San Pietro d'Alcantara, Tsarkakkiyar ranar 26 ga Oktoba

Tsaran ranar 26 Oktoba
(1499 - Oktoba 18, 1562)
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Tarihin San Pietro d'Alcantara

Bitrus ya kasance sanannen sanannen tsarkakan mutanen Spain na ƙarni na XNUMX, gami da Ignatius na Loyola da John na Cross. Ya yi aiki a matsayin mai furci na Saint Teresa na Avila. Sake fasalin coci muhimmin abu ne a zamanin Bitrus, kuma ya jagoranci yawancin ƙarfinsa don cimma wannan. Mutuwarsa ta faru shekara guda kafin ƙarshen Majalisar Trent.

An haife shi cikin dangi masu daraja - mahaifinsa shine gwamnan Alcantara a Spain - Pietro yayi karatun lauya a Jami'ar Salamanca, kuma yana da shekaru 16 ya shiga wadanda ake kira 'Francis Observant Franciscans', wanda aka fi sani da friars mara takalmi. Yayin da yake aiwatar da tuba mai yawa, ya kuma nuna kwarewar da ba da daɗewa ba aka gane su. An nada shi babban gida tun kafin a nada shi firist, an zabe shi na lardi yana da shekara 39, kuma ya kasance mai wa'azi sosai. Koyaya, bai kasance sama da wankin jita-jita da saran itace don mashi ba. Bai nemi kulawa ba; hakika, ya fi son kadaici.

Bitrus ya tuba ya bayyana lokacin da ya zo ga abinci da sutura. Ance minti 90 kawai yakeyi a kowane dare. Yayin da wasu ke magana game da garambawul din Cocin, gyaran Peter ya fara da kansa. Haƙurinsa ya yi yawa har wani karin magana ya ce: "Toaukar irin wannan cin mutuncin dole ne ka sami haƙurin Peter na Alcantara".

A cikin 1554, Peter ya sami izini don ƙirƙirar ƙungiyar Franciscans waɗanda suka bi Dokar St. Francis tare da mawuyacin hali. Wadannan friars din an san su da Alcantarines. Wasu daga cikin faransawan Spain waɗanda suka zo Arewa da Kudancin Amurka a ƙarni na XNUMX, XNUMX da XNUMX sun kasance mambobin wannan rukunin. A ƙarshen karni na sha tara Alcantarini ya haɗu tare da sauran friars masu lura don ƙirƙirar Order of Friars Minor.

A matsayinta na darektan ruhaniya na Saint Teresa, Bitrus ya ƙarfafa ta don inganta haɓakar Carmelite. Wa'azinsa ya jagoranci mutane da yawa zuwa rayuwar addini, musamman ga Tsarin Addini na Franciscan, ga masu fada a ji da Poor Clares.

Pietro d'Alcantara an yi masa izini a cikin 1669. Bikin liyafa yana ranar 22 Satumba.

Tunani

Talauci ya kasance hanya ce ba ƙarshen Peter ba. Makasudin shine a bi Kristi da tsarkakkiyar zuciya. Duk abin da ya tsaya a hanya ana iya kawar dashi ba tare da asara ba. Falsafar zamaninmu mai amfani - kuna da darajar abin da kuka mallaka - na iya samun kusancin Pietro d'Alcantara sosai. Daga qarshe, tsarinsa mai ba da rai ne yayin da mabukaci ke da mutuqa.