Vakafa Vaviri, naMichael D. O'Brien
Mune iri basa rekufananidzira, vese Kristu naAntikristu vanoratidzwa, uye vanhu venguva vakatarisana nesarudzo. Ndeipi nzira yekutevera? Kune nyonganiso yakawanda, kutya kukuru. Mazhinji manhamba haanzwisise kuti nzira dzacho dzinotungamira kupi; vana vashoma chete vane maziso ekuona. Avo vanotsvaka kuponesa upenyu hwavo vacharasikirwa nahwo; avo vanorasikirwa noupenyu hwavo nokuda kwaKristu vachahuponesa. —Kutsinhira kwaArtist
KAMWE zvakare, ndinonzwa zvakajeka mumoyo mangu vhiki rino mazwi akanzwika munguva yechando yapfuura — pfungwa yengirozi iri pakati-matenga ichidanidzira:
Ndichirangarira mundangariro nguva dzose kuti Kristu ndiye mukundi, ndinonzwa zvakare mazwi:
Iwe uri kupinda muchikamu chinorwadza kwazvo chekucheneswa.
Vashoma vanonzwisisa kuti kuora kwehuwori munharaunda yeWestern kunodzika sei mune chero chikamu chevanhu — kubva pakudya kune hupfumi kusvika kune zvakatipoteredza — uye pamwe ingangove yakawanda sei chaizvo inodzorwa nevashoma vevapfumi uye vane simba. Midzimu mizhinji uye yakawanda iri kumuka, zvisinei, sezvo zviratidzo zvenguva zvisisiri zvechikamu chevashoma vezvitendero, asi zvinonyanya kutonga misoro yenhau. Handitende kuti ndinofanira kutaura pamusoro penyongano iriko mune zvakasikwa, hupfumi, uye nzanga muvazhinji, kunze kwekungoti ivo vari kujairwa kuumba hurongwa hwenyika iyo rusununguko runotsanangurwa nenyika, pane kusimuka kubva kune kodzero dzevanhu.
Muedzo unogara uripo kupererwa nehuso nehu "hudzvanyiriri hwehukama"… kutarisisa nekutya izvo zvinoita kunge Chikara chinotyisa ichikwira zvishoma nezvishoma kubva pasi pegungwa rechizvino. Asi isu tinofanirwa kuramba uyu muedzo wekukunda, uye takabatirira pamashoko aBaba Vatsvene mushakabvu, John Paul II:
USATYA!
Nekuti ndiwo mazwi aKristu mukati meEvhangeri, pamberi uye shure kwekufa kwaKe uye Rumuko. Muzvinhu zvese, Kristu anokunda uye anotivimbisa kuti hatifanire kutya.
UPENYU HWAVATENDEKA
Ndataura kakawanda nezveZvakazarurwa 12 nehondo iriko uye iri kuuya pakati peMukadzi neDhiragoni, pakati penyoka nemwana wemukadzi. Ihondo yemweya iyo pasina mubvunzo inounza vazhinji kuna Kristu. Iyo zvakare inguva umo kutambudzwa kuripo. Asi isu tinoona pakati peiyi hondo huru kuti Mwari anopa a utiziro kuvanhu vake.
Mukadzi amene akatizira kurenje kwaakawana nzvimbo yakagadzirirwa naMwari, kuti agotarisirwa ikoko kwemazuva gumi nemaviri nemakumi matanhatu. (Zvak. 12: 6)
Ini ndinotenda zvinoreva kudzivirira pamatanho mazhinji: panyama, pamweya, uye nehungwaru.
ZVINOKOSHA
Ino yeKisimusi yapfuura, wangu wemweya director neni tanga tichikurukura nemubhucha wemuno ane mhuri yakagara munzvimbo iyi kweanopfuura makore zana. Isu tanga tichitaura nezvenhoroondo yedunhu iri paakangoerekana ave neshungu Akarangarira Furuu yeSpain iyo yakapfuura nemumaruwa mukati mezana ramakore rapfuura kubva muna 1918-1919, ichiuraya vanhu vanopfuura mamirioni makumi maviri pasirese. Akataura kuti Shrine kunaMai vedu veGomo reKarimeri, iri anenge mamaira gumi nematanhatu kana kupfuura kubva kuguta redu, yakavakwa nevagari vemunharaunda kuti vateterere kureverera kwaMaria nekuchengetedza. Nemisodzi mumaziso ake akati, "Denda rakatikomberedza uye harina kumbouya kuno."
Dzakawanda dziri nyaya dzekudzivirirwa kwevaKristu kuburikidza nekunyengeterera kwaMaria mukati memazana emakore (chii amai vasingadzivirire vana vake vadiki?) Apo mudzimai wangu neni patakange tiri muNew Orleans makore mashoma apfuura, takaona nemaziso edu kuti mangani zvifananidzo zvaMaria vasina kukuvadzwa mushure mekuitika kweDutu Katrina, nepo dzimba nemadziro nemiti zvakavakomberedza zvakaparadzwa. Nepo vachirasikirwa nezvinhu zvavo zvakawanda, zhinji dzeidzi mhuri dzakadzivirirwa kubva kukuvadzwa panyama.
