Kuswa Mbiri

LENTEN YOBWERETSEDWA
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Phulusa Lachitatu

Wolemba Commander Richard Brehn, NOAA Corps

Pendani pansi kuti mumvetsere podcast ya kusinkhasinkha kulikonse ngati mukufuna. Kumbukirani, mutha kupeza tsiku lililonse pano: Kupemphera Pobwerera.

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Ndipo pakati pawo, apa inu ali. Mosakayikira, mwina mumadzimva kuti mulibe mphamvu poyang'ana zosintha zambiri zomwe zikuchitika mdziko lathu-wosewera wopanda pake, munthu wopanda tanthauzo lililonse padziko lapansi, osatinso mbiri yakale. Mwinamwake mumamva ngati kuti muli omangirizidwa ku chingwe cha mbiriyakale ndikukokedwa kumbuyo kwa Sitima Yaikulu Yanthawiyo, ndikuponyedwa ndikusintha mopanda thandizo pambuyo pake. Izi, mzanga, ndizomwe Satana amafuna kuti inu, ine, ndi Mkhristu aliyense mukhulupirire, motero, mutitsogolera mu ukapolo wamantha, nkhawa, komanso kudziletsa. Kulowa kusalowerera mwauzimu kukhalapo. Koma amadziwa bwino. Amadziwa kuti ngati mumamvetsetsa bwino zomwe inu muli mwa Khristu, ndikuti ngati mutayamba kukhala muubale ndi Mulungu ndiye zenizeni, odziperekandipo okwana, kuti mudzakhale ngati uta wa Sitimayo. Kuti moyo wanu - ngakhale utakhala kuti mukukhalamo mchisopa chobisalira dziko lapansi - upanga mbiriyakale m'njira zomwe mwina zimamveka kwamuyaya.

Imani kwakanthawi ndikungoganiza za izi: Ndinu m'modzi wa mabiliyoni la anthu omwe adakhalapo padziko lapansi lino. Koma pakadali pano, ndi mpweya uliwonse womwe mumapuma, mukudula mafunde nthawi yomwe palibe wina aliyense adakhalako. Inu ndi ine ndi mphindi yomwe ilongosole zakale. Kodi mwatsala ndi zaka zingati padziko lapansi? Masiku angati? Kodi nthawi yanu yotsalira pano ingasinthenso mayendedwe adziko lino? Mvetsetsani izi: Pemphero limodzi, loperekedwa mwachikondi, loyankhulidwa moona, ndikukongoletsedwa ndi misozi lingasinthe mbiri. Ndi kangati pomwe Mfumu David idalira misozi yakulapa, kokha kuti Ambuye achedwetse chiweruzo chake m'badwo wina! ^[1]onani. 2 Sam 12: 13-14 Nanga bwanji za "inde" wa Amayi Wathu Wodala, ndi tanthauzo lake losamvetsetseka? Kapena ya St. Francis waku Assisi, kapena Augustine, kapena Faustina? Kodi sitidaitanidwenso "kubala" Khristu monga iwo adachitira?

Ana anga, amene ndigwiranso ntchito kufikira Khristu adzaumbika mwa inu. (Agal. 4:19)

Panthawiyo, zonena zathu kapena zochita zathu kwa Mulungu zingawoneke ngati zazing'ono komanso zopanda pake… koma chilichonse ndi liwu, lochitidwa mu Chifuniro Chaumulungu, limakhala ngati kanjere kampiru, kambewu kakang'ono kwambiri. Koma ikakhwima imakhala mtengo waukulu kwambiri. Ndi mmenenso zimakhalira ndi mawu ndi zochita zathu tikamayankha chisomo. Ali ndi fayilo ya Wosatha kukhudza.

