ONE mphindi anali amantha, otsatira olimba mtima. Mphindi imodzi anali kukayikira, chotsatira anali otsimikiza. Mphindi ina adazengereza, chotsatira, adathamangira kwawo kuphedwa. Nchiyani chinapangitsa kusiyana pakati pa Atumwi awo omwe anawasandutsa amuna opanda mantha?
Mzimu Woyera.
Osati mbalame kapena mphamvu, osati mphamvu yakuthambo kapena chizindikiro chokongola - koma Mzimu wa Mulungu, Munthu Wachitatu wa Utatu Woyera. Ndipo pamene Iye abwera, izo zimasintha chirichonse.
Ayi, sitingakhale amantha m'masiku athu ano - makamaka inu amuna omwe ndinu abambo, ngakhale mutakhala ansembe kapena makolo. Ngati ndife amantha, tisiya chikhulupiriro chathu. Mkuntho womwe ukuyamba kufalikira padziko lonse lapansi ndi namondwe wa kusefa. Iwo amene ali ofunitsitsa kusiya chikhulupiriro chawo adzawataya, koma iwo amene akufuna kutaya miyoyo yawo chifukwa cha chikhulupiriro chawo adzawapeza. Tiyenera kukhala owona pazomwe tikukumana nazo:
Iwo omwe akutsutsa zachikunja chatsopanochi akumana ndi chisankho chovuta. Mwina amatsatira nzeru imeneyi kapena ayi akukumana ndi chiyembekezo chofera. —Mtumiki wa Mulungu Fr. John Hardon (1914-2000), Kodi Mungakhale Bwanji Mkatolika Wokhulupirika Masiku Ano? Pokhala Wokhulupirika kwa Bishopu waku Roma; Chosamaporesi.org
Izi mwina zimakupangitsani mantha. Koma ndichifukwa chake Amayi Athu atumizidwa ngati Likasa kwa mbadwo uno. Osati kutibisa, koma kutikonzekeretsa; Osati kutichotsera kutali, koma kutikonzekeretsa kuti tikhale kutsogolo kwa nkhondo yayikulu yomwe dziko silinadziwepopo. Monga Yesu adanena m'mauthenga ovomerezeka kwa Elizabeth Kindelmann:
Onse akuitanidwa kuti alowe nawo m'gulu lankhondo lapaderali. Kubwera kwa Ufumu wanga kuyenera kukhala cholinga chanu chokha m'moyo… Musakhale amantha. Musayembekezere. Limbana ndi Mkuntho kuti mupulumutse miyoyo. —Yesu kwa Elizabeth Kindelmann, Lawi la Chikondi, pg. 34, lofalitsidwa ndi Children of the Father Foundation; Pamodzi Wolemba Archbishop Charles Chaput
Ngati mukumva mantha mumtima mwanu, ndiye kuti ndinu anthu; ndi zomwe mumachita kuti muthane ndi mantha omwe amasankha mtundu wamwamuna kapena wamkazi. Koma wokondedwa Mkhristu, sindikunena za kuthekera kwako kuthana ndi mantha kudzera m'machitachita amisala kapena kuyesa kudzikwapula. M'malo mwake, za kuthekera kwanu kutembenukira kwa Iye amene amataya mantha onse-Iye amene ali wangwiro Chikondi, Mzimu Woyera. Za…
… Chikondi changwiro chimataya mantha. (1 Yohane 4:18)
Cinthu coipa cacitika kwa Mpingo mzaka khumi zapitazi. Tikuwoneka kuti tayiwala kuti Mulungu akufunabe kutitsanulira Mzimu Woyera! Atate sanaleke kutipatsa ife Mphatso Yauzimu iyi pambuyo pa Pentekoste; Sanasiye kutipatsa ife pa Ubatizo wathu ndi Chitsimikizo; M'malo mwake, Mulungu amafuna atidzaze ndi Mzimu nthawi iliyonse yomwe tifunsa!
