Khirisimasi siidatha

CHISIMASI zatha? Inu mungaganize choncho mwa miyezo ya dziko. "Oposa makumi anayi" adalowa m'malo mwa nyimbo za Khrisimasi; zizindikiro zogulitsa zasintha zokongoletsa; magetsi adazimitsidwa ndipo mitengo ya Khrisimasi idayambitsidwa. Koma kwa ife monga akhristu achikatolika, tidakali pakati pa a kuyang'anitsitsa pa Mawu amene asandulika thupi — Mulungu anakhala munthu. Kapena, ziyenera kukhala choncho. Tikuyembekezerabe kuvumbulutsidwa kwa Yesu kwa Amitundu, kwa Amagi omwe amayenda kutali kukawona Mesiya, yemwe ayenera "kuweta" anthu a Mulungu. "Epiphany" iyi (yokumbukiridwa Lamlungu lino), ndiye pachimake pa Khrisimasi, chifukwa ikuwulula kuti Yesu salinso "wolungama" kwa Ayuda, koma kwa mwamuna aliyense, mkazi ndi mwana yemwe amayenda mumdima.

Ndipo ichi ndi chinthu: Amagi anali kwenikweni openda nyenyezi, amuna omwe ankafunafuna chidziwitso cha esoteric mu nyenyezi. Ngakhale sanadziwe ndendende amene iwo anali kufunafuna—ndiko kuti, Mpulumutsi wao—ndipo njira zawo zinali zosakaniza za umunthu ndi nzeru zaumulungu, komabe akanampeza Iye. M’chenicheni, iwo anasonkhezeredwa ndi chilengedwe cha Mulungu, ndi zizindikiro kuti Mulungu mwiniyo analemba mwadala m’chilengedwe chonse kuti alengeze dongosolo Lake laumulungu.

Ndimuona, ngakhale si tsopano; Ndimupenya, ngakhale si pafupi: Nyenyezi idzachokera kwa Yakobo, ndi ndodo yachifumu idzauka mwa Israyeli. ( Numeri 24:17 )

Ndikupeza chiyembekezo chochuluka mu izi. Zili ngati kuti Mulungu akulankhula kudzera mwa Anzeru zakuya.

Masomphenya anu, chidziwitso, ndi chipembedzo sizingakhale zangwiro panthawi ino; zakale ndi zamakono zanu zikhoza kuipitsidwa ndi uchimo; tsogolo lanu ladzaza ndi kusatsimikizika… koma ndikuzindikira kuti mukufuna kundipeza. Ndipo kotero, Ndine pano. Bwerani kwa Ine nonse amene mukufunafuna tanthauzo, ofunafuna choonadi, ofunafuna m'busa kuti akutsogolereni. Bwerani kwa Ine inu nonse amene mwatopa paulendo m’moyo uno, ndipo ndidzakupumulitsani inu. Bwerani kwa Ine nonse amene mwataya chiyembekezo, amene mukumva kusiyidwa ndi kukhumudwa, ndipo mudzandipeza ndikukuyembekezerani ndi maso achikondi. Pakuti ine ndine Yesu, Mpulumutsi wako, amene wabwera kudzakupeza iwenso…

Yesu sanadzionetsere yekha kwa angwiro. Yosefe anafunikira chitsogozo chokhazikika kupyolera m’maloto aungelo; abusa ovala zovala zawo zantchito zonunkha anasonkhana mozungulira modyeramo ziweto; ndipo Amagi, ndithudi, anali achikunja. Ndiyeno pali inu ndi ine. Mwina mwabwera kupyola mu Khirisimasi kusokonezedwa ndi onse chakudya, kampani, usiku mochedwa, Boxing Sabata malonda, zosangalatsa, etc. ndi kumva pang'ono ngati inu "anaphonya" mfundo zonse. Ngati ndi choncho, dzikumbutseni lero ndi choonadi chosangalatsa chakuti Yesu sanapite ku ukapolo ku Igupto. Ayi, akuyembekezera kudziulula Yekha kwa inu lero. Iye akukusiyiraninso “zizindikiro” (monga kulemba uku) zolozera kumene Iye ali. Chomwe chikufunika ndi kufuna kwanu, kufunitsitsa kwanu kufunafuna Yesu. Mutha kupemphera motere:

Ambuye, monga Amagi, ndakhala nthawi yayitali ndikuyendayenda padziko lapansi, koma ndikufuna kukupezani. Monga abusa, ngakhale, ine ndimabwera ndi madontho a tchimo langa; monga Yosefe, ine ndimabwera ndi mantha ndi kusungidwa; monga woyang’anira nyumba ya alendo, inenso sindinakupatseni malo mumtima mwanga monga ndiyenera kuchitira. Koma ndibwera, chifukwa Inu, Yesu, mundiyembekezera monga ine. Ndipo kotero, ndabwera kuti ndikupempheni chikhululukiro ndi kukugwadirani. Ndabwera kudzakupatsani golidi, lubani ndi mure: ndiko kuti, chikhulupiriro chaching'ono, chikondi, ndi nsembe zomwe ndiri nazo… kuti ndikupatseni inu zonse zomwe ndiri, kamodzinso. O Yesu, yang'anani umphawi wanga wauzimu, ndikukutengani m'manja mwanga wosauka, nditengereni mu Mtima Wanu.

Ndikulonjeza, ngati mungayende ngati Amagi lero kuti mtundu wa mtima ndi kudzichepetsa, osati kokha Yesu adzakulandirani inu, koma Iye adzakuvekani korona ngati mwana wamwamuna kapena wamkazi.^[1]“Mtima wolapa ndi wodzichepetsa, inu Mulungu, simudzaunyoza.” ( Salimo 51:19 ) Kwa ichi Iye anadzera. Pachifukwa ichi, Iye akuyembekezera ulendo wanu lero… pakuti Khrisimasi siinathe.

Kulakalaka Mulungu kumasokoneza zochita zathu zotopetsa ndipo kumatisonkhezera kupanga masinthidwe omwe tikufuna ndi kufunikira. —POPE FRANCIS, Homilily for Solemnity of Epiphany, January 6th, 2016; Zenit.org

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