POSHI nguva iyo vaive mbwende, akatevera akashinga. Imwe nguva ivo vaive vasina chokwadi, yakatevera vaive nechokwadi. Imwe nguva ivo vaizeza, yakatevera, ivo vakamhanyisa musoro vakananga kufira kwavo. Chii chakaita mutsauko muVaapositori avo vakavashandura kuva varume vasingatyi?
Mweya Mutsvene.
Kwete shiri kana simba, kwete simba renyika kana mucherechedzo wakanaka - asi Mweya waMwari, Munhu Wechitatu weUtatu Hutsvene. Uye paAnouya, zvinochinja zvese.
Kwete, hatigone kuva mbwende mumazuva edu ano - kunyanya imi varume muri madzibaba, mungave muri vapirisita kana vabereki. Kana tiri mbwende, tinorasikirwa nekutenda kwedu. Dutu iro riri kutanga kupararira pamusoro penyika yese idutu re kusefa. Avo avo vanodisa kukanganisa kutenda kwavo vacharasikirwa nako, asi avo vanoda kurasikirwa neupenyu hwavo nekuda kwekutenda kwavo vachakuwana. Tinofanira kuva vechokwadi nezve zvatiri kutarisana nazvo:
Avo vanopokana neichi chihedheni chitsva vanotarisana nesarudzo yakaoma. Chero ivo vanoenderana neiyi uzivi kana ivo vari takatarisana netarisiro yekuuraiwa. —Muranda waMwari Fr. John Hardon (1914-2000), Ungave Sei Akavimbika Katurike Nhasi? Nekuve Akavimbika kuna Bhishopi weRoma; www.therecresence.org
Zvakanaka, izvo zvinogona kuita kuti unzwe kutya. Asi ichi ndicho chikonzero Mukadzi Wedu atumwa seAreka kurudzi urwu. Kwete kutiviga, asi kutigadzirira; kwete kutidzinga, asi kutishongedzera kuti tive kumberi kwekurwira kukuru kwati kwambozivikanwa nenyika. Sekutaura kwakaita Jesu mumashoko akatenderwa kuna Elizabeth Kindelmann:
Vese vanokokwa kujoina hondo yangu yakakosha. Kuuya kwehumambo hwangu kunofanirwa kuve kwako chete chinangwa muhupenyu ... Usave mbwende. Usamirira. Kutarisana neDutu kuti tinunure mweya. —Jesu kuna Erizabheti Kindelmann, Murazvo worudo, pg. 34, rakaburitswa neVana veBaba Foundation; Imprimatur naArchbishop Charles Chaput
Kana iwe uchinzwa kutya mumoyo mako, zvinoreva kuti uri munhu; ndizvo zvaunoita kukurira kutya ikoko kunosarudza mhando yemurume kana mukadzi wauri. Asi mudikani Mukristu, handisi kutaura nezve kugona kwako kukunda kutya kuburikidza nekurovedza muviri kana kuyedza kuzvirova rova mumhepo. Asi, pakukwanisa kwako kutendeukira kuna Iye anodzinga kutya kwese — Iye Ndiye Akakwana Rudo, Mweya Mutsvene. For…
… Rudo rwakakwana runodzinga kutya. (1 Johani 4:18)
Chinhu chinotyisa chakaitika kuChechi mumakore gumi apfuura kana zvakadaro. Tinoita kunge takakanganwa kuti Mwari vachiri kudira kudurura Mweya Mutsvene pamusoro pedu! Baba havana kurega kutipa Chipo cheMweya ichi mushure mePendekosti; Haana kumira kutipa iyo paKubhabhatidza kwedu uye Kusimbiswa; pachokwadi, Mwari vanoshuvira kutizadza neMweya chero patinokumbira!
Kana iwe, ipapo iwe, wakaipa, uchiziva kupa zvipo zvakanaka kuvana vako, zvikuru sei Baba vari kudenga vachapa Mweya Mutsvene kune avo vanomukumbira? (Ruka 11:13)
Kana iwe uchifunga kuti ndiri kugadzira izvi, saka funga iyi ndima kubva kuMabasa eVaapositori:
"Uye zvino, Ishe, chenjerai kutyisidzira kwavo, uye gonesai varanda venyu kuti vataure shoko renyu neushingi hwese, pamunotambanudza ruoko rwenyu kuti mupore, uye zviratidzo nezvishamiso zvinoitwa kuburikidza nezita remuranda wenyu mutsvene Jesu." Apo pavakanamata, nzvimbo yavakanga vakaungana yakazununguka, uye vese vakazadzwa neMweya Mutsvene uye vakaramba vachitaura shoko raMwari neushingi. (Mabasa 4: 29-31)
Heino poindi. Izvo yakanga isiri Pentekosti-Pentekosti yakaitika zvitsauko zviviri zvisati zvaitika. Saka tinoona kuti Mwari vanogona uye vanotipa Mweya wavo patinobvunza.