Ngati inu, muli oyipa, mukudziwa kupatsa mphatso zabwino ana anu, koposa kotani nanga Atate wakumwamba adzapatsa Mzimu Woyera kwa iwo akumpempha Iye? (Luka 11:13)
Ngati mukuganiza kuti ndikupanga izi, ganizirani izi kuchokera mu Machitidwe a Atumwi:
"Ndipo tsopano, Ambuye, zindikirani kuwopseza kwawo, ndipo patsani mphamvu akapolo anu kuti alankhule mawu anu ndi kulimbika mtima konse, pamene mutambasula dzanja lanu kuti muchiritse, ndipo zizindikilo ndi zozizwa zikuchitika m'dzina la mtumiki wanu woyera Yesu." Pomwe amapemphera, malo omwe adasonkhanako adagwedezeka, ndipo onse adadzazidwa ndi Mzimu Woyera ndikupitiliza kulankhula mawu a Mulungu molimbika mtima. (Machitidwe 4: 29-31)
Nayi mfundo. Icho sanali Pentekoste-Pentekoste idachitika mitu iwiri m'mbuyomo. Chifukwa chake tikuwona kuti Mulungu akhoza ndipo amatipatsa ife Mzimu Wake pamene tifunsa.
Khalani otseguka kwa Khristu, Landirani Mzimu, kuti Pentekosti yatsopano ichitike mdera lililonse! Mtundu watsopano, wokondwa, udzauka pakati pako; mudzakumananso ndi mphamvu yopulumutsa ya Ambuye. —POPE JOHN PAUL II, ku Latin America, 1992
Ndikadayenera kusiya ntchitoyi kalekale. Kunyozedwa, kuzunzidwa, kunyinyirika, kukanidwa, kunyozedwa, ndi kudzipatula, osatinso mantha anga oti ndilephera kapena kusokeretsa ena… Inde, ndakumanapo ndi zambiri Chiyeso Chachizolowezi. Koma Mzimu Woyera ndiye amene amandipatsa mphamvu kuti ndipitilize, makamaka kudzera mu zotengera:
• pemphero. Mukupemphera, ndalumikizidwa ndi Khristu, Mpesa, yemwe amabweretsa kuyamwa kwa Mzimu Woyera kuti kudutse mumayendedwe amtima wanga. O, Mulungu kangati adatsitsimutsa moyo wanga m'mapemphero! Ndi kangati pomwe ndakhala ndikupemphera, ndikukwawa pansi, kenako ndikupeza ndikuuluka ngati chiwombankhanga!
• Sacramenti Yachigawo. Sitife zilumba. Ndife a thupi, Thupi la Khristu. Chifukwa chake, aliyense wa ife ndi sakramenti kwa ena pamene timalola chikondi cha Yesu kuyenda mwa ife: pamene tili nkhope Yake, manja Ake, kumwetulira Kwake, makutu Ake omvera, kukhudza Kwake; pamene tikumbutsana wina ndi mnzake za Mawu a Mulungu ndikulimbikitsana wina ndi mnzake ku “Ganizirani za kumwamba, osati za padziko lapansi” (Akolose 3: 2). Ndi mphatso yanji inu akhala kwa ine kudzera m'makalata anu ndi mapemphero omwe ndidamva chisomo chenicheni ndi mphamvu.
• Sacramenti la Ukalistia Woyera. Pamene tilandila Yesu mgonero, tikupeza chiyani? moyo, moyo wosatha, ndipo Moyo umenewo ndiwo Mzimu wa Mulungu. Chozizwitsa chamtendere chomwe ndakhala ndikumva ndikalandira Yesu mu Ukalisitiya ndi umboni wokwanira kuti Mulungu aliko… ndi mphamvu zokwanira sabata yamawa.
