Shawarwarin yau 4 Satumba 2020 na Sant'Agostino

St. Augustine (354-430)
bishop na Hippo (Afirka ta Arewa) kuma likita na Cocin

Jawabi 210,5 (Sabon Kundin karatu na Augustiniyan)
“Amma kwanaki suna zuwa da za a fizge ango daga wurinsu; to, a wancan zamani, za su yi azumi "
Don haka bari mu sanya "kwankwasonmu ɗaura, fitilun kuma suna haskakawa", kuma muna kama da waɗancan "bayin suna jiran dawowar ubangijinsu daga bikin aure" (Lk 12,35:1). Kada mu ce wa junan mu: "Bari mu ci mu sha domin gobe za mu mutu" (15,32 Korintiyawa 16,16:20). Amma daidai saboda ranar mutuwa bata da tabbas kuma rayuwa tana da zafi, muna yin azumi da addua har ma da ƙari: gobe a zahiri zamu mutu. "In ji ɗan lokaci kaɗan - Yesu ya ce - kuma ba za ku gan ni ba ko da daɗewa kaɗan kuma za ku gan ni" (Yahaya 22:XNUMX). Wannan shine lokacin da ya gaya mana: "Za ku yi kuka da baƙin ciki, amma duniya za ta yi murna" (aya XNUMX); ma'ana: wannan rayuwar cike take da jarabobi kuma mu mahajjata ne nesa da shi. "Amma zan sake ganinku - ya daɗa - zuciyarku za ta yi murna kuma ba wanda zai iya ɗauke farin cikinku" (aya XNUMX).

Muna farin ciki har yanzu a wannan begen, duk da komai - tunda wanda ya yi mana alƙawari mafi aminci - a cikin begen wannan babban farin ciki, lokacin da "za mu zama kamarsa, domin za mu gan shi kamar yadda yake" (1Yn 3,2: 16,21), kuma "Babu wanda zai iya cire mana farin ciki". (…) “Idan mace ta haihu - in ji Ubangiji - tana baƙin ciki saboda lokacinta ya yi; amma lokacin da ta haihu sai ayi babban biki domin mutum ya zo duniya "(Yah XNUMX:XNUMX). Wannan zai zama farincikin da babu wanda zai iya ɗauke mana shi wanda zamu cika shi da shi lokacin da muka wuce, daga hanyar samun bangaskiya cikin rayuwar yanzu, zuwa haske madawwami. Don haka yanzu bari mu yi azumi da addu’a, saboda lokacin haihuwa ne.