Saint Isaac Jogues da abokansa, Waliyyin ranar 19 ga Oktoba

Tsaran ranar 19 Oktoba
(† 1642-1649)

Ishaku Jogues da sahabbansa sune shahidai na farko na yankin Arewacin Amurka da Ikilisiya ta amince da su a hukumance. Tun yana saurayin Jesuit, Isaac Jogues, mutum ne mai al'adu da al'ada, ya koyar da adabi a Faransa. Ya bar wannan aikin don aiki tsakanin Huron Indiyawan a cikin Sabuwar Duniya kuma a cikin 1636 shi da sahabbansa, a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Jean de Brébeuf, sun isa Quebec. 'Yan kabilar Iroquois suna fuskantar hare-hare koyaushe kuma a cikin' yan shekaru 'yan kabilar Iroquois suka kama Baba Jogues suka tsare shi tsawon watanni 13. Wasikunsa da rubutattun labaransa sun fada yadda aka jagorantar shi da sahabbansa daga kauye zuwa kauye, yadda aka buge su, aka azabtar da su tare da tilasta musu kallon lokacin da aka sauyawa Hurons musuluntar da su aka kashe.

Wata hanyar tserewa wacce ba zato ba tsammani ta zo wa Isaac Jogues ta hanyar Yaren mutanen Holland, kuma ya koma Faransa, yana ɗauke da alamun wahalar sa. An yanke yatsu da yawa, an tauna ko an ƙone su. Paparoma Urban na VIII ya ba shi izinin gabatar da Sallar tare da hannayensa da suka yanke: "Zai zama abin kunya idan shahidan Kristi ba zai iya shan Jinin Kristi ba".

An yi masa maraba da gida kamar jarumi, Uba Jogues zai iya zama, ya gode wa Allah da dawowar sa lafiya, kuma ya mutu cikin lumana a mahaifarsa. Amma himmar sa ta sake dawo da shi ga cimma burin sa. A cikin 'yan watanni ya tashi don aiyukan sa tsakanin' yan Huron.

A cikin 1646, shi da Jean de Lalande, waɗanda suka ba da aikinsa ga masu mishan ɗin, sun tafi ƙasar Iroquois a cikin imanin cewa za a kiyaye yarjejeniyar zaman lafiya da aka sanya hannu kwanan nan. Wata ƙungiyar yaƙi ta Mohawk ce ta kama su kuma a ranar 18 ga Oktoba Uba Jogues ya kasance tomahawk kuma aka fille kansa. Jean de Lalande an kashe shi washegari a Ossernenon, wani ƙauye kusa da Albany, New York.

Na farko daga cikin mishan mishan na Jesuit da suka yi shahada shi ne René Goupil wanda, tare da Lalande, ya ba da hidimominsa a matsayin abin talla. An azabtar da shi tare da Isaac Jogues a cikin 1642, kuma an wulakanta shi don yin alamar gicciye a goshin wasu yara.

Uba Anthony Daniel, wanda ke aiki tsakanin Hurons wadanda a hankali suke zama Kiristoci, 'yan kabilar Iroquois ne suka kashe shi a ranar 4 ga Yulin 1648. An jefa gawarsa a cikin dakin bautarsa, wanda aka cinna wa wuta.

Jean de Brébeuf wani Bayahude ne Bafaranse wanda ya isa Kanada yana da shekara 32 kuma ya yi aiki a can tsawon shekaru 24. Ya koma Faransa lokacin da Turawan Ingila suka ci Quebec a 1629 suka kori Jesuit, amma ya dawo kan manufa bayan shekaru hudu. Kodayake matsafa sun zargi Jesuit kan annobar cutar sankarau tsakanin Hurons, Jean ya kasance tare da su.

Ya kirkiro katechism da kamus a cikin Huron kuma ya ga tubabbun mutane 7.000 kafin rasuwarsa a 1649. Iroquois sun kama shi a Sainte Marie, kusa da Georgian Bay, Kanada, Uba Brébeuf ya mutu bayan an yi sa’o’i huɗu na azaba mai tsanani.

Gabriel Lalemant ya yi alwashi na huɗu: don sadaukar da ransa don ativean Asalin Amurkawa. An azabtar da shi sosai tare da Uba Brébeuf.

An kashe Uba Charles Garnier a shekara ta 1649 yayin da yake yi wa yara baftisma da katako lokacin wani hari na Iroquois.

Uba Noel Chabanel shi ma an kashe shi a 1649, kafin ya iya amsa kiransa a Faransa. Ya kasance da wahalar gaske ya saba da rayuwar mishan. Bai iya koyon yaren ba, kuma abinci da rayuwar Indiyawa sun juye da shi, kuma ya sha wahala daga bushewar ruhaniya a duk tsawon zamansa a Kanada. Amma duk da haka ya sha alwashin ci gaba da kasancewa cikin aikin nasa har zuwa mutuwarsa.

Wadannan shahidan Jesuit guda takwas daga Arewacin Amurka an zartar da su a cikin 1930.

Tunani

Bangaskiya da jaruntaka sun dasa bangaskiya cikin giciyen Kristi a cikin zurfin ƙasarmu. Coci a Arewacin Amurka an haife shi ne daga jinin shahidai, kamar yadda ya faru a wurare da yawa. Hidima da sadaukarwar wadannan tsarkaka na kalubalantar kowane daya daga cikin mu, yana bamu mamaki yadda zurfin imanin mu da kuma irin kwadayin mu na yin hidima koda kuwa ana fuskantar mutuwa.