Sant'Alfonso Rodriguez, Tsarkakkiyar ranar 30 ga Oktoba

Tsaran ranar 30 Oktoba
(1533 - Oktoba 30, 1617)

Labarin Saint Alfonso Rodriguez

Bala'i da kalubale sun addabi waliyyan yau a farkon shekarun rayuwarsa, amma Alphonsus Rodriguez ya sami farin ciki da gamsuwa ta hanyar sauki sabis da addu'a.

An haife shi a Spain a 1533, Alfonso ya gaji kamfanin masaku a lokacin yana da shekaru 23. A cikin shekaru uku, matarsa, 'yarsa da mahaifiyarsa sun mutu; a halin yanzu, kasuwanci ba shi da kyau. Alfonso ya koma baya ya sake kimanta rayuwarsa. Ya sayar da kasuwancin kuma tare da karamin dansa suka koma gidan yayarsa. A can ya koyi horo na addu'a da tunani.

Bayan mutuwar ɗansa shekaru bayan haka, Alfonso, kusan yanzu yana da shekaru arba'in, yayi ƙoƙari ya shiga cikin Jesuits. Rashin iliminsa bai taimaka masa ba. Ya gabatar sau biyu kafin a shigar dashi. Tsawon shekaru 45 ya yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da kwalejin Jesuit da ke Mallorca. Lokacin da baya wurin sa, kusan koyaushe yana cikin addu'a, kodayake yakan sha wahala da jarabobi.

Tsarkakarsa da addu'arsa sun ja hankalin mutane da yawa, gami da St. Peter Claver, a lokacin malamin koyar da addinin Islama ne. Rayuwar Alfonso a matsayin mai kula da gidan sarauta na iya zama na yau da kullun, amma ƙarnuka bayan haka ya ja hankalin mawaƙin Jesuit kuma ɗan'uwan Jesuit Gerard Manley Hopkins, wanda ya sanya shi batun ɗayan waƙinsa.

Alfonso ya mutu a cikin 1617. Shine waliyin Mallorca.

Tunani

Muna so muyi tunanin cewa Allah yana sakawa da alkhairi, koda a wannan rayuwar. Amma Alfonso ya san asarar kasuwanci, baƙin ciki mai zafi da kuma lokutan da Allah yayi kamar yana nesa. Babu wata wahala da ya sha tilasta masa ya koma cikin yanayin tausayin kansa ko ɗacin rai. Maimakon haka, ya tuntubi wasu waɗanda ke rayuwa cikin wahala, gami da bautar Afirka. Daga cikin mashahuran mutane da yawa a jana'izar sa akwai marasa lafiya da matalauta waɗanda ya taɓa rayuwarsu. Bari su sami irin wannan aboki a cikinmu!