Imfa Ziwiri, ndi Michael D. O'Brien
Mu ntchito yophiphiritsirayi, onse awiri Khristu ndi Wokana Kristu akuwonetsedwa, ndipo anthu amakono akukumana ndi chisankho. Njira iti yotsatira? Pali chisokonezo chochuluka, mantha ambiri. Ziwerengero zambiri sizimvetsetsa komwe misewu idzalowera; ndi ana ochepa okha omwe ali ndi maso openya. Aliyense amene akufuna kupulumutsa moyo wake adzautaya; iwo amene ataya moyo wawo chifukwa cha Khristu adzaupulumutsa. —Ndemanga ya Wolemba
PAMENE Apanso, ndikumva bwino mumtima mwanga sabata ino mawu omwe adalankhula m'nyengo yozizira yapita- mphamvu ya mngelo pakati pa kumwamba akufuula kuti:
Pokumbukira nthawi zonse kuti Khristu ndiye wopambana, ndimamvanso mawu awa:
Mukulowa gawo lopweteka kwambiri la kuyeretsedwa.
Ndi ochepa omwe amamvetsetsa kuti kuvunda kwakatangale kumayiko aku azungu kumayambira pafupifupi m'mbali zonse za anthu — kuyambira pazakudya mpaka zachuma mpaka zachilengedwe — ndipo mwina ndi kuchuluka kwake kwenikweni olamulidwa ndi ochepa mwa olemera komanso amphamvu. Miyoyo yambiri ikudzuka, komabe, popeza zizindikiritso za nthawi sizilinso m'gulu lazachipembedzo zingapo, koma zimalamulira mitu yayikulu yayikulu. Sindikukhulupirira kuti ndiyenera kuyankha pazovuta zomwe zikuchitika m'chilengedwe, zachuma, komanso anthu wamba, kupatula kunena kuti azolowera pangani dongosolo latsopano ladziko kumene ufulu umatsimikizidwa ndi boma, m'malo mokhala ndi ufulu wobadwira wa munthu.
Chiyeso chimakhalapo nthawi zonse kukhumudwa poyang'anizana ndi "ulamuliro wankhanza wokhudzana ndi chikhalidwe"… kuyang'anitsitsa mwamantha pazomwe zikuwoneka ngati Chilombo chowopsa kutuluka pang'onopang'ono kuchokera pansi pa nyanja yamakono. Koma tiyenera kukana chiyeso chofuna kugonjetsedwa, ndikumamatira mawu a Abambo Woyera, John Paul Wachiwiri:
Musaope!
Pakuti ndiwo mawu a Khristu mu Mauthenga Abwino, asanafe ndi pambuyo pa imfa Yake ndi Kuuka Kwake. Muzinthu zonse, Khristu amapambana ndipo amatitsimikizira kuti sitiyenera kuchita mantha.
ANTHAWIRA KWA OKHULUPIRIKA
Ndalankhula kawirikawiri za Chivumbulutso 12 ndi nkhondo yomwe ikubwera komanso ikubwera pakati pa Mkazi ndi Chinjoka, pakati pa njoka ndi mbewu ya Mkazi. Ndi nkhondo ya miyoyo yomwe mosakaikira imabweretsa ambiri kwa Khristu. Ndi nthawi yomwe chizunzo chilipo. Koma tikuwona pakati pa nkhondoyi kuti Mulungu amapereka a pothawirapo chifukwa cha anthu Ake:
Mkazi nayenso adathawira kuchipululu komwe adakonzedweratu ndi Mulungu, kuti kumeneko adzamusamalira masiku khumi ndi awiri mphambu makumi asanu ndi limodzi. (Chiv 12: 6)
Ndikukhulupirira zimatanthauza chitetezo pamagawo ambiri: mwakuthupi, mwauzimu, komanso waluntha.
ZINTHU
Khrisimasi yapitayi, ine ndi woyang'anira wanga wauzimu tinkacheza ndi wogulitsa nyama yemwe banja lake lakhala m'derali kwazaka zopitilira zana. Tinkalankhula za mbiriyakale yam'derali pomwe mwadzidzidzi adayamba kukhudzidwa. Adakumbukira Fuluwenza yaku Spain yomwe idadutsa m'midzi mzaka zapitazo kuchokera 1918 mpaka1919, ndikupha anthu opitilira 20 miliyoni padziko lonse lapansi. Anatinso Kachisi kwa Amayi Athu a Phiri la Karimeli, womwe uli pamtunda wa makilomita 13 kapena kuposerapo kuchokera ku tawuni yathu, adapangidwa ndi anthu am'deralo kuti apemphe kupembedzera ndi chitetezo cha Mary. Ali ndi misozi m'maso mwake anati, "Mliriwo watizungulira ndipo sunabwere kuno."
Pali nkhani zambiri zoteteza akhristu kudzera pakupembedzera kwa Maria mzaka mazana ambiri (ndi mayi uti amene sateteza ana ake?) Pamene ine ndi mkazi wanga tinali ku New Orleans zaka zingapo zapitazo, tidawona ndi maso athu zifanizo za Mary zambiri sanavulazidwe ndi mphepo yamkuntho ya Katrina, pomwe nyumba ndi mipanda ndi mitengo yowazungulira idagwetsedwa. Ngakhale kutaya katundu wawo wambiri, ambiri mwa mabanjawa adatetezedwa kuti asavulazidwe.
