Saint Sharbel Makhlouf, Saint na ranar don 24 ga Yuli

(8 ga Mayu, 1828 - 24 ga Disamba, 1898)

Labarin Saint Sharbel Makhlouf
Duk da cewa wannan tsarkun bai taba tafiya mai nisa daga ƙauyen Beka-Kafra na Lebanon inda aka haife shi ba, tasirinsa ya bazu sosai.

Yusufu Zaroun Maklouf ya kawu ne ya kawu saboda mahaifinsa, alfadari, ya mutu lokacin da Yusufu yana dan shekara uku. Lokacin da Yusufu yake dan shekara 23, ya shiga gidan tarihin St. Maron a Annaya, Lebanon, kuma ya dauki sunan Sharbel don girmama wanda ya yi shahada a karni na biyu. Ya yi alƙawura na ƙarshe a shekara ta 1853 kuma an tsara shi bayan shekaru shida.

Biye da misalin ƙarni na 1875th Maron, Sharbel yayi rayuwa a matsayin ƙabila daga XNUMX, har zuwa mutuwarsa. Darajarsa game da tsarki ya sa mutane su nemi shi don karɓar albarka kuma a tuna da shi cikin addu'o'insa. An tsaurara azumi kuma ya kasance mai sadaukarwa ga Alkawarin. Lokacin da manyan mutane suka tambayeshi lokaci-lokaci don gudanar da bukukuwan a ƙauyukan da ke kusa, Sharbel yayi hakan da yardar rai.

Ya mutu da yamma a ranar Kirsimeti Hauwa'u. Krista da wadanda ba Krista ba da daɗewa ba sun juya kabarinsa zuwa wani aikin haji da warkarwa. Fafaroma Paul VI ya doke Sharbel a shekarar 1965, kuma ya ba shi damar shekaru 12 bayan haka.

Tunani
John Paul II sau da yawa ya ce Ikklisiya tana da huhu biyu - Gabas da Yamma - kuma dole ne ta koyi numfashi ta amfani da duka biyun. Tunawa da tsarkaka kamar Sharbel yana taimaka wa Ikilisiya yabi duka bambancin da hadin kai da ake samu a cocin Katolika. Kamar kowane tsarkaka, Sharbel yana nuna mana Allah kuma yana gayyatarku muyi aiki da alheri tare da alherin Allah, komai yanayin rayuwarmu. Yayinda rayuwar addu'armu ta zama mai zurfi kuma mai gaskiya, zamu zama cikin shirye mu bayar da wannan karimcin.