Tsaran ranar 17 ga Fabrairu: labarin masu kafa bakwai na Umurnin Servite

Shin zaku iya tunanin manyan mutane bakwai daga Boston ko Denver sun hallara, suna barin gidajensu da sana'o'insu suna shiga keɓewa don rayuwar da aka ba kai tsaye ga Allah? Wannan shine abin da ya faru a cikin garin wayewar kai da wadata na garin Florence a tsakiyar karni na 1240. Rikicin siyasa da karkatacciyar koyarwar Cathari sun wargaza garin, wanda yayi imanin cewa ainihin zahiri mugunta ce. Dabi'u sun yi ƙaranci kuma addini yana da ma'ana. A shekara ta 1244, wasu mashawartan Florentine guda bakwai sun yanke shawara ta hanyar yarjejeniya don yin ritaya daga garin zuwa wurin kadaita don yin addu’a da kuma hidimar Allah kai tsaye.Farkonsu na farko shi ne samar da masu dogaro, tunda har yanzu suna da aure biyu kuma gwauraye. Manufarsu ita ce su jagoranci rayuwar tuba da addu’a, amma ba da daɗewa ba suka sami kansu cikin damuwa ta ziyarar yau da kullun daga Florence. Daga baya sun koma cikin gangaren Monte Senario. A cikin XNUMX, a ƙarƙashin jagorancin San Pietro da Verona, OP, wannan ƙaramin rukuni sun ɗauki al'adar addini kwatankwacin ɗabi'ar Dominican, suna zaɓar zama a ƙarƙashin mulkin St. Augustine kuma suna ɗaukar bayin Maryamu. Sabuwar Dokar ta ɗauki nau'ikan da ya yi kama da na manyan friars fiye da na tsofaffin Dokokin zuhudu.

Membobin kungiyar sun zo Amurka daga Austria a 1852 kuma suka zauna a New York sannan daga baya suka dawo Philadelphia. Lardunan Amurka guda biyu sun ci gaba tun bayan kafuwar da Uba Austin Morini ya yi a 1870 a Wisconsin. Membobin gari sun haɗu da rayuwar ibada da hidimar aiki. A cikin sufayen sun jagoranci rayuwa ta addu'a, aiki da shiru, yayin da suke cikin ridda da himma suka sadaukar da kansu ga aikin cocin, koyarwa, wa'azi da sauran ayyukan minista. Tunani: Lokacin da masu kirkirar aiki bakwai suka rayu suna da sauƙin sauƙi da yanayin da muka sami kanmu a yau. Yana da "mafi kyawun lokuta kuma mafi munin lokuta," kamar yadda Dickens ya taɓa rubutawa. Wasu, watakila da yawa, suna jin an kira su zuwa rayuwar al'adun gargajiya, ko da a addini. Dukanmu dole mu fuskanci sabuwar hanya cikin gaggawa ƙalubalen sa rayuwar mu ta zama cikakke cikin Kristi.