MARCH 22 SANTA LEA

Moyo wa oyera mtima amadziwika ndi ife tokha kudzera mu zolemba za Saint Jerome, yemwe amalankhula za izi m'makalata opita kwa aulemu a Marcella, ojambula pagulu la azimayi omwe amakhala pafupi ndi nyumba yake ku Aventine. Lea ndiwonso wa banja lolemekezeka: adakhalabe wamasiye ali mwana, zikuwoneka kuti pambuyo pake adzakwatiwa ndi wolemekezeka, Vezzio Agorio Pretestato, wotchedwa kutenga ulemu. Koma mmalo mwake adalowa m'dera la Marcella, pomwe malembawo amawerengera ndikupemphera limodzi, akukhala mu chiyero komanso umphawi. Ndi chisankho ichi, Lea amatembenukira njira ndi machitidwe a moyo wake mozondoka. Marcella amamukhulupirira kwathunthu: kotero kuti amupatsa iye ntchito yophunzitsa azimayi achichepere m'moyo wachikhulupiliro ndi ntchito zachifundo zobisika ndi zopanda pake. Pamene Jerome amalankhula za izi, mu 384, Lea anali atamwalira kale. (Avvenire)

THANDAZA KWA SANTA LEA

Santa Lea, khala mphunzitsi wathu,
Tiphunzitseni,
kutsatira Mawu,
monga mwachita,
mwakachetechete ndi ntchito.
Kukhala antchito odzichepetsa,
aumphawi ndi odwala.
Ndi chikondi ndi kukhulupirika,
kukondweretsa Ambuye wathu.
Amen