Ndipo ndani angaiwale ansembe asanu ndi atatu achiJesuit omwe adatetezedwa ku bomba la atomiki lomwe lidaponyedwa ku Hiroshima, Japan - malo asanu ndi atatu okha kuchokera kwawo - pomwe anthu opitilira theka miliyoni adazungulira. Iwo anali akupemphera Rosary ndikukhala moyo wa uthenga wa Fatima.
Mulungu watumiza Maria kwa ife ngati Likasa la Chitetezo. Ndikukhulupirira kuti izi zimatanthauzanso chitetezo chakuthupi:
Panthaŵi imene Chikristu chenichenicho chinawonekera kukhala choopsya, chipulumutso chake chinanenedwa ndi mphamvu ya pemphero ili [la Korona], ndipo Mkazi Wathu wa pa Rosary anali kutamandidwa monga iye amene kupembedzera kwake kunabweretsa chipulumutso. —PAPA JOHN PAUL II, Rosarium Virginis Mariae, n. 39
WAUZIMU
Zowonadi, chisomo chamtengo wapatali chomwe Maria amabweretsa ndi chipulumutso chomwe Yesu adatipindulira kudzera pa Mtanda. Nthawi zambiri ndimawona Likasa la Chitetezo ngati bwato lopulumutsira anthu, lomwe likuyendetsa onse mkati mwake kupita ku Barque of Christ yayikulu. Pothawirapo Maria, ndiye pothawirapo Khristu. Mitima yawo ndi imodzi, ndipo kukhala mu Mtima wa Maria kuyenera kulowetsedwa mu Mtima wa Mwana wake.
Chofunikira apa ndikuti pothawirapo wamkulu Khristu amapereka Mpingo pankhondo yolimbana ndi chinjoka ndi chitetezo motsutsana ndi kutaya chipulumutso chathu, bola ngati tikufuna kukhalabe ndi Iye mwa ufulu wathu wosankha.
ZOLINGALIRA
Zomwe ndikutanthauza ndi "pothawirapo mwaluso" ndikuti nthawi ikubwera pomwe padzakhala zizindikilo zabodza ndi zodabwitsa komanso mayesero osaletseka oti atsatire "malingaliro" a dongosolo ladziko lapansi. Kodi tingadziwe bwanji njira yoyenera kuyenda?
Yankho lagona pa izi: chisomo choyera. Mulungu apereka nyali zamkati kwa malingaliro ndi mitima ya iwo omwe adadzichepetsa okha ngati ana aang'ono, omwe adadzionetsera analowa mu Likasa panthawiyi yokonzekera. Kwa malingaliro amakono, ndiopusa komanso achikale bwanji miyoyo yomwe imagwira mikanda ya Rosary ndikukhala patsogolo pa Mahema! Nzeru bwanji aang'ono awa adzakhala m'masiku a Kuyesedwa! Izi ndichifukwa chakuti alapa za kufuna kwawo, nadzipereka kuchifuniro cha Mulungu ndi chikonzero chake. Mwa kumvera kwa Amayi awo, ndikupangidwa m'sukulu yamapemphero awo, akutenga malingaliro a Khristu.
Sitinalandire mzimu wa dziko lapansi koma Mzimu wochokera kwa Mulungu, kuti tizimvetsetsa zinthu zomwe Mulungu watipatsa mwaulere… Tsopano munthu wa chibadwidwe salandira za Mzimu wa Mulungu, pakuti kwa iye ndizo zopusa, ndipo sangathe kuzimvetsa, chifukwa zimaweruzidwa mwauzimu. Munthu wauzimu, komabe, amatha kuweruza chilichonse koma sangaweruzidwe ndi aliyense. Pakuti "ndani adadziwa mtima wa Ambuye, kuti amlangize iye?" Koma tili ndi mtima wa Khristu. (1 Akorinto 2: 3-16)
Izi sizikutanthauza kuti iwo omwe alibe kudzipereka kwa Maria atayika kapena adzataika (onani Aprotestanti, Mary, ndi Likasa la Chitetezo). Chofunikira kwambiri ndikuti munthu atsatire Khristu. Koma bwanji osamutsatira Iye mwa njira zowona zomwe Iye Mwiniwake watisiyira ife, ndizo, Mkazi, Mpingo ndi Mariya ndi ndani?
Mkaziyu akuyimira Maria, Mayi wa Muomboli, koma akuyimira nthawi yomweyo Mpingo wonse, Anthu a Mulungu nthawi zonse, Mpingo womwe nthawi zonse, ndi kuwawa kwakukulu, umaberekanso Khristu. —POPA BENEDICT XVI, Castel Gandolfo, Italy, AUG. 23, 2006; Zenit
Apa pali chinsinsi kwa zonse pothawirapo Khristu akupereka kwa otsatira ake: ndi chitetezo mu Mpingo ndi Mary, ndipo onse agona mkati mwa Mtima Woyera wa Yesu.
Ndipo musaiwale… angelo adzakhala nafe, mwina ngakhale mowonekera nthawi zina.
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