Cholinga cha Lentent Retreat iyi, yomwe ndimayika m'manja mwa Amayi Odala, ndikuti tisunthireni ine ndi inu kuchokera ku kuteteza udindo-pochita ndi zinthu zomwe zasintha padziko lapansi mwamantha kapena mokakamizidwa - ku zolawula chimodzi. Koma osati ndi mtundu wokomeza komanso "kuganiza moyenera" komwe okamba zolimbikitsa angalimbikitsire. M'malo mwake, kukuthandizani kuti muyambe kukhala ndi ubale "weniweni, wowona mtima, ndi wathunthu" ndi Mulungu kudzera munjira zovomerezeka za chisomo.

Pakuti muli opulumutsidwa ndi chisomo chakuchita mwa chikhulupiriro, ndipo ichi sichichokera kwa inu; ndi mphatso ya Mulungu… Pakuti ndife ntchito ya manja ake, olengedwa mwa khristu Yesu chifukwa cha ntchito zabwino zomwe Mulungu anakonzeratu, kuti tikhale mwa iwo. (Aef 2: 8-10)

Mwachidule, cholinga cha kuthawa uku ndikuthandizani kuti mukhale ndi wauzimu. Kotero, kudzakhala kothandiza, kovuta, komanso kuyitanidwa kuti mulowe munkhondo yayikulu kwambiri yomwe Mpingo udakhalako, yomwe Woyera Yohane Woyera Wachiwiri adatcha "nkhondo yomaliza" ya nthawi ino pakati pa mphamvu za Kuwala ndi mdima. ^[2]cf. Kumvetsetsa Mgwirizano Womaliza

Chifukwa chake, tiyeni tipemphe Woyera Woyera uyu, pamodzi ndi Wodala Amayi Teresa, St. Faustina, St. Pio, St. Ambrose, St. Catherine waku Siena, St. Francis waku Assisi, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Mildred, St Andrew, Mtumiki wa Mulungu Catherine de Hueck Doherty (onjezerani oyera mtima omwe mumakonda)… kutipempherera ife, kuti tikhale ndi mphamvu ndi kulimbika poyankha ku chisomo chomwe Mulungu atiwonetsere mwakuya. Ndine wotsimikiza za izi — chifukwa ndi chiyani Atate angapatse mwana wawo mwala pamene wapempha mkate, kapena njoka m'malo mwa nsomba?

Kumbukirani, "Ofatsa adzalandira dziko lapansi." ^[3]Matt 5: 5 Ngakhale zitha kuwoneka kuti anthu adziko lapansi, olemera, komanso oyipa okhawo ndi omwe amalemba zamtsogolo, nthawi zambiri amakhala obisika, anzeru, komanso mitima ngati ana yomwe imasintha mbiri. Monga Lemba likuti:

"Ndidzawononga nzeru za anzeru, ndipo maphunziro apadera ndidzayika pambali." Ali kuti wanzeru? Ali kuti mlembi? Ali kuti wotsutsana wa m'bado uno? (1 Akorinto 1: 19-20)

Ndipo Yesu akuyankha:

Lolani ana abwere kwa ine; musawaletse, pakuti Ufumu wa Mulungu uli wa oterewa…. Pamenepo anawakumbatira ndi kuwadalitsa, ndi kuwaika manja. (Maliko 10: 14-16)

Ndipo kotero, kubwerera kwathu kumayamba ndikukumbatirana ndi madalitso a Yesu, kwa iwo omwe amabwera ngati ana aang'ono, ndiye kuti, ali ndi mitima yosweka ndi yolapa; ndi kudzipereka; ndi chiyembekezo ndi chikhulupiriro; ndi khumba, ngakhale matumba anu ali opanda ukoma. Inde, Yesu akukumbatirani tsopano… osawopa. Pakuti, pamodzi ndi Dona Wathu, Iyenso adzakhala Mbuye wathu wa Retreat.

Chidule & LEMBA:

Ndi mpweya uliwonse womwe mumatenga, muli ndi mwayi wosintha mbiriyakale, ziribe kanthu kuti ndinu yani, mpweya wanu ukapumiramo, komanso ndi Khristu.

Ndikhoza zonse mwa Iye wondipatsa mphamvuyo. (Afil 4:13)