"Kubadwa kwa Yesu", Lorenzo Monaco; 1409
Yosindikizidwa koyamba pa Disembala 27, 2006
Agoneranji m’choipa chotero, kumene ng’ombe ndi bulu zikudya? -Ndi Mwana Wanji Uyu?, Khirisimasi Carol
Ayi gulu la alonda. Palibe gulu la angelo. Ngakhale mphasa yolandirika ya Ansembe Akulu. Mulungu, wobadwa m’thupi, amalonjezedwa padziko lapansi ndi ng’ombe ndi bulu.
Pamene Abambo oyambirira amatanthauzira zolengedwa ziwirizi kukhala zophiphiritsira za Ayuda ndi achikunja, ndipo motero anthu onse, kutanthauzira kwina kunabwera m'maganizo pa Misa yapakati pausiku.
BUBU MONGA NG'ombe
Zimatibweretsera ululu. Zimasiya kupanda pake. Zimayambitsa chikumbumtima. Ndipo komabe, timabwereranso kwa izo: tchimo lakale lomwelo. Inde, nthawi zina timakhala ngati “osalankhula ngati ng’ombe” tikamagwera m’misampha imodzimodzi mobwerezabwereza. Timalapa, koma kenako timalephera kutenga njira zoyenera kuti tisagwenso. Sitipewa nthawi yapafupi yauchimo, ndipo chotero kugwa mosalekeza kubwerera ku tchimo. Ndithudi, tiyenera kusokoneza angelo!
Izi sizikuwonekeranso kuposa momwe zimakhalira pamodzi. Pamene tikupitirizabe kutaya mitundu yathu Mulungu ndi malamulo amakhalidwe abwino amene anakhazikitsa, tikuwona chiwerengero cha anthu chikuchepa (mu “chikhalidwe cha imfa”), chiwawa chikuchuluka, kudzipha kukuchulukirachulukira, umbombo ndi ziphuphu zikukula, ndipo mikangano yapadziko lonse ikukulirakulira. Koma sitipanga mgwirizano. Ndife osayankhula ngati ng’ombe.
Nafenso m’nthawi ya “aluntha” ndi “ounikiridwa” ino sitipenda mmene Chikhristu chasinthira chitukuko kuyambira nthawi ya Ufumu wa Roma mpaka lero. Ndi mfundo yosavuta. Koma posachedwapa timayiwala—kapena kawirikawiri—kusankha osati kukawona. Osayankhula. Wamba wosayankhula.
Komabe, ng’ombe iyi ndi yolandiridwa m’khola la Yehova. Yesu sanabwere kuchitsime, anadzera odwala.
WOWAMALA NGATI bulu
Bulu ameneyo akuimira ife “ouma khosi ngati bulu.” Kumangirira pa zolephera zakale zomwe timakana kuzisiya, kudzimenya tokha pamutu ndi wotopa wakale awiri ndi anayi.
Lero, Yesu akuti,
Zilekeni. Ndakukhululukirani kale tchimo limenelo. Khulupirirani Chifundo changa. Ndimakukondani. Ichi ndi cholinga chakubwera kwanga: kuti nditenge machimo anu achoke kwanthawizonse. Nchifukwa chiyani mukuwabweza ku khola?
Kulinso kumakani kumeneko Mulungu atikonde. Ndimakumbukira mawu amene mnzanga wina ananena kwa ine kuti, “Mulungu akukondeni.” Inde, timathamangira kuchita ichi kapena icho, koma musalole kuti Mulungu atichitire ife ntchito. Ndipo ntchito imene akufuna kuchita ndikuchita tikondeni tsopano, monga ife tiri. “Koma ndine wosayenera. Ndine wokhumudwitsa. Ndine wochimwa,” tikuyankha motero.
Ndipo Yesu anati,
Inde, ndinu osayenerera, ndipo ndinu ochimwa. Koma simukukhumudwitsa! Kodi mumakhumudwa mukaona mwana akuphunzira kuyenda, koma kenako akugwa? Kapena mukaona wakhanda amene sangathe kudzidyetsa yekha? Kapena wamng’ono amene amalira mumdima? Ndiwe mwana ameneyo. Mukuyembekezera zambiri kuposa momwe ndimayembekezera! Pakuti ine ndekha ndikhoza kukuphunzitsani kuyenda. Ndidzakudyetsani. Ndidzakutonthozani mumdima. ndidzakupanga kukhala woyenera. Koma muyenera kundilola kuti ndikukondeni!
Kukanika koipitsitsa ndiko kusafuna kudziwona tokha mu kuunika kwaumulungu kwa chowonadi kumene kumavumbula uchimo kuti timasule; kuzindikira umphawi wathu mu mzimu, kusowa kwathu kwa Mpulumutsi. Pafupifupi aliyense ali ndi gawo mu kuuma kwamtunduwu komwe kumatchedwa dzina lina: Pulendo. Koma mitima iyi nayonso, Khristu amalandila ku khola lake.
Ayi, sichinali chiwombankhanga chaufulu ndi chowuluka kapena mkango wamphamvu ndi wamphamvu, koma mkango ng'ombe ndi bulu amene Mulungu adamulowetsa ku khola la kubadwa kwake.
Inde, pali chiyembekezo kwa ine panobe.
Mulungu anakhala munthu. Anabwera kudzakhala pakati pathu. Mulungu sali patali: ndiye 'Emmanuel,' Mulungu-nafe. Sali mlendo: ali ndi nkhope, nkhope ya Yesu. —POPA BENEDICT XVI, uthenga wa Khrisimasi “Urbi ndi Orbi", Disembala 25, 2010