• Amayi Odala. Anthu ambiri samamvetsetsa Dona Wathu. Ndichisoni chachikulu kwa ine chifukwa palibe amene amakonda ndi kupembedza Yesu monga amachitira! Chidwi chake chokha ndikuti dziko lapansi lidzafika pokonda ndi kupembedza Yesu chimodzimodzi. Ndipo kotero-kwa iwo omwe amamulola amayi ake-iye amapereka chisomo chonse chomwe Mulungu wamupatsa iye, kuti awathetse nacho moyo wabwino. Amachita izi kudzera mwa Mkazi Wake Wauzimu, Mzimu Woyera.
• Kuvomereza. Pamene ndalephera Mbuye wanga, inemwini, ndi iwo omwe ali pafupi nane, ndimayambiranso chifukwa Ambuye amalonjeza kuti ndingathe (1 Yohane 1: 9). Ndi zachifundo zosaneneka zotani zomwe zimaperekedwa mu Sakramenti ili pomwe Chifundo Chaumulungu chimabwezeretsa moyo kudzera mumoto woyeretsa wa Mzimu Woyera.
Chomwe chatsalira ndikuti tisakhale aulesi, osatenga moyo wathu wauzimu mopepuka. Sitingakwanitse, makamaka kukhala amantha.
Kusamalira kwaumulungu tsopano kwatikonzekeretsa. Makonzedwe achifundo a Mulungu atichenjeza kuti tsiku lankhondo lathu, mpikisano wathu, layandikira. Mwa chikondi chogawana chomwe chimatimangirira pamodzi, tikuchita zonse zomwe tingathe kuti tilimbikitse mpingo wathu, kuti tidzipereke mosalekeza kusala kudya, maso, ndi mapemphero ofanana. Izi ndi zida zakumwamba zomwe zimatipatsa mphamvu zoyimirira ndi kupirira; ndizo chitetezo chauzimu, zida zopatsidwa ndi Mulungu zomwe zimatiteteza. —St. Cyprian, Kalata Yopita kwa Papa Cornelius; Liturgy ya Maola, Vol IV, tsa. 1407
Pomaliza, ndikufuna kupanga "chipinda chapamwamba" nonse pa Sabata la Pentekoste. Ndipo monga Atumwi akale, tiyeni tisonkhane ndi Dona Wathu ndikupempha Mzimu Woyera pa ife, mabanja athu, komanso padziko lapansi. Khulupirirani zomwe mukupempha. Nenani Tamandani Maria ndi ine pompano (ndipo ndiphatikizira kupempha komwe adafunsa pamavumbulutso kwa Elizabeth Kindelmann, lomwe ndi pemphero lapadera la Mzimu Woyera kudzera mu Lawi la Chikondi cha mtima wa Mkazi Wathu):
Tikuoneni Maria wodzaza ndi chisomo
Ambuye ali ndi iwe
Wodala ndiwe mwa akazi
ndipo chodala chipatso cha mimba yako, Yesu.
Mariya Woyera, Amayi a Mulungu
mutipempherere ife ochimwa
ndi kufalitsa zotsatira za chisomo cha Flame Yanu Ya Chikondi
pamwamba pa umunthu wonse
tsopano ndi nthawi yakufa kwathu.
Amen.
Ngati tsiku la chizunzo litipeza
kuganiza pa zinthu izi ndi kusinkhasinkha pa iwo,
Msirikali wa Khristu,
ophunzitsidwa ndi malamulo a Khristu,
sayamba kuda nkhawa akaganiza za nkhondo,
koma wakonzeka korona wopambana.
—St. Cyprian, bishopu komanso wofera chikhulupiriro
Malangizo a maola, Vol II, tsa. 1769
Tsopano Mawu ndi utumiki wanthawi zonse womwe
akupitiliza ndi thandizo lanu.
Akudalitseni, ndipo zikomo.
Kuti muyende ndi Mark in The Tsopano Mawu,
dinani pachikwangwani pansipa kuti Tumizani.
Imelo yanu sidzagawidwa ndi aliyense.
