Aikin Ibada na Yau: Takeauki misali daga Waliyyai

Yaya zai iya a zuciyarmu. Muna rayuwa galibi ta hanyar kwaikwayo; wajen ganin wasu suna aikata alheri, karfi mara tsayayya yana motsa mu, kuma kusan yana motsa mu muyi koyi dasu. Saint Ignatius, Saint Augustine, Saint Teresa da wasu mutane ɗari sun fahimci babban ɓangare na jujjuya su daga misalin Waliyyai many Mutane da yawa sun furta cewa sun ɗebo daga can, nagarta, ɗabi'a, harshen wuta na tsarki! Kuma muna karantawa kaɗan da yin bimbini a kan rayuka da misalan Waliyai! ...

Rikicin mu idan aka kwatanta su. Da yake kwatanta mu da masu zunubi, girman kai yakan rufe mana ido, kamar Bafarisin nan kusa da mai karɓar haraji; amma ta fuskar misalan jarumai na Waliyyai, yaya ƙaramin ji muke! Bari mu gwada haƙurinmu, tawali'unmu, murabus ɗinmu, himma cikin addu'a tare da kyawawan halayensu, kuma za mu ga yadda munanan halayenmu masu kyau, abubuwan da muke da'awa, da yadda za mu yi!

Bari mu zabi wani Waliyi a matsayin abin koyi. Kwarewa ya tabbatar da fa'idar sa a zabi waliyyi a kowace shekara a matsayin mai karewa kuma malamin kyawawan halaye da muke rasawa. Zai zama ɗanɗano a cikin St. Francis de Sales; zai zama son zuciya a cikin St. Teresa, a cikin St. Philip; zai zama ƙungiyar a cikin St. Francis na Assisi, da dai sauransu. Ta hanyar ƙoƙari duk shekara don yin tunannin kanmu cikin kyawawan halaye, tabbas za mu sami ci gaba. Me yasa barin irin wannan kyakkyawar dabi'a?

KYAUTA. - Zaɓi, tare da shawarar jagoran ruhaniya, tsarkaka ga majiɓincinku, kuma, daga yau, ku bi sawunsa. - Pater da Ave zuwa ga zaɓaɓɓen Saint.