Vakatapwa veDutu Katrina, New Orleans
CHEKUTANGA rakaburitswa Nyamavhuvhu 7, 2006, iri izwi rakura musimba mumoyo mangu nguva pfupi yadarika. Iko kushevedza ndekwekugadzirira zvese mumuviri uye mumudzimu nokuti kutapwa. Kubva zvandakanyora gore rapfuura, takaona kubuda kwemamirioni avanhu, kunyanya muAsia neAfrica, nekuda kwenjodzi dzinongoitika dzega nehondo. Mharidzo huru ndeyedzimwe kurudziro: Kristu achitiyeuchidza kuti isu tiri vagari veKudenga, vafambi vari munzira kuenda kumba, uye kuti nharaunda yedu yemweya neyechisikirwo yakatikomberedza inofanira kuratidza izvo.
KUTAPWA
Izwi rekuti "kutapwa" rinoramba richishambira nepfungwa dzangu, pamwe neizvi:
New Orleans yaive microcosm yezvichauya… iwe zvino wave mukudzikama pamberi pemhepo.
Pakarova Hurricane Katrina, vagari vazhinji vakazviwana vatapwa. Izvo zvaive zvisina basa kana iwe uri mupfumi kana murombo, chena kana mutema, vafundisi kana vanhuwo zvavo - kana iwe uri munzira yavo, iwe waifanira kutama ikozvino. Kune "kuzungunuka" kwepasirese kuri kuuya, uye kuchazogadzira mune mamwe matunhu nhapwa.
Zvichava sezvakaita vanhu, ndizvo zvichaita nomupristi; semuranda, saizvozvowo natenzi wake; somusikana, ndoitira tenzikadzi wake; sezvazvakaita kumutengi, saizvozvowo kumutengesi; sezvakaita mukweretesi, saka neakwereta; sezvazvakaita kumukweretesi, saka kune ane chikwereti. (Isaya 24: 1-2)
Asi ndinotenda kuti pachavewo nechimwe kutapwa pamweya, kunatswa kwakanyanya kuChechi. Pamusoro pegore rapfuura, mazwi aya akaramba ari mumoyo mangu:
Chechi iri mubindu reGetsemane, uye yave kuda kupinda mumiedzo yePassion. (Tarira: Chechi inosangana nenguva dzose uye muzvizvarwa zvese kuzvarwa, hupenyu, shungu, kufa uye nekumuka kwaJesu.)
Sezvakataurwa muna Chikamu III, Pope John Paul II muna 1976 (panguva iyoyo Kadhinari Karol Wojtyla) vakati tapinda mugakava rekupedzisira pakati pe "Chechi nevanopesana nechechi." Akapedzisa achiti:
Uku kusangana kuri mukati mehurongwa hwekupa kwaMwari. Ichi chiitiko chinofanira kutorwa neChechi yose…
Anomutsiva akaratidzirawo kudhumhana kwakananga kweChechi neanti-vhangeri:
Tiri kuenda kudzvinyiriri hwehukama husingazive chero chinhu seicho chechokwadi uye icho chine chinangwa chepamusoro soro wega kuzvishuva uye nezvido zvako ... —Papa Benedict XVI (Kadhinari Ratzinger, pre-conclave Homily(Kubvumbi 18, 2005)
Inogonawo kusanganisira chikamu chekutambudzika icho Catechism inotaura nezvayo:
Kristu asati auya kechipiri Chechi inofanira kupfuura nemuyedzo wekupedzisira uyo unozunungusa kutenda kwevatendi vazhinji. -Catechism yeChechi yeKaturike, N. 675
KUNYANGANISIKA MUKEREKE
Mubindu reGetsemane, kutongwa kwakatanga pakasungwa Jesu ndokutorwa. Zhizha rino, ini pachangu uye nedzimwe hama mbiri muhushumiri takava nepfungwa mumaawa mashoma emumwe kuti chiitiko chingaitika muRome chinozomutsa kutanga kweizvi kutapwa pamweya.
'Ndicharova mufudzi, uye makwai eboka achapararira'… Judhasi, urikutengesa Mwanakomana wemunhu nekutsvoda here? ” Ipapo vadzidzi vese vakabva vakamutiza. (Mat. 26:31; Ruka 22:48; Mat. 26:56)
Vakatizira mukati nhapwa, mune izvo munhu aigona kutaura yaive mini-schism.
