IT linali la Pentekosti Lolemba la Meyi, 1975. Ulosi unaperekedwa ku Roma pabwalo la St. Peter's Square ndi munthu wamba yemwe sankadziwika panthawiyo. Ralph Martin, mmodzi wa oyambitsa chimene lerolino chimadziwika kuti “Kukonzanso Kwachikoka,” analankhula mawu amene akuoneka kuti akuyandikira kwambiri kukwaniritsidwa.
Ndinamuona Ralph ndili mwana pa msonkhano wa “Fire Rally” ku Saskatchewan, Canada. Mwina ndinali ndi zaka zisanu ndi zinayi kapena khumi. Atamaliza kukamba nkhani, ananyamuka nthawi yomweyo kukakwera ndege yopita kunyumba. Ndimakumbukira kumverera ngati kuti mphamvu ya Mzimu Woyera yamusiya mchipindacho.
Mabuku ake pambuyo pake adalemba m'makalata a makolo anga okhala ndi mayina onga Vuto la Choonadi ndi Kodi Yesu Akubwera Posachedwa? Ndinkakonda kwambiri masewera ndi nyimbo panthawiyo kuposa kuwerenga maudindo apamwambawa. Koma ndidamva makolo anga akukamba za iwo ndili wachinyamata, ndipo ndidazindikira kuti Ralph analidi mneneri m'masiku athu ano pamene mawu ake amkazungulira ife.
Ndinakumana ndi Ralph m'ma 1990 pamsonkhano wina. 
Sindikukumbukira zomwe tinakambirana, koma ndinakhudzidwa mtima ndi chidwi chake ku mafunso anga. Pambuyo pake, adakumana ndi papa, ndipo ndinali kamwana kuchokera pakati pa "Nowhere", Canada. Koma msonkhano umenewo unali mawu oyamba a mafunso amene ndinadzawafunsa pambuyo pake ndi Ralph pamene ndinapanga filimu yanga yoyamba ya kanema (“What in the World’s Going On?”) ya wailesi yakanema ya ku Canada. Ndinali kupenda mwamalingaliro akudziko “zizindikiro zanthaŵi” zachilendo zimene zikuchitika m’chitaganya ndi chilengedwe, ndipo zinaphatikizapo gawo limene ndinafunsa atsogoleri osiyanasiyana a mipingo Yachikristu. Podziwa mphatso ya Ralph yozindikira zimene Mzimu ukunena ku Tchalitchi, ndinamusankha kuti aziimira maganizo a Chikatolika.
Ananena zinthu ziwiri zomwe ndimagwiritsa ntchito chidutswacho. Choyamba chinali:
Sipanakhaleko kupatuka panjira yachikhristu monga kunaliri mzaka zapitazi. Ndithudi ndife “ofuna” mpatuko waukulu.
Chachiwiri chinali chakuti Mulungu apatsa dziko lapansi mwayi kuti abwerere kwa iye. (Kodi iye amalankhula za chotchedwa “Kuwala?”)
ULOSI WA 1975
Poganizira zonse zomwe ndanena pamwambapa, sindikudziwa chifukwa chake "ndinaphonya" uneneri wake wa 1975. Ndimakumbukira ndikuwona china chake penapake, koma mosadziwika bwino. Nditawerenga posachedwa, ndidachita chidwi ndi momwe zochitika zomwe zikuchitika mu Mpingo ndi dziko lapansi zikuwoneka kuti zikutsimikizira izi mochulukirapo. (Muzolemba zanga zomwe ndidalemba, zomwe zikufanana ndi za Ralph, ndagwira ntchito molimbika kwambiri kutsatira mwambo wa Tchalitchi mosamalitsa, pogwiritsa ntchito maulosi amseri ndi pagulu kuti ndiwunikire mopitilira. Ndikuvomereza kuti nthawi zambiri ndalimbana ndi kukaikira za ntchito yanga mfundo yofuna kuthamanga mwamantha, kuopa kuti ndikhoza kusokeretsa miyoyo.” Pachifukwa ichi, ndikupitiriza kupereka zonse kwa Mulungu, ndikuyembekeza kuti ntchito yanga ingathandize munthu pano kapena apo kuti akonzekere bwino masiku ano a kusintha.) Ndi chilimbikitso chachikulu ndikawona amuna ndi akazi monga Ralph Martin amene Mulungu wawadzutsa kwa zaka mazana ambiri kutikonzekeretsa ndi kutitsogolera kupyola m’nthaŵi zino.
