Ndafika ku Roma lero pamsonkhano wachipembedzo sabata ino. Ndi nonsenu, owerenga anga, mumtima mwanga, ndinayenda mpaka madzulo. Malingaliro ena osasintha ndikakhala pamiyala yamiyala mu St. Peter's Square ...
Zachilendo kumva, ndikuyang'ana pansi ku Italy pomwe tidatsika. Dziko lakale komwe magulu ankhondo achi Roma amayenda, oyera akuyenda, ndipo magazi a ena ambiri adakhetsedwa. Tsopano, misewu yayikulu, zomangamanga, ndi anthu omwe akuyenda ngati nyerere popanda kuwopa olanda kumapereka mawonekedwe amtendere. Koma kodi mtendere weniweni ndikungopanda nkhondo?
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Ndinalowa mu hotelo yanga nditakwera njinga yamoto kuchokera ku eyapoti. Woyendetsa wanga wazaka makumi asanu ndi awiri wazaka zoyendetsa Mercedes ndimayendedwe akumbuyo kumbuyo ndikuwoneka ngati wopanda chidwi kuti ndine bambo wa ana asanu ndi atatu.
Ndinagona pabedi langa ndikumvetsera zomangamanga, magalimoto ndi maambulansi akudutsa pawindo langa ndikulira momwe mumangomvera m'masewera a kanema waku England. Chokhumba choyamba cha mtima wanga chinali kupeza tchalitchi chokhala ndi Sacramenti Yodala ndikugona pamaso pa Yesu ndikupemphera. Chokhumba chachiwiri cha mtima wanga chinali kukhalabe chopingasa ndikugona pang'ono. Ndege zotsala zidapambana.
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Anali khumi ndi limodzi m'mawa pamene ndidagona. Ndinadzuka mdima patatha maola asanu ndi limodzi. Ndidapumira pang'ono kuti ndidaphulika masana ndikugona (ndipo tsopano ndikukulemberani pakati pausiku pano), ndidaganiza zodutsa usiku. Ndinayenda kupita kubwalo la St. Pomwepo pamakhala mtendere wamadzulo. Tchalitchichi chinali chokhoma, pomwe alendo omaliza adatulukira. Apanso, njala yakukhala ndi Yesu mu Ukaristia idadzuka mumtima mwanga. Chisomo. Zonse ndi chisomo.) Icho, ndi chikhumbo cha Kuulula. Inde, Sacramenti la Chiyanjanitso -chinthu chochiritsa kwambiri chomwe munthu angakumane nacho: kumva, mwaulamuliro wa Mulungu kudzera mwa womuyimira, kuti wakhululukidwa.
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Ndinakhala pansi pamwala wakale wamiyala kumapeto kwa malowo ndikusinkhasinkha khonde lokhota lomwe limachokera kutchalitchichi.
Kamangidwe kake kamapangidwa kuti kakuyimira manja a mayi—Amayi Church-kukumbatira ana ake kuchokera kudziko lonse lapansi. Lingaliro lokongola bwanji. Inde, Roma ndi amodzi mwamalo ochepa padziko lapansi pomwe mumawona ansembe ndi masisitere akuyenda mozungulira kuchokera kudziko lonse lapansi komanso Akatolika ochokera pachikhalidwe chilichonse ndi fuko lililonse. Katolika, kuchokera ku chiganizo cha Chigriki καθολικός (katholikos), kutanthauza “chilengedwe chonse.” Multiculturalism ndi kulephera kwadziko kuyesa kubwereza zomwe Mpingo udakwaniritsa kale. Boma limagwiritsa ntchito mokakamiza komanso kulondola ndale kuti apange mgwirizano; Mpingo umangogwiritsa ntchito chikondi.
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Inde, Mpingo ndi Amayi. Sitingathe kuiwala chowonadi ichi. Amatisamalira pachifuwa pake ndi chisomo cha Masakramenti ndipo amatikweza mu chowonadi kudzera mu ziphunzitso za Chikhulupiriro. Amatichiritsa tikakuvulala ndipo amatilimbikitsa, kudzera mwa amuna ndi akazi ake oyera, kuti tifanane ndi Khristu. Inde, ziboliboli zomwe zili pamwamba pa khonde sizongokhala marble ndi miyala, koma anthu omwe adakhala ndikusintha dziko lapansi!