Vazhinji vatsvene uye vakavanzika vakataura nezve nguva iri kuuya apo Pope achazomanikidzwa kubva muRoma. Kunyangwe izvi zvingaite senge zvisingaite mupfungwa dzedu dzazvino, hatigone kukanganwa iyo Russia yechiKomonisiti akaita kuyedza kubvisa Pope John Paul II zvisina kubudirira mukuedza kuuraya. Chero zvazvingava, chiitiko chakakosha muRoma chaizounza nyonganiso muChechi. Pope wedu aripo atozviona here izvi? Mumhuri yake yekutanga, mazwi ekupedzisira aPope Benedict XVI aive:
Ndinamatirei, kuti ndirege kutiza nekutya mapere. —April 24, 2005, St. Peter's Square
Ichi ndicho chikonzero tichifanira kudzika midzi munaShe ikozvino, akamira akasimba paDombo, inova Chechi Yake. Mazuva ari kuuya apo pachave nekukanganiswa kukuru, pamwe kupesana, kunozotsausa vazhinji. Chokwadi chinoita senge hachina chokwadi, vaporofita venhema vazhinji, vakasara vakatendeka vashoma… muyedzo wekuenda nepfungwa dzinogutsa dzezuva iri unenge wakasimba, uye kunze kwekunge munhu atova pasi, tsunami yekunyengera kunenge kusingakwanise kutiza. Kutambudzwa kuchaita bva mukati, sekutongwa kwakaitwa Jesu pakupedzisira, kwete nevaRoma, asi nevanhu Vake.
Tinofanira kuuya nemamwe mafuta emarambi edu izvozvi! (ona Mat. 25: 1-13) Ndinotenda zvichave zvikuru zvemasimba masimba izvo zvinotakura Chechi yakasara mumwaka unouya, uye nekudaro, tinofanira kutsvaga izvi mafuta matsvene tichiri kugona.
VanaMesiya venhema nevaporofita venhema vachamuka, uye vachaita zviratidzo nezvishamiso zvikuru zvekuti vanganyengere, dai zvaigoneka, kunyange nevasanangurwa. (Mat. 24:24)
Husiku huri kufambira mberi, uye iyo Nyeredzi yeNorth yeMukadzi wedu yatotanga kunongedza nzira kuburikidza ne kuuya kutambudzwa iyo munzira dzakawanda yakatotanga. Nekudaro, anochema mweya mizhinji.
Ipai Jehovha Mwari wenyu kusati kwasviba, tsoka dzako dzisati dzagumburwa pamakomo ane rima. pamberi pechiedza chaunotsvaga chisati chashanduka kuita rima, chinoshanduka kuita makore matema. Ukasateerera izvi mukuzvikudza kwako, ini ndinochema pakavanda misodzi yakawanda; meso angu achayerera misodzi neboka raIshe, ndokuendeswa kuutapwa. (Jer 13: 16-17)
KUGADZIRIRA…
Sezvo nyika ichiri kuramba ichipinda mukusadzora kusadzora uye kuyedza neiyo chaiyo hwaro hwehupenyu uye nzanga, ndiri kuona chimwe chinhu chichiitika muChechi yakasara: kune shungu yemukati kuchenesa imbazvose mumudzimu uye mumuviri.
Zvinoita sekunge Ishe vari kufambisa vanhu vavo munzvimbo, kuvagadzirira izvo zvinouya. Ndinoyeuchidzwa nezvaNoa nemhuri yake vakapedza makore vachivaka areka. Nguva yacho payakasvika, vakatadza kutora zvinhu zvavo zvese, zvavaingoda chete. Saka zvakare, ino inguva yenguva ye boka remweya yevaKristu - nguva yekuchenesa zvakanyanya uye izvo zvinhu zvazove zvidhori. Nekudaro, Mukristu chaiye ari kuve kupokana munyika inodisa zvinhu, uye anogona kutosekwa kana kufuratirwa, sezvakaitwa Noa.
Chokwadi, iwo mazwi iwaya ekuseka ndivo kumutswa achipesana neChechi kusvika pakumupomera "mhosva yekuvenga" yekutaura chokwadi.
Sezvazvaive mumazuva aNoa, ndizvo zvazvichavawo mumazuva eMwanakomana wemunhu. Vaidya, vaimwa, vaiwana, vachiwaniswa, kusvikira zuva rakapinda Noa muareka, mafashame akasvika akavaparadza vose. (Ruka 17: 26-27)
Zvinonakidza kuti Kristu akaisa pfungwa pa "muchato" kune iwo "mazuva eMwanakomana wemunhu". Izvo zvakangoitikawo here kuti roorano yave nzvimbo yehondo yekusimudzira chirongwa chekunyararidza Chechi?
