Ibada ta yini: yaƙar fitina

Jarabawar jiki. Rayuwarmu jarabawa ce. rubuta Ayuba. Ban da Maryamu, babu wani waliyyi wanda, yana kuka kamar St. Paul, bai ce: “Ba ni da farin ciki ba, wa zai 'yanta ni daga jikin nan na mutuwa?”. Jiki yana faɗakarwa, jarabawa: daga kowace ƙaramar walƙiya tana kama da wuta don ya jarabce mu, tana tunzura mu zuwa ga mugunta, tana janye mu daga alheri. Wataƙila ku ma kuna kuka saboda jarabobi da yawa, kuna tsoron faɗuwa! Kuka mai karfi: Baba, kada ka kai mu cikin jaraba!

Gwajin duniya. Komai sharri ne a cikin duniya, haɗari, gayyata zuwa ga mugunta; duniya yanzu tana gayyatarku ku more: kuma ku, ta ruɗu da alkawuran ƙarya, ku ba da kai; yanzu ya janye ku daga kyautatawa tare da tsoron girmamawar ɗan adam, na maganganu na wasu: kuma ku, mai jin kunya, ya dace da muradinsa; yanzu yana tsananta maka, yana yi maka kazafi kuma yana kai ka ga sharri… Hakkin ka ne ka gudu daga duniya da lokutan zunubi na kusa, don kar ka fadi; amma bai isa ba: dole ne ku yi addu'a ga Allah kada ku bar kanku ku faɗa cikin jaraba.

Jarabawowin shaidan. St. Anthony a cikin Thebaid, St. Jerome a cikin Baitalami, St. Francis de Sales. St. Teresa, waɗanne irin jarabobi ne suka fuskanta daga abokan gaba, wanda koyaushe kamar zaki yake, don neman ganima! Wanene yake jarabtar ranka da irin wannan ƙarfin gwiwa, dare da rana, shi kaɗai ko a tare? Wanene ya sa abubuwa mafi sauki, lokuta marasa laifi haɗari a gare ku? - Shedan wanda koyaushe yake aikin lalata ka. Rauni mara ƙarfi, yi addu'a ga Allah kada ya yarda ka yarda da jaraba.

AIKI. - A kowane jaraba, ka dogara ga Allah sosai; ya karanta Pater uku don mai mutuwa