Sant'Antonio Zaccaria, Saint na ranar don Yuli 5th

(1502-5 Yuli 1539)

Labarin Sant'Antonio Zaccaria
A daidai lokacin da Martin Luther yake kai hare-hare a cikin Cocin, tuni an yi yunkurin kawo gyara a cikin Cocin. Daga cikin farkon masu tallata Canjin-gyara shine Anthony Zaccaria. Mahaifiyarsa ta zama bazawara a lokacin 18 kuma ta dukufa ga ilimin ruhaniya na ɗanta. Ya sami digirin digirgir a likitanci a shekaru 22 kuma yayin da yake aiki tsakanin matalauta a ƙasarsa ta Cremona a Italiya, an ja shi zuwa ga manzo na addini. Ya ba da haƙƙoƙin sa akan duk wani gado na gaba, yayi aiki a matsayin mai katoci kuma an naɗa shi firist yana da shekaru 26. Da aka kira shi a Milan a cikin ’yan shekaru, ya kafa harsashin ikilisiyoyin addini uku, ɗaya na maza, ɗaya na mata, da kuma ƙungiyar ma’aurata. Burinsu shi ne sake fasalin lalatacciyar al'umma a zamaninsu, farawa da malamai, masu addini da na 'yan boko.

Inspiredwarai da gaske daga Saint Paul - ana kiran ikilisiyarsa Barnabites, don girmama sahabin abokinsa - Anthony yayi wa'azi da ƙarfin gaske a coci da kan titi, ya gudanar da manyan ayyuka kuma bai ji kunyar aikata tuban jama'a ba.

Ya karfafa kirkire-kirkire irin su hada kai a cikin manzanci, Saduwa da yawa, ibada ta arba'in, da kararrawar coci a ranar Juma'a da karfe 15 na yamma. Tsarkakarsa ta sa mutane da yawa sun gyara rayuwarsu, amma kamar sauran tsarkaka, hakan ma ya sa da yawa suna adawa da shi. Sau biyu al'umarta sun gudanar da bincike na addini kuma sau biyu ana cire ta.

Yayin da yake kan aikin wanzar da zaman lafiya, ya yi rashin lafiya mai tsanani kuma an kai shi gida don ziyarar mahaifiyarsa. Ya mutu a cikin Cremona yana da shekara 36.

Tunani
Tsananin halin ruhaniyar Anthony da tsananin son Pauline na wa'azinsa mai yiwuwa ya "kashe" mutane da yawa a yau. Yayinda har wasu likitocin mahaukata suka koka game da karancin azancin zunubi, yana iya zama lokaci mu fadawa kanmu cewa ba dukkan mugunta ake bayani ba game da rikicewar motsin rai, direbobi marasa sani da rashin sani, tasirin iyaye, da sauransu. Tsoffin wa'azin "jahannama da la'anan" manufa sun ba da kyakkyawar hanya, ƙarfafa gidajen ibada na Baibul. Lallai muna buƙatar tabbaci na gafara, sauƙaƙawa daga halin damuwa da damuwa na gaba. Amma har yanzu muna buƙatar annabawa su tashi su gaya mana, "Idan muka ce 'Ba mu da zunubi,' to, yaudarar kanmu muke yi kuma gaskiyar ba ta cikinmu" (1 Yahaya 1: 8).