Ndasvika kuRome nhasi kumusangano wevachechi mukupera kwesvondo. Nemi mese, vaverengi vangu, pamoyo wangu, ndakafamba kufamba kusvika manheru. Dzimwe pfungwa dzandaive ndakagara pakare padombo rematombo muSt Peter's Square…
ZVINOKOSHA kunzwa, kutarisa pasi kuItari patakadzika kubva pakumhara kwedu. Nyika yenhoroondo dzekare umo mauto eRoma aifora, vatsvene vakafamba, uye ropa revamwe vasingaverengeki rakadeurwa. Zvino, migwagwa mikuru, zvivakwa, nevanhu vanofamba-famba semasvosve pasina kutya kwevanopinda zvinopa chimiro cherunyararo. Asi rugare rwechokwadi kungori kusavapo kwehondo here?
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Ndakatarisa muhotera yangu mushure mekutsvaira nekukwira cab cab kubva kunhandare yendege. Mutyairi wangu wemakore makumi manomwe akatyaira Mercedes ine musiyano wekumashure wekuchema uye zvinoita sekusava nehanya kuti ndiri baba vevana vasere.
Ndakavata pamubhedha wangu ndokuteerera kuvakwa, traffic nemaambulensi zvichidarika nepahwindo rangu nekuchema unongonzwa pamitambo yeterevhizheni yeChirungu. Chido chekutanga chemoyo wangu chaive chekutsvaga kereke ine iyo Yakaropafadzwa Sakaramende ndokurara pasi pamberi paJesu nekunamata. Chido chechipiri chemoyo wangu chaive chekuramba wakamira uye kuzorora. Iyo jeti lag yakakunda.
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Yakanga iri gumi nerimwe mangwanani pandakavata. Ndakazomuka murima kwapera maawa matanhatu. Ndakamborohwa kuti ndakaridza masikati ndichirara (uye ikozvino ndiri kukunyorera iwe pakati pehusiku pano), ndakafunga kuyambuka kusvika husiku. Ndakafamba ndichienda kuSt. Kune rugare rwakadaro imomo manheru. Imba iyi yakanga yakavharwa, nevashanyi vekupedzisira vachinyangira kubuda. Zvekare, nzara yekuve naJesu muEucharist yakasimuka mumoyo mangu. (Nyasha. Inyasha dzose.) Izvo, uye chishuwo cheKureurura. Hongu, Sakaramende rekuyananisa - chinhu chimwe chete chinorapa munhu anogona kusangana nacho: kunzwa, nesimba raMwari kuburikidza nemumiriri Wake, kuti unoregererwa.
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Ndakagara pasi padombo rekare rematombo pamagumo eiyo piazza uye ndikafungisisa poroni yakakomberedzwa yakatambanuka kubva kuchechi.
Dhizaini yekuvaka yaive yakagadzirirwa kumiririra iyo vhura maoko aamai—Amai Kereke - vachimbundira vana vavo kubva kumativi ese epasi. Iko kufunga kwakanaka. Chokwadi, Roma ndiyo imwe yenzvimbo shoma pasi pano paunoona vapristi nemasisita vachifamba kubva kumativi ese epasi uye maKaturike kubva mutsika nemarudzi ese. Katurike, kubva kuchipikisheni chechiGiriki καθολικός (katholikos), zvinoreva “kwese.” Multulturalism ndiko kukundikana kuyedza kuyedza kutevedzera izvo Chechi zvatowana. Hurumende inoshandisa kumanikidza uye kururamisa kwezvematongerwo enyika kuumba pfungwa yekubatana; Chechi inongoshandisa rudo.
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Hongu, Chechi ndiamai. Hatigone kukanganwa ichi chiri chokwadi chiri pasi. Anotiriritira pachipfuva chake nenyasha dzeSakaramende uye anotimutsa muchokwadi kuburikidza nedzidziso dzeKutenda. Anotiporesa patinenge takuvadzwa uye anotikurudzira, kuburikidza nevarume nevakadzi vake vatsvene, kwatiri pachedu kuva mumwe mufananidzo waKristu. Ehe, izvo zvifananidzo zviri pamusoro pevharanda hazvisi marble nematombo chete, asi vanhu vakararama uye vakachinja nyika!
