Choipa Chosachiritsika

MAWU A TSOPANO OLEMBEDWA NDI MISA
Lachinayi pa Sabata Loyamba la Lenti, pa 26 February, 2015

Zolemba zamatchalitchi Pano

Kupembedzera kwa Khristu ndi Namwali, wotchedwa Lorenzo Monaco, (1370-1425)

LITI tikulankhula za "mwayi wotsiriza" padziko lapansi, ndichifukwa chakuti tikulankhula za "zoipa zosachiritsika." Tchimo ladzilowetsa lokha muzochita za anthu, lawononga maziko enieni a zachuma komanso ndale komanso chakudya, mankhwala, ndi chilengedwe, kotero kuti sichichitikira opaleshoni yakuthambo ^[1]cf. Opaleshoni Yachilengedwe ndikofunikira. Monga wolemba Masalmo akuti,

Ngati maziko awonongedwa, kodi wolungamayo angatani? (Masalmo 11: 3)

Umu ndi momwe St. John Paul Wachiwiri adafunsa poyankhulana ndi amwendamnjira ku Germany:

Tiyenera kukhala okonzeka kukumana ndi mayesero akulu mtsogolomo; mayesero omwe angafune kuti tikhale okonzeka kusiya ngakhale miyoyo yathu, ndi mphatso yathunthu kwa Khristu ndi Khristu. Kupyolera m'mapemphero anu ndi anga, ndizotheka kuthana ndi mavutowa, koma sizingathenso kuupewa, chifukwa ndi mwa njira iyi yomwe Mpingo ungapangidwire bwino. Kodi ndi kangati pomwe, pomwe kukonzanso kwa Mpingo kudachitika m'magazi? Nthawi ino, kachiwiri, sikudzakhala kwina. Tiyenera kukhala olimba, tiyenera kudzikonzekeretsa, tiyenera kudzipereka tokha kwa Khristu ndi Amayi Ake, ndipo tiyenera kukhala omvetsera, otchera khutu ku pemphero la Rosary. —POPE JOHN PAUL II, anacheza ndi Akatolika ku Fulda, Germany, Nov. 1980; www.ewtn.com

Tidawerenga dzulo za momwe Nineve adayankhira Mulungu. Iwo adalapa ndipo potero Mulungu adalapa kwa kanthawi… chifukwa anthu adagweranso mu tchimo lalikulu. Zaka makumi angapo pambuyo pake, Nineve pomalizira pake anawonongedwa mneneri Nahumu asanapereke chenjezo lomaliza:

Ambuye sakwiya msanga, koma ali ndi mphamvu zambiri; Yehova sadzasiya wosalakwa osalangidwa. Akubwera mkuntho ndi namondwe… (Nahumu 1: 3)

Ndipo tsopano, munthawi yathu ino, a Mkuntho Wankulu ^[2]cf. Zisindikizo Zisanu ndi ziwiri za Revolution ikubwera ndipo ikubwera — namondwe amene akadzatha, adzasiya dziko lapansi litasinthidwa kosatha. Wotipempha m'malo mwathu ndi Amayi a Mulungu, oyimiridwa ndi Mfumukazi Estere:

Tipulumutseni m'manja mwa adani athu; sungani kulira kwathu kukhale chisangalalo, ndi zisoni zathu zikhale zathunthu. (Kuwerenga koyamba lero)

Mu Uthenga Wabwino wa lero, Yesu akutiuza kutero “Funsani ndipo adzakupatsani.”Mapemphero a Dona Wathu amveka chifukwa amapemphera nthawi zonse mu chifuniro Wa Mulungu.

Timamkhulupirira Iye kuti tikapempha kanthu monga mwa chifuniro chake, atimvera. (1 Yohane 5:14)

Ndani angawerenge zotsatira za kupembedzera kwake, nthawi yomwe idatigula ife, chifundo chidapambanidwa kudzera mwa Mkhalapakati wathu wamkulu, Yesu Khristu? Za…

Ndani wa inu amene akapatsa mwana wake mwala atapempha mkate; koposa kotani nanga Atate wanu wa Kumwamba adzapatsa zinthu zabwino kwa iwo akumpempha Iye! (Lero)

Zowonadi, mawu a Salmo la lero ayenera kukhala pakamwa pake: Ndikuyamikani, Ambuye, ndi mtima wanga wonse, chifukwa mwamva mawu a m'kamwa mwanga. Momwemonso, tiyenera kupitilira kuthokoza, komanso kupemphera ndi kusala kudya kuti dziko litembenuke, makamaka Lent.

Koma idzafika mphindi yomwe nthawi iyi ya chisomo ndi chifundo zitha; pomwe mankhwala okhawo adziko lapansi adzakhala chilango. Ndiyeno Amayi athu adzapempherera Mulungu chifundo mu chisokonezo. Pakuti chilungamo Chake chimamveranso chifundo.

Chifundo chachikulu cha Mulungu nchakuti asalole kuti mayiko amenewo azikhala mwamtendere ndi wina ndi mnzake omwe alibe mtendere ndi Iye. —St. Pio wa Pietrelcina, My Daily Catholic Bible, p. 1482

Chifukwa chake, pamene kutha kwa dziko lino kuyandikira, mikhalidwe ya zochitika za anthu iyenera kusintha, ndipo kudzera kufalikira kwa kuipa kukuipiraipira; kotero kuti tsopano nthawi zathu zino, momwe kusaweruzika ndi kupanda umulungu zawonjezeka ngakhale kwakukulu, titha kuweruzidwa kuti ndife odala komanso pafupifupi golide poyerekeza zoipa zoyipazo. --Lactantius, Abambo a Tchalitchi: The Institutes Divine, Buku VII, Chaputala 15, Catholic Encyclopedia; www.newadvent.org