Kodi kumatanthauza chiyani kuyitanidwa ku moyo wosakwatiwa?

Nthawi zambiri ndimanena za buku lomwe ndimaliwerengera bukhu la blog lomwe ndimalimbikitsa kuti "aliyense ayenera kuliwerenga". Ndiyenera kukhala wodala pankhani yanga yowerengera kuti ndizitha kunena izi pafupipafupi. Ndikulengezanso, mopanda chiyembekezo, kuchokera ku Single for a Greater More of a Luanne D Zurlo (a Sophia Institute Press). Wolemba, wofufuza zanthawi ya America ku Wall Street ndikugwira nawo ntchito pakusintha maphunziro mu mayiko omwe akutukuka kumene (adakhala ndikugwira ntchito zambiri ku Latin America), adalemba kafukufuku wopatsa chidwi pazomwe zimapangitsa kukhala ndi moyo umodzi ngati Katolika; mutu wake, "Chimwemwe chobisika mu Tchalitchi cha Katolika" chikuwonetsa uthenga wake woyambirira: mawuwa siwachiwiri kwambiri, koma ndi mayitanidwe omwe amabweretsa kukwaniritsidwa koona ndi mtendere wamkati.

M'mawu ake oyamba, Zurlo amafufuza funso lomwe limakhala mobwerezabwereza m'bukhu lake: atapatsidwa kuchuluka kwa amuna ndi akazi osakwatira ku Western lero, "Kodi Mulungu atha kuyitanitsa Akatolika ambiri kuti alumikizane ndi Iye, kukhala moyo wongokhala? celibate ndikubweretsa zofunikira zauthenga wabwino mu chikhalidwe chomwe chayamba kuchita misala komanso chikunja? Ndi funso labwino; simuyenera kukhala mkhristu wokhudzidwa kuti muwone kuchepa kwakukulu kwa kudzipereka mu moyo wathu mgulu lathu, kapena kuchuluka kwa achinyamata omwe adutsa pazinthu zopanda pake zambiri komanso omvetsa chisoni kuti uwu ndi moyo wa.

Ngakhale Mpingo, wofunitsitsa kulimbikitsa sakaramenti yaukwati ndi kuthandiza anthu omwe akwatiwa kale kuti asankhe zochita, nthawi zambiri amanyalanyaza kulankhula ndi anthu mu Mpingo. Zurlo alemba kuti akudziwa "anthu osadziwika omwe ali Akatolika omwe amawona kuti alibe tanthauzo, alibe chitsogozo, alibe chiyembekezo, samamvetsetsa komanso amanyozedwa" chifukwa sakwatirana kapena akukhala pakati pa unsembe kapena moyo wachipembedzo. Mu "ruble la dziko lathu lomwe latha chikhristu chisanachitike," mwina Mulungu akupanga mtundu watsopano wa umboni wachikhristu komanso ampatuko m'miyoyo yobisika yodzipereka?

Zurlo akuwonetsa kuti bvuto limodzi lomwe Akatolika ena amakumana nalo ndi ngati "achidule," akukonzekera kapena akukonzekera kukwatirana pa nthawi, kapena ngati Mulungu akufuna kuti adzipereke kwathunthu kwa Iye akadali mdziko lapansi. Amavomereza kuti kwa zaka zochepa monga mtsikana wachinyamata yemwe ali ndi ntchito yosangalatsa komanso yolipira ndalama zambiri, adaganiza kuti tsiku lina adzakwatirana. Zinanditengera nthawi yayitali, kupemphera ndikuzindikira kuti nthawi zambiri amadzakhala banja, Mulungu adamufuna kuti asakwatire "pachilichonse chachikulu," monga akunenera.

Kodi kutanthauzira mawu amodzi kumatanthauza chiyani? akufunsa. "Uku ndikuyitanidwa ku moyo wosakwatira monga njira yokhazikika komanso yolimbikitsidwa kukonda Mulungu ndi mtima wathu wonse". Kuphatikiza pa zitsanzo zodziwika bwino za moyo wosakwatiwa, monga Catherine wa Siena, Rose wa Lima ndi Joan waku Arc, Zurlo imanenanso za odzipereka okha munthawi yathu, monga womanga nyumba waku Spain Antoni Gaudi, Jan Tyranowski, mlangizi wachinyamata Karol Wojtyla, pambuyo pake Papa John Paul II komanso wa ku Ireland Duff, yemwe adayambitsa Legio ya Mary.

Zurlo amaphatikizanso wolemba wanga yemwe ndimakonda, Caryll Nyumbaelander, wojambula nkhuni komanso wojambula, komanso wosamvetsetseka, yemwe adakhumudwitsidwa ali wachinyamata asanavomereze kuti adzangokhala moyo umodzi. Ndipo, pochenjeza kuti ukwati umakwaniritsidwa m'njira zonse, iye akutenga mawu a Don Raniero Cantalamessa momwe umboni wonena kuti moyo ungayike ungapulumutse [ukwati] ku kutaya mtima, chifukwa amatha kufikira chiyembekezo. "Ili ndi buku la panthawi yake lomwe liyenera kuwerenga kwambiri.