Saint Martin of Tours, Tsaran ranar 11 Nuwamba

Tsaran ranar 11 Nuwamba
(c. 316 - Nuwamba 8, 397)
Tarihin Saint Martin na Yawon shakatawa

Mai kin yarda da lamiri wanda yake son ya zama dan sufaye; wani zuhudu wanda aka jujjuya ya zama bishop; bishop wanda ya yaƙi arna kuma ya roƙi 'yan bidi'a da jinƙai: irin wannan shi ne Martin na Tours, ɗaya daga cikin mashahuran waliyyai kuma ɗaya daga cikin farkon waɗanda ba su yi shahada ba.

Wanda aka haifa wa iyayen arna a cikin ƙasar Hungary ta yau kuma ya tashi a cikin Italiya, an tilasta wa ɗan wannan soja yin aikin soja yana da shekara 15. Martin ya zama katolika na kirista kuma ya yi baftisma lokacin da yake 18. An ce ya fi soja zama mai zuhudu. Sa’ad da yake ɗan shekara 23, ya ƙi karɓar kyautar yaƙi kuma ya gaya wa kwamandansa: “Na yi maka aiki a matsayin soja; yanzu bari in bauta wa Kristi. Ba da lada ga waɗanda suka yi yaƙi. Amma ni soja ne na Kristi kuma ba ni da izinin yin yaƙi “. Bayan manyan matsaloli, an sallame shi kuma ya zama almajirin Hilary na Poitiers.

An nada shi mai fitarwa kuma ya yi aiki da babbar himma ga Aryans. Martino ya zama ɗan zuhudu, da farko ya fara rayuwa a cikin Milan sannan kuma a kan karamin tsibiri. Lokacin da aka dawo da Hilary ga ganinsa bayan hijirarsa, Martin ya koma Faransa kuma ya kafa abin da zai iya kasancewa farkon gidan bautar Faransa kusa da Poitiers. Ya zauna a can na tsawon shekaru 10, yana koyar da almajiransa kuma yana wa’azi a ƙauyuka.

Mutanen yawon bude ido sun bukaci ya zama bishop dinsu. An yaudari Martin zuwa wancan garin ta hanyar dabara - bukatar mara lafiya - kuma aka dauke shi zuwa coci, inda ba tare da so ya yarda ya zama bishop tsarkakke ba. Wasu daga cikin bishop-bishir masu tsarkakewa sun yi tunanin fitowar sa da kuma toshiyar gashin sa yana nuna bai isa ba ga ofis.

Tare da St. Ambrose, Martin ya ƙi bin ƙa'idar Bishop Ithacius na kashe 'yan bidi'a, da kuma kutsawar sarki a cikin waɗannan batutuwa. Ya shawo kan sarki don ya ceci ran ɗan bidi'a Priscillian. Saboda kokarinsa, an zargi Martin da wannan karkatacciyar koyarwa kuma an kashe Priscillian bayan duka. Daga nan Martin yayi kira da a kawo karshen muzgunawar da ake wa mabiyan Priscillian a Spain. Har yanzu yana jin zai iya haɗa gwiwa da Ithacius a wasu yankuna, amma lamirinsa daga baya ya dame shi game da wannan shawarar.

Yayin da mutuwa ta kusanto, mabiyan Martin sun roƙe shi kada ya bar su. Ya yi addu'a, “Ya Ubangiji, idan har mutanenka suna bukata na, ban ƙi aikin ba. Za a yi maka. "

Tunani

Damuwar Martin game da haɗin kai tare da mugunta yana tunatar da mu cewa kusan babu komai baƙar fata ko fari. Waliyai ba halittu bane daga wata duniya: suna fuskantar irin wadannan hukunce-hukunce masu rikitarwa da muke aikatawa. Duk shawarar da mutum zai yanke a koyaushe yana tattare da haɗari. Idan muka zaɓi zuwa arewa, ƙila ba za mu taɓa sanin abin da zai faru ba idan muka je gabas, yamma ko kudu. Ficewa cikin taka tsantsan daga duk yanayin rudani ba shine halin kirki ba; a zahiri yanke shawara ce mara kyau, saboda "ba yanke shawara ba shine yanke shawara".