WE yatsegula magawo am'mawa ano ndi nyimbo. Zinandikumbutsa za zochitika zaka makumi angapo zapitazo…
Malowo ankatchedwa “Mnyamata Wofuna Yesu” Akhristu zikwizikwi adasonkhana kuti aguba m'misewu ya mzindawo, atanyamula zikwangwani zomwe zimalengeza kuti Khristu ndi Ambuye, kuyimba nyimbo zotamanda, ndikulengeza zakukonda kwathu Ambuye. Titafika ku nyumba zamalamulo zamaboma, Akhristu ochokera muchipembedzo chilichonse adakweza manja awo ndikutamanda Yesu. Mlengalenga munadzaza kwathunthu ndi kupezeka kwa Mulungu. Anthu omwe anali pafupi nane sanadziwe kuti ndinali Mkatolika; Sindimadziwa kuti anali otani, komabe tinakondana kwambiri… chinali kukoma kwa kumwamba. Pamodzi, tinkachitira umboni ku dziko lapansi kuti Yesu ndiye Ambuye.
Icho chinali chikondwerero chikugwira ntchito.
Koma ziyenera kupitilira apo. Monga ndanenera dzulo, tiyenera kufunafuna njira yolumikizira "Khristu wogawanika," ndipo izi zidzachitika kudzera mu kudzichepetsa, kuona mtima, ndi chisomo cha Mulungu.
Kukhala osasunthika kwenikweni kumaphatikizapo kukhala okhazikika pazikhulupiriro zakuya za munthu, kumveka bwino ndikukhala wosangalala, pomwe nthawi yomweyo kukhala "otseguka kuti mumvetsetse a chipani china" komanso "kudziwa kuti zokambirana zitha kupindulitsa mbali iliyonse". Zomwe sizothandiza ndikulankhula mosapita m'mbali komwe kumati "inde" kuzonse kuti tipewe mavuto, chifukwa iyi ingakhale njira yonyenga ena ndikuwakana zabwino zomwe tapatsidwa kuti tigawire ena mowolowa manja. —PAPA FRANCIS, Evangelii Gaudium, N. 25
Mpingo wa Katolika wapatsidwa "chidzalo cha chisomo ndi chowonadi." Iyi ndi mphatso kwa dziko lapansi, osati chokakamizidwa.
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Ndidafunsa Kadinala Francis Arinze funso lachindunji lokhudza momwe tiyenera kuchitira umboni chowonadi mwachikondi kwa ena ku Canada, chifukwa cha kudana "kosafunikira" kwa boma lomwe lilipo kwa iwo omwe amatsutsana ndi malingaliro awo olondola andale. F
ines ngakhale kumangidwa kumayembekezera iwo omwe sanena zoyenera "kuvomerezedwa ndi boma", komanso mitundu ina ya chizunzo monga kuchotsedwa ntchito, kusalidwa, ndi zina zambiri.
Anayankha mwanzeru komanso moyenera. Mmodzi sayenera kufunafuna kumangidwa, adatero. M'malo mwake, njira "yokhwima" komanso yothandiza kwambiri yosinthira kusintha ndikulowerera ndale. Anthu wamba, adati, akuyitanidwa kuti asinthe mabungwe azomwe akuwazungulira chifukwa ndipamene amabzalidwa.
Mawu ake sanali kutanthauza kuti azingokhala chabe. Kumbukirani, adati, pomwe Petro, Yakobo ndi Yohane anali akugona m'munda wa Getsemane. “Yudasi sanali kugona. Anali wokangalika! ”, Adatero Kadinala. Ndipo komabe, Petro atadzuka, Ambuye adamudzudzula chifukwa chodula khutu la msirikali wachi Roma.
Uthenga womwe ndidatenga udali uwu: sitiyenera kugona; Tiyenera kulumikizana ndi anthu ndi chowonadi chomasula cha Uthenga Wabwino. Koma lolani mphamvu ya mboni yathu igone mu chowonadi ndi chitsanzo chathu (mu mphamvu ya Mzimu Woyera), osati m malilime akuthwa omwe amaukira anzawo mwankhanza.
Zikomo, wokondedwa Kadinala.
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Talowa Tchalitchi cha St. Peter lero. Mawu oti tchalitchi amatanthauza "nyumba yachifumu," ndipo ndi chomwecho. Ngakhale ndidakhalapo kale, kukongola ndi kukongola kwa St. Peter's ndizodabwitsa kwambiri. Ndidayendayenda "Pieta" woyambirira wa Michelangelo; Ndinapemphera pamaso pa manda a Papa St. Ndinalemekeza thupi la St. John XXIII mu bokosi lake la galasi… koma koposa zonse, ndinadzipepesa ndikulandila Ukaristia. Ndapeza Yesu yemwe anali akundiyembekezera.
Kuthira keke ndikuti, nthawi yonseyi, kwaya yaku Russia ya Orthodox ku St. Petersburg idamveka mchipembedzo chonsechi, ngakhale kuyimba mbali za Mass. Chorale yaku Russia ndi imodzi mwa nyimbo zomwe ndimakonda (monga chant on steroids). Ndi chisomo chachikulu bwanji kukhala komweko nthawi yomweyo.
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Pamanda a St. John Paul II, ndidapereka kwa Ambuye inu, owerenga anga, ndi zolinga zanu. Amakumvani. Sadzakusiyani konse. Amakukondani.
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Mu pemphero langa lamadzulo, ndidakumbutsidwa za tsiku ndi tsiku kuphedwa aliyense wa ife akuitanidwa kudzera m'mawu a oyera awiri:
Kodi zikutanthauza chiani kuti kubooleredwa thupi ndi misomali yakuopa Mulungu kupatula kuti tibise mphamvu zathupi kuzisangalalo zakhumbo losaloledwa ndikuwopa chiweruzo cha Mulungu? Iwo amene amakana tchimo ndikupha zilakolako zawo zazikulu - kuwopa kuti angachite chilichonse choyenera imfa - angayesere kunena ndi Mtumwi kuti: Zikhale kutali ndi ine kupatula ulemerero, kupatula pa mtanda wa Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu, amene kudzera mwa iye dziko lapansi lapachikidwira ine ndi ine ku dziko lapansi. Lolani akhristu azimangilira komweko komwe Khristu adawatengera. -Papa Leo Wamkulu, St. Leo Maulaliki Akulu, Abambo A Mpingo, Vol. 93; zazikulu, November 2018
Yesu kwa St. Faustina:
Tsopano ndikuphunzitsani zomwe chiwonongeko chanu chidzakhale, m'moyo watsiku ndi tsiku, kuti mutetezeke ku zisokonezo. Muzilandira masautso onse mwachikondi. Musavutike ngati mtima wanu umakhala wonyansidwa komanso wosakonda nsembe. Mphamvu zake zonse zimakhala mu chifuniro, motero malingaliro otsutsanawa, kutali ndi kutsitsa mtengo wansembe m'maso mwanga, adzawonjezera. Dziwani kuti thupi lanu ndi mzimu wanu nthawi zambiri zimakhala pakati pamoto. Ngakhale simungamve kupezeka Kwanga nthawi zina, ndidzakhala nanu nthawi zonse. Musaope; Chisomo changa chidzakhala ndi inu… -Dzetsani Chifundo mu Moyo Wanga, Zolemba, N. 1767
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.