Awa ndi mawu amphamvu lero monga momwe ndimaganizira tsiku lomwe adalankhula ndi Atate Woyera. Ndikumva tsopano ndi mwamsanga, ngati kuti chilidi pafupi penipeni:
Chifukwa ndimakukondani, ndikufuna kukuwonetsani zomwe ndikuchita mdziko lapansi lero. Ine ndikufuna kukonzekera zomwe zikubwera. Masiku a mdima akubwera dziko, masiku a masautso… Nyumba zomwe zikuyimilira pano sizidzakhalaponso kuyimirira. Zothandizira zomwe zilipo kwa anthu Anga tsopano sizidzakhalako. Ndikufuna kuti mukhale okonzeka, anthu Anga, kuti mundidziwe Ine ndekha ndi kumamatira kwa Ine ndikukhala ndi Ine mozama kwambiri kuposa kale lonse. Ndikutsogolerani kuchipululu… Ine ndikukuvula chirichonse chomwe ukudalira tsopano, kotero iwe umangodalira pa Ine. Nthawi ya mdima ukubwera pa dziko lapansi, koma nthawi yaulemerero ikudza ku Mpingo Wanga, a nthawi ya ulemerero ikudza anthu Anga. Ndidzatsanulira pa inu mphatso zonse za Smzimu. Ndikukonzekera kumenya nkhondo yauzimu; Ndikukonzekeretsani nthawi yolalikira yomwe dziko silinaionepo…. Ndipo ukakhala wopanda china koma ine, mudzakhala ndi zonse: malo, minda, nyumba, ndi abale ndi alongo ndi chikondi ndi chisangalalo ndi mtendere kuposa kale lonse. Khalani okonzeka, anthu Anga, ndikufuna kukonzekera inu…
Inde, ndikofunikira kumva izi chifukwa ndikukhulupirira kuti nthawi yokonzekera yatsala pang'ono kutha.
MNENERI WA NTHAWI ZATHU
Mukuganiza kuti buku laposachedwa la Ralph ndi liti? Amatchedwa, Kukwaniritsidwa kwa Chilakolako Chonse, mwina limodzi mwa mabuku abwino kwambiri ofotokoza zauzimu wa Chikatolika omwe alipo—buku lodalirika la “momwe angakhalire” woyera mtima, lophatikiza pamodzi maphunziro apamwamba a zamulungu achinsinsi omwe asungidwa kwa zaka 2000. Zowonadi, maseminale ayamba kugwiritsa ntchito bukhuli popanga ansembe amtsogolo. Ngakhale kuti Ralph sananenepo zimenezi, ndikukhulupirira kuti bukuli ndi laulosi. Ikufotokoza momveka bwino zomwe zidzachitike mkati mwa Tchalitchi mu Nyengo ya Mtendere pamene Thupi la Khristu lidzakula kukhala "mu msinkhu wathunthu" - mu mgwirizano wachinsinsi ndi Yesu Khristu kuti akhale Mkwatibwi "wopanda banga ndi wopanda chilema" (Aef 5: 25, 27) anakonzekera kulandira Mkwati wake kumapeto kwa nthawi.
Nditamuyimbira Ralph nthawi yatha chaka chatha, ndidafunsa zomwe Mzimu umamuuza za nthawi. Ndinadabwa poyamba ndikumumva akunena kuti sanali kutsatira zomwe zimachitika koma amayang'ana kwambiri ntchito yake yophunzitsa zamkati mwa asemina ndi ophunzira.
Inde, Ralph, ukuphunzitsabe.
Onerani mndandanda: Ulosi ku Roma pomwe Marko amafotokozera ulosiwu mzere ndi mzere, kuziyika muzolemba Lemba ndi Chikhalidwe.
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