ARK YESUNGANO ITSVA
Nhasi, "areka" nyowani ndiyo Mhandara Mariya. Kungofanana neareka yeTestamente Yekare yesungano yakatakura shoko raMwari, iyo Mirayiro Gumi, Maria ndiye Areka yesungano itsva, uyo akatakura ndokubereka Jesu Kristu, iye Shoko rakaitwa nyama. Uye sezvo Kristu ari hama yedu, tiri vana vake vemweya zvakare.
Ndiye musoro wemuviri, Chechi; ndiye dangwe, dangwe kubva kuvakafa… (Col 1: 8)
Kana Kristu ari dangwe revazhinji, ko isu hatisi kuzvarwa naamai vamwe chete here? Isu isu takasvika pakutenda uye takabhabhatidzwa mukutenda mitezo mizhinji yeMuviri mumwe. Uye saka, isu tinogovana amai vaKristu sevedu sezvo ivo vari amai vaKristu Musoro, neMuviri Wake.
Zvino Jesu wakati achiona mai vake, nemudzidzi waaida amirepo, akati kuna mai vake: Mukadzi, tarira mwanakomana wako. Ipapo akati kumudzidzi: Tarira mai vako. (Johane 19: 26-27)
Mwanakomana ari kutaurwa pano, anomiririra Chechi yese, ndiApostora Johane. Mune rake Apocalypse, anotaura nezve "mukadzi akapfeka zuva" (Zvakazarurwa 12) uyo Papa waPiux X naBenedict XVI vanozivisa saMhandara Maria Akaropafadzwa:
Naizvozvo Johane akaona Mai Vatsvenetsvene vaMwari vatove nemufaro wekusingaperi, asi vachirwadziwa mukuzvara kunoshamisa. -PAPA PIUS X, Encyclical Ad Dhiyabhorosi Illum Laetissimum24
Ari kutibereka, uye ari mukutambudzika, zvimwechete sezvo "dhiragoni" ichitevera Chechi kuti iparadze:
Zvino zibukanana rakatsamwira mukadzi, ndokuenda kunorwa nevana vake vakasara, vanochengeta mirairo yaMwari nekupupura Jesu. (Zvakazarurwa 12:17)
Nekudaro, munguva yedu, Mary arikukoka vana vake vese kupotera nekuchengetedzeka kweMoyo wake Wakachena-Areka nyowani - kunyanya sekurangwa kuri kuita kunge kwave pedyo (sezvakakurukurwa mu Chikamu III). Ndinoziva kuti idzi pfungwa dzinogona kunzwika kunge dzakaomera vaverengi vangu vechiPurotesitendi, asi kuve amai kwaMaria mune zvemweya kwaimbove chinhu chakambundirwa ne ose Chechi:
Maria ndiye Amai vaJesu uye Amai vedu tese kunyangwe aive Kristu ega akazorora pamabvi ake ... Kana ari wedu, isu tinofanirwa kunge tiri mumamiriro ake ezvinhu; uko kwaanenge ari, isu tinofanirwa kunge tichive uye zvese zvaanazvo zvinofanirwa kunge zviri zvedu, uye amai vake ndimai veduwo. —Martin Luther, Mharidzo, Kisimusi, 1529.
Kudzivirirwa kwakadai kwaamai kwakapihwa kamwe chete kare, panguva apo mutongo wainge wakagadzirira kuwira pasi sezvakaziviswa nekuonekwa kwakatenderwa neChechi kweFatima, Portugal muna 1917. Mhandara Maria yakati kumwana anoona Lucia,
“Handimbofa ndakakusiyai; Moyo wangu Wakachena uchava nzvimbo yako yekutizira, uye nzira iyo inokutungamira kuna Mwari. ”
Maitiro anopinda muAreka iyi zvakajairwa ndeye izvo zvinonzi kuzvipira kwakakurumbira kunodana "kuzvitsaurira" kuna Maria. Izvi zvinoreva kuti, mumwe anombundira Maria saAmai vemweya, vachimupa hupenyu hwese nezviito kuti atungamirirwe muhukama hwechokwadi naJesu. Icho chiitiko chakanaka, chakanangana naKristu. (Unogona kuverenga nezve yangu yekuzvitsaurira pano, uye zvakare uwane munamato wekugadza naizvo. Kubvira pandakaita ichi "chiito chekutsaurira", ini ndasangana nenyasha dzinoshamisa mukufamba kwangu kwemweya.)