Uye ndiani angakanganwa vapristi vasere vechiJesuit vakachengetedzwa kubva kubhomba reatomiki rakadonhedzwa paHiroshima, Japan - mabhuroko masere chete kubva pamba pavo - nepo vanhu vanopfuura hafu yemiriyoni vakavapoteredza vakafa. Vakanga vachinamata Rosary uye vachirarama meseji yaFatima.
Mwari akatuma Maria kwatiri seAreka yeDziviriro. Ini ndinotenda izvo zvinoreva kudzivirirwa panyama zvakare:
Dzimwe nguva apo chiKristu pachacho chaiita sechiri panjodzi, kununurwa kwacho kwainzi kune simba remunamato uyu [weRosari], uye Mukadzi Wedu weRosari airumbidzwa semunhu anorevererwa akaunza ruponeso. —PAPA JOHANI PAURO II, Rosarium Virginis Mariae, n. 39
PAKUNAMATA
Chokwadi, nyasha dzinonyanya kukosha dzinounzwa naMaria ndirwo ruponeso rwatakawanirwa isu naJesu kuburikidza neMuchinjikwa. Ini ndinowanzo fungidzira Areka yeDziviriro sebhokisi rekuponesa, iro riri kufamba nevose vari mukati maro kuenda kuBarque huru yaKristu. Hutiziro hwaMaria, saka, inotova hutiziro hwaKristu. Mwoyo yavo ndeimwe, uye saka kuve muMoyo waMaria ndiko kutorwa kwakadzika mukati Memoyo weMwanakomana wake.
Pfungwa yakakosha apa ndeyekuti hutiziro hukuru uhwo Kristu anopa Chechi muhondo iyi yekurwisa dhiragoni kuchengetedzwa pakurasikirwa neruponeso rwedu, chero bedzi isu tichishuvira kugara Naye nekuda kwedu kwakasununguka.
KUFUNGWA
Zvandiri kureva ne "kwenjere kwokupotera" ndezvekuti nguva iri kuuya apo pachave nezviratidzo zvenhema nezvishamiso uye nemiedzo ingangoita isingamisike yekutevera "pfungwa" yenyika nyowani. Tingave tichizokwanisa sei kuziva kuti ndeipi nzira yatinofanira kutora?
Mhinduro yacho iri mune izvi: nyasha dzakachena. Mwari anozopa magetsi emukati kupfungwa nemoyo yeavo vakazvininipisa sevana vadiki, avo vane yakapinda muAreka panguva ino yekugadzirira. Kune njere dzazvino uno, dzakapusa uye dzakasakara sei iyo mweya iyo inobata zvigaro zveRosari uye kugara pamberi peMatumba. Kuchenjera zvakadii ava vadiki vachange vari mumazuva eKutongwa! Izvi zvinodaro nekuti vakatendeuka mukuda kwavo, uye vakazvipira mukuda kwaMwari nehurongwa. Nekuteerera kuna Amai vavo, uye nekuumbwa muchikoro chemunamato wavo, vari kuwana pfungwa yaKristu.
Isu hatina kugashira mweya wenyika asi Mweya unobva kuna Mwari, kuti tinzwisise zvinhu zvatakapihwa pachena naMwari… Zvino munhu wenyama haatambire zviri zveMweya waMwari, nekuti kwaari hupenzi, uye haagoni kuzvinzwisisa, nekuti zvinotongwa pamweya. Munhu wemweya, zvakadaro, anogona kutonga zvese asi haapi kutongwa nechero ani. Nekuti ndiani wakaziva fungwa yaIshe, kuti amuraire? Asi isu tine pfungwa dzaKristu. (1 VaK. 2: 3-16)
Izvi hazvireve kuti avo vasina kuzvipira kuna Maria vakarasika kana kuti vacharasika (ona Mapurotesitendi, Maria, neAreka Yekupotera). Chinonyanya kukosha ndechekuti munhu anotevera Kristu. Asi wadii kumutevera nenzira dzechokwadi dzaakatisiyira iye, dzinoti, Mukadzi, ndiani vese Chechi naMaria?
Uyu Mukadzi anomiririra Maria, Amai veMununuri, asi anomiririra panguva imwechete iyo Chechi yese, Vanhu vaMwari venguva dzese, Chechi iyo nguva dzose, ine kurwadziwa kukuru, zvakare inobereka Kristu. —PAPA BENEDICT XVI, Castel Gandolfo, Italy, AUG. 23, 2006; Zenit
Apa ndipo pane chakavanzika kuna sachinja-chinja utiziro Kristu hwaanopa vateveri vake: kuchengetedzeka muChechi uye Maria, uye ese ari maviri akarara mukati meMweya Mutsvene waJesu.
Uye usakanganwa… ngirozi dzichava nesu, pamwe kunyangwe zvinoonekwa dzimwe nguva.
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