Ndemanga pa liturgy ya February 5, 2021 lolembedwa ndi Don Luigi Maria Epicoco

Pakatikati pa Uthenga Wabwino wamasiku ano chikumbumtima cha Herode chidali chamlandu. M'malo mwake, kutchuka kwakukula kwa Yesu kumadzutsa mwa iye malingaliro olakwa pamlandu wopha mnzake womwe adapha Yohane M'batizi:

“Mfumu Herode anamva za Yesu, popeza kuti panthawiyi dzina lake linali litatchuka. Ananenedwa kuti: "Yohane M'batizi wauka kwa akufa ndipo chifukwa cha ichi mphamvu ya zozizwitsa imagwira ntchito mwa iye". Ena adanena, "Ndiye Eliya"; ndipo ena adanena, kuti, Ali m'neneri, kapena m`modzi wa aneneriwo. Koma Herode, pakumva, adati: "Yohane uja ndidamdula mutu wawuka!".

Ngakhale tiyesetse kuthawa chikumbumtima chathu, chidzativutitsa mpaka chimaliziro, kufikira titatenga zomwe akunena. Pali mphamvu yachisanu ndi chimodzi mkati mwathu, kuthekera kwakumverera chowonadi monga momwe ziliri. Ndipo monga momwe moyo, zosankha, machimo, momwe zinthu ziliri, momwe zinthu ziliri, zitha kufewetsa izi zomwe tili nazo, zomwe sizikugwirizana kwenikweni ndi Chowonadi zimapitilizabe kutipangitsa kukhala zosasangalatsa. Ichi ndichifukwa chake Herode sapeza mtendere ndipo amawonetsa matenda amitsempha omwe tonsefe tili nawo pamene mbali imodzi timakopeka ndi chowonadi ndipo mbali inayo timakhala motsutsana nacho:

“Ndipo Herode adamgwira Yohane, namuyika m'ndende, chifukwa cha Herodiya, mkazi wa mbale wake Filipo, amene adamkwatira. Yohane adauza Herode kuti: "Sikuloledwa kwa iwe kusunga mkazi wa m'bale wako". Ichi ndichifukwa chake Herodiya adamusungira chakukhosi ndipo akadafuna kuti amuphe, koma sanathe, chifukwa Herode adawopa Yohane, podziwa kuti iye ndi wolungama komanso woyera, ndipo amamuyang'anira; ndipo ngakhale pomumvera adathedwa nzeru, komabe adamvera ndi mtima wonse ”.

Kodi mungatani kuti mbali inayi musangalatse chowonadi kenako ndikulola kuti bodza lipambane? Uthenga Wabwino wamakono umatiuza izi kuti tisonyeze mkangano womwewo womwe umakhalamo ndikutichenjeza kuti pamapeto pake, pomwe timakopeka ndi chowonadi ngati zosankha sizinachitike, posakhalitsa mavuto osakonzedweratu aphatikizidwa.