Komabe, ndikumva chisoni. Inde, zonyansa zakugonana zikulendewera Tchalitchi cha Roma ngati mitambo yamkuntho. Koma nthawi yomweyo, kumbukirani izi: Wansembe aliyense, bishopu, kadinala, komanso papa wamoyo lero sadzakhala pano zaka zana, koma Mpingo udzatero. Ndidatenga zithunzi zingapo monga zomwe zatchulidwa pamwambapa, koma nthawi iliyonse ziwonetsero zomwe zidawoneka zikusintha, komabe St. Peter sanasinthe. Momwemonso, titha kufananitsa Tchalitchi ndi anthu okhawo komanso ochita seweroli pakadali pano. Koma ichi ndi chowonadi pang'ono. Mpingo ndi womwe udatitsogolera, makamaka iwo amene akubwera. Monga mtengo womwe masamba ake amabwera nkumapita, koma thunthu limakhalabe, momwemonso, thunthu la Mpingo limakhalabe, ngakhale liyenera kudulidwa nthawi ndi nthawi.
Piazza. Inde, mawuwo amandipangitsa kuganizira pitsa. Nthawi yopeza chakudya chamadzulo.
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Wopemphapempha wachikulire (mwina anali akupempha) anandiyimitsa ndikupempha ndalama kuti ndidye pang'ono. Osauka amakhala nafe nthawi zonse. Ndi chizindikiro kuti umunthu udasweka. Kaya ndili ku Roma kapena ku Vancouver, Canada, komwe ndikadangowuluka kumene, kuli opemphapempha pangodya iliyonse. M'malo mwake, tili ku Vancouver, ine ndi mkazi wanga tinadabwitsidwa ndi kuchuluka kwa anthu omwe tidakumana nawo omwe akuyenda m'misewu ngati zombi, achinyamata ndi achikulire, opanda cholinga, osowa, otaya mtima. Pamene ogula ndi alendo amadutsa, sindidzaiwala mawu a bambo wosakhazikika atakhala pakona, akufuulira aliyense wodutsa kuti: "Ndikungofuna kudya monga nonsenu."
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Timapereka zomwe tingathe kwa osauka, kenako timadya tokha. Ndinaima pamalo odyera aang'ono achi Italiya pafupi ndi hoteloyo. Chakudyacho chinali chosangalatsa. Ndinalingalira za momwe anthu amapangidwira modabwitsa. Tili kutali ndi zinyama monga momwe mwezi ulili ku Venice. Nyama zimasakasaka ndikudya zomwe zitha kupeza m'derali amazipeza, ndipo osaganizira kawiri. Anthu, Komano, amatenga chakudya chawo ndikukonzekera, nyengo, zonunkhira, ndikuzikongoletsa ndikusandutsa zosakaniza zosaphika kukhala chosangalatsa (pokhapokha ndikaphika). Eya, kukongola kwa luso laumunthu likagwiritsidwa ntchito kubweretsa chowonadi, kukongola, ndiubwino padziko lapansi.
Mtumiki wanga ku Bangladesh adandifunsa momwe ndidakondera chakudyacho. “Zinali zokoma,” ndinatero. "Zinandipangitsa kuyandikira pang'ono kwa Mulungu."
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Ndili ndi zambiri pamtima panga usikuuno… zinthu zomwe mkazi wanga Lea ndikukambirana, njira zenizeni zomwe tikufuna kukuthandizani, owerenga athu. Chifukwa chake sabata ino, ndikumvetsera, ndikutsegulira Ambuye mtima wanga ndikumufunsa kuti adzaze. Ndili ndi mantha kwambiri kumeneko! Tonsefe timatero. Monga ndidamvera wina akunena posachedwa, "Zodzikhululukira ndizongoganizira zabodza." Chifukwa chake ku Roma, Mzinda Wamuyaya komanso mtima wa Chikatolika, ndabwera ngati mlendo kudzapempha Mulungu kuti andipatse chisomo chomwe ndikufunika gawo lotsatira la moyo wanga ndi utumiki ndi nthawi yomwe ndatsala nayo padziko lapansi lino.
Ndipo ndidzanyamula nonse, owerenga okondedwa, mumtima mwanga ndi mapemphero, makamaka ndikapita kumanda a St. John Paul II. Ndinu okondedwa.
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.
