chifukwa ndikukuuzani, Satana adzamangidwa ndi unyolo wa Rosary.
Kubwezeretsa UKWATI
Ngati Mulungu ati apulumutse mabanja, choyambirira komanso chofunikira kwambiri, adzapulumutsa maukwati. Pakuti muukwati muli kuyembekezera wa mgwirizano wosatha Umene Khristu akukonzera Mpingo.
Amuna inu, kondani akazi anu, monganso Khristu adakonda Mpingo nadzipereka yekha chifukwa cha iye kuti amuyeretse, kumuyeretsa pomusambitsa ndi madzi ndi mawu, kuti akawonetsere kwa iye mpingo muulemerero, wopanda banga kapena khwinya kapena chilichonse chinthu choterocho, kuti akhale woyera ndi wopanda chirema. (Aef 5: 25-27)
The Era Wamtendere ndi Nyengo ya Ukalistia, pamene kupezeka kwa Ukaristia kwa Khristu kudzakhazikitsidwa mpaka kumalekezero a dziko lapansi. Munthawi imeneyi, Mpingo, Mkwatibwi wa Khristu, adzafika pachimake pa chiyero makamaka kudzera mu mgwirizano wake wa Sacramenti ndi thupi la Yesu mu Ukalistia Woyera:
Pachifukwa ichi mwamuna adzasiya atate wake ndi amake nadzaphatikizana ndi mkazi wake, ndipo awiriwo adzakhala thupi limodzi. Ichi ndi chinsinsi chachikulu, koma ndimalankhula za Khristu ndi mpingo. (v. 31-32)
Tchalitchichi chikhala ndi moyo pamaphunzitso a Papa Yohane Paulo pa “zaumulungu za thupi” pamene kugonana kwathu kwaumunthu kudzagwirizana ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu, ndipo maukwati athu ndi mabanja athu adzakhala "oyera ndi opanda chilema." Thupi la Khristu lidzafika thunthu lonse, okonzeka kukhala ogwirizana ndi Mutu wake kwamuyaya pamene Mpingo udzafika ku ungwiro wake kumwamba.
Ziphunzitso zaumulungu [ndi] bomba lophulitsa nthawi lomwe liyenera kuti lipite ndi zotulukapo ... mwina mzaka makumi awiri ndi chimodzi. ” -George Weigel, Ziphunzitso Zaumulungu Zofotokozedwa, p. 50
Yesu anati, “nzeru itsimikiziridwa ndi ntchito zake.”Kodi ntchito yake yayikulu si munthu? Zowonadi, kubwezeretsa kwa banja ndiukwati ndikumapeto kwake Kutsimikizira Kwa Nzeru pamaso pa Iye kubwerera komaliza muulemerero.
Eliya abweradi kaye ndikubwezeretsa zinthu zonse. (Maliko 9:12)
Idasindikizidwa koyamba pa Disembala 10, 2008.
KUWERENGA KWAMBIRI:
Ngati mungafune kuthandiza zosowa za banja lathu,
dinani batani pansipa ndikuphatikizira mawuwo
"Kwa banja" mu gawo la ndemanga.
Akudalitseni ndikukuthokozani!
Kuyenda ndi Mark mu The Tsopano Mawu,
dinani pachikwangwani pansipa kuti Tumizani.
Imelo yanu sidzagawidwa ndi aliyense.