Iva wakazaruka kuna Kristu, gamuchira mweya, kuti Pentekosti nyowani iitike munharaunda yega yega! Vanhu vatsva, vanofara, vachamuka pakati pako; unozozvionazve simba rinoponesa raIshe. —POPE JOHN PAUL II, muLatin America, 1992
Ini ndinofanira kunge ndakasiya basa iri kare kare. Kutukwa, kutambudzwa, kushamwaridzana, kurambwa, kusekwa, uye kuzviparadzanisa nevamwe, ndoda kutya kwangu kukundikana kana kutsausa vamwe… Hongu, ndakawanzoona Muedzo wekuti uve wakajairika. Asi iwo Mweya Mutsvene ndiwo wave kundipa simba uye simba rekuenderera mberi, kunyanya kuburikidza nemidziyo iyi:
• Munyengetero. Mumunamato, ndakabatana naKristu, muzambiringa, uyo unobva waunza hura hweMweya Mutsvene kuyerera kubudikidza nematanda emoyo wangu. Oo, kangani Mwari akavandudza mweya wangu mumunamato! Kangani kandakapinda mumunamato, ndichikambaira pasi, uye ndikazozviwana ndave kusimuka segondo!
• Sakaramende reMunharaunda. Isu hatisi zviwi. Tiri vemuviri, Mutumbi waKristu. Nekudaro, mumwe nemumwe wedu a sakaramendi kune mumwe apo patinotendera rudo rwaJesu kuyerera kuburikidza nesu: kana tiri chiso Chake, maoko Ake, kunyemwerera kwake, Nzeve dzake dzinoteerera, Kubata kwake; patinoyeuchidzana Shoko raMwari nekuramba tichikurudzirana ku “Funga zviri kumusoro, kwete zviri panyika” (VaKorose 3: 2). Chipo chakadii iwe ndanga ndiri kwandiri kuburikidza netsamba dzako neminamato yandakanzwa nenyasha chaidzo nesimba zvichidzoka.
• Sakaramende reYakereke Eucharist. Patinogashira Jesu muKudyidzana, tinowaneiko? upenyu, hupenyu husingaperi, uye Hupenyu ihwohwo Mweya waMwari. Chishamiso cherunyararo chandainzwa kazhinji mushure mekugamuchira Jesu muEucharist chinopfuura humbowo hwakakwana hwekuti Mwari ariko… uye simba rakaringana revhiki iri pamberi.
• Amai Vakaropafadzwa. Saka vanhu vazhinji havanzwisise Mukadzi Wedu. Kusuwa kukuru kwandiri nekuti hakuna munhu anoda uye anonamata Jesu sezvaanoita! Chido chake chete ndechekuti nyika isvike pakuda nekunamata Jesu nenzira imwecheteyo. Uye nokudaro-kune avo vanovarega amai vavo-ivo vanopa zvese nyasha dzaakapihwa naMwari, kuti vadzivirire mweya wakanaka. Anoita izvi kubudikidza neMweya Mutsvene wake, Mweya Mutsvene.
• Confession. Kana ndatadza Ishe wangu, pachangu, neavo vakandikomberedza, ndinotangazve nekuti Ishe vanovimbisa kuti ndinogona (1 Johane 1: 9). Ndedzipi nyasha dzisingataurike dzinopihwa muSakaramende iri apo Tsitsi Dzvene dzinodzosera mweya kuburikidza nemoto wekuchenesa weMweya Mutsvene
Chasara ndechekuti isu tirege kuita nungo, kwete kutora hupenyu hwedu hwemweya sekurerutsa. Hatigone kuzviita, ndoda kuva mbwende.
Kupiwa kwaMwari kwatigadzirira. Dhizaini yetsitsi yaMwari yatinyevera kuti zuva rekurwa kwedu, makwikwi edu, aswedera. Nerudo irwo rwakagovaniswa rwunotisunga pamwe chete, tiri kuita zvese zvatinogona kukurudzira ungano yedu, kuti tizvipe tisingaregi kutsanya, kumeso, uye neminamato zvakafanana. Idzi ndidzo zvombo zvekudenga zvinotipa simba rekumira takasimba nekutsungirira; idziviriro pamweya, nhumbi dzakapihwa naMwari dzinotidzivirira. —St. Cyprian, Tsamba kuna Pope Cornelius; Iyo Liturgy yemaawa, Vol IV, peji. 1407
Mukupedzisa, ndinoda kugadzira "imba yepamusoro" nemi mose paSvondo yePentekosti iyi. Uye sevaApostora vekare, ngatiunganei naMai Vedu uye tikumbire Mweya Mutsvene pamusoro pedu, mhuri dzedu, nepasi rose. Tenda zvauri kukumbira. Iti imwe Rumbidzai Maria neni izvozvi (uye ini ndichasanganisira kukumbira kwaakakumbira mune zvakazarurwa kuna Elizabeth Kindelmann, unova munamato wakakosha weMweya Mutsvene kuburikidza neMurazvo weRudo rweMoyo waMai vedu):
Kwaziwai Maria uzere nenyasha
Ishe anewe
Wakaropafadzwa iwe pakati pevakadzi
uye chakakomborerwa chibereko chedumbu rako, Jesu.
Maria Mutsvene, Amai vaMwari
namatira isu vatadzi
uye nekuparadzira mhedzisiro yenyasha yeMurazvo weRudo
pamusoro pevanhu vese
ikozvino uye nenguva yekufa kwedu.
Amen.
Kana zuva rekutambudzwa rikatiwana
kufunga pamusoro pezvinhu izvi uye uchifungisisa pamusoro pavo,
musoja waKristu,
vakadzidziswa nemirayiro yaKristu nemirayiro,
haatangi kuvhunduka achifunga kurwa,
asi yakagadzirira korona yekukunda.
—St. Cyprian, bhishopi uye kufira kutenda
Liturgy yeiyo Maawa, Vol II, peji. 1769
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