Asi, ndinonzwa kusuruvara kwakati. Hongu, zvinonyadzisa zvepabonde zvakanamatira pamusoro peChechi yeRoma semhepo inoputika. Asi panguva imwecheteyo, rangarira izvi: mupristi mumwe nemumwe, bhishopi, kadhinaina napapa vapenyu nhasi havazove pano mumakore zana, asi Chechi ichadaro. Ndakatora mafoto akati wandei senge ari pamusoro, asi mune yega yega mamiriro ari muchiitiko aichinja, zvakadaro St.Peter akaramba asina kuchinja. Saizvozvowo, tinogona kuenzanisa Chechi nevanamiriri nevatambi venguva ino chete. Asi icho chingori chokwadi chisina kukwana. Chechi zvakare ndeyavo vakatitungamira, uye zvirokwazvo, avo vari kuuya. Semuti une mashizha anouya oenda, asi hunde unoramba uripo, saizvozvowo, hunde yeChechi inogara inogara, kunyangwe ikafanira kutemwa nguva nenguva.
Piazza. Hongu, iro izwi rinoita kuti ndifunge nezvazvo Pizza. Nguva yekuwana chirariro.
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Mupemhi wechikuru (zvirinani kuti aikumbira) akandimisa ndokukumbira mari kuti ndidye zvishoma. Varombo vanogara nesu nguva dzose. Chiratidzo chekuti hunhu hwakaputsika. Kunyangwe kuRome kana Vancouver, Canada, kwandingangobhururuka ndichibva, kune vapemhi pamakona ese. Muchokwadi, tichiri muVancouver, ini nemukadzi wangu takashamiswa nehuwandu hwevanhu vatakasangana navo vaifamba mumigwagwa senge zombies, vadiki nevakuru, vasina chinangwa, vasina chinhu, vasina tariro. Vatengi nevashanyi pavakapfuura, handimbofi ndakakanganwa izwi remurume aigunun'una akagara pakona, achishevedzera kune wese munhu aipfuura achiti: "Ndiri kungoda kudya semi mose."
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Tinopa zvatinokwanisa kuvarombo, uye tobva tadya zvedu. Ndakamira pane imwe resitorendi diki yeItaly isiri kure nehotera. Chikafu chainakidza. Ndakafungisisa masikirwo akaitwa vanhu vanhu. Isu tiri kure nekuve kwedu kumhuka semwedzi kubva kuVenice. Mhuka dzinomhanyisa uye dzinodya izvo zvavanogona kuwana mudunhu vanozviwana, uye usafunge kaviri. Vanhu, kune rimwe divi, vanotora chikafu chavo vozvigadzirira, mwaka, zvinonhuwira, uye nekushongedza iyo ichishandura zvigadzirwa mbishi kuita chiitiko chinofadza (kunze kwekunge ndiri kubika). Ah, kunaka kwakaita kugona kwevanhu kana kuchishandiswa kuunza chokwadi, runako, uye runako munyika.
Mubatsiri wangu weBangladesh akabvunza kuti ndakanakidzwa sei nekudya. "Zvainaka," ndakadaro. "Zvakandiswededza padyo padyo naMwari."
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Ndine zvakawanda pamoyo wangu manheru ano… zvinhu izvo mudzimai wangu Lea neni zvatiri kukurukura, nzira dzinoshanda dzatinoda kukubatsira, isu vaverengi. Saka vhiki rino, ndiri kuteerera, ndichivhura moyo wangu kunaIshe nekumukumbira kuti azadze. Ndine kutya kukuru ipapo! Tose tinodaro. Sezvandakanzwa mumwe munhu achiti nguva pfupi yadarika, "Zvikonzero ndezvekufungidzira nhema." Saka muRome, iro Guta Rekusingaperi nemoyo wechiKaturike, ndinouya semupilgrim ndichikumbira Mwari kuti vandipe nyasha dzandinoda pachikamu chinotevera chehupenyu hwangu nehushumiri nenguva yandasara nayo pasi rino.
Uye ndichakutakurai mose, vaverengi vanodikanwa, mumoyo mangu nemunamato, kunyanya pandinoenda kuguva raSt John Paul II. Unodiwa.
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