MUNOTAPWA-ASI KUSUNGWA
Zuva raIshe raswedera, hongu, Ishe wagadzirira mabiko ekuuraya, iye akagadza vaeni vake. (Zef 1: 7)
Avo vakaita uku kutsvenesa uye vakapinda mu Areka yesungano itsva (uye izvi zvingasanganisira chero munhu akatendeka kuna Jesu Kristu) vari muchivande, mukuvanda kwemoyo yavo, vachigadzirirwa miedzo iri kuuya - kugadzirirwa nhapwa. Kunze kwekunge varamba kubatana nedenga.
Mwanakomana womunhu, ugere pakati peimba inondimukira simba; vane maziso ekuona asi havaoni, uye nzeve dzekunzwa asi havanzwe… masikati pavanenge vakatarisa, gadzirira mukwende wako sekunge uri wekutapwa, uye zvakare vachiri vakatarisa, tama kubva kwaunogara uchienda imwe nzvimbo; zvimwe vachaona kuti iimba inondimukira simba. (Ezekieri 12: 1-3)
Pane hurukuro zhinji mazuva ano iri kutenderera pamusoro pe "nzvimbo dzinoera", inzvimbo idzo Mwari arikugadzirira kutenderera nyika senzvimbo yevanhu vake. (Zvinogoneka, kunyange moyo waKristu naAmai vake uri wechokwadi uye usingaperi refuges.) Kune vamwe zvakare vanoona kudiwa kwekurerutsa zvinhu zvavo zvekunyama uye "kugadzirira."
Asi kukosha kwakakosha kwekutendeuka kweMukristu kuve iye anogara munyika, asi kwete wepanyika; mufambi mukutapwa kubva kumusha kwedu kwechokwadi Kudenga, zvakadaro chiratidzo chekupokana nenyika. Mukristu uyu ndiye anorarama Evhangeri, achidurura hupenyu hwake murudo uye nebasa mu "Ini" nyika yakanangana. Isu tinogadzirira mwoyo yedu, yedu "mikwende", sekunge yatapwa.
Mwari ari kutigadzirira kutapwa, mune chero chimiro chayinouya. Asi isu hatidanidzwe kuvanda! Asi, ino ndiyo nguva yekuzivisa Vhangeri nehupenyu hwedu; kuparidza chokwadi takashinga, mumwaka kana kunze. Ino inguva yeNgoni, uye nekudaro, isu tinofanirwa kuve zviratidzo yetsitsi netariro kune nyika inotambura murima rechitadzo. Ngaparege kuva nevatsvene vanosuwa!
Uye isu tinofanira kumira kutaura nezvekuva maKristu. Tinofanira kuzviita. Bvisa TV, pfugama, uye uti "Ndiri pano Ishe! Nditumei! ” Wadaro teerera kune zvavanotaura kwauri… uye uzviite. Ndinotenda nguva ino chaiyo yekuti vamwe venyu vari kuona kusunungurwa kwesimba reMweya Mutsvene mukati mako. Usatya! Kristu haambokusiyi, nokusingaperi. Haana kukupa mweya woumbwende, asi wesimba nerudo uye kuzvidzora! (2 Tim 1: 7)
Jesu arikukudana kumunda wemizambiringa: mweya yakamirira kusunungurwa… mweya yakadzingwa munyika yerima. Uye o, inguva ipfupi sei!
Usatya kuenda mumigwagwa uye munzvimbo dzinowanikwa vanhu vazhinji sevaapostora vekutanga, avo vakaparidza Kristu nevhangeri reruponeso munzvimbo dzemaguta, mataundi nemisha. Ino haisi nguva yekunyara neEvangeri. Inguva yekuiparidza uri pamusoro pemba. Usatya kubuda munzira dzakanaka uye dzakajairika dzekurarama kuti utore chinetso chekuita kuti Kristu azivikanwe mu "metropolis" yazvino. Ndiwe unofanira "kuenda kumigwagwa" (Mt 22: 9) uye kukoka munhu wese waunosangana naye kumabiko ayo Mwari akagadzirira vanhu vake.… Vhangeri harifanirwe kuvanzwa nekuda kwekutya kana kusava nehanya. -POPE JOHN PAUL II, Zuva reYouth Youth Homily, Denver Colorado, Nyamavhuvhu 15, 1993.
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