Abambo amakhala wansembe ngati mwana wawo

Edmond Ilg, wazaka 62, wakhala bambo kuyambira kubadwa kwa mwana wawo mu 1986.

Koma pa Juni 21 adakhala "tate" munjira yatsopano: Edmond adasankhidwa kukhala wansembe wa Archdiocese waku Newark.

Linali Tsiku la Abambo. Ndipo ndikupangitsa tsiku kukhala lapadera kwambiri, anali mwana wa Edmond - Fr. Philip - yemwe adapatsa bambo ake kuti adzozedwe.

"Kukhala ndi Philip ndi mphatso yodabwitsa kwambiri, ndipo kundipempherera ndikudziyambitsa ndekha mphatso yayikulu kwambiri," adatero Edmond. Mwana wake wamwamuna adadzozedwa mu 2016 kukhala archdiocese waku Washington, DC, ndipo adapita ku Newark tsikulo.

Edmond sanaganizirepo kuti adzakhala wansembe. Anali ndi mkazi, digiri yaukadaulo wama mankhwala ndi ntchito yabwino. Koma mkazi wake atamwalira ndi khansa mchaka cha 2011, adayamba kulingalira za ntchito ina.

Kudzuka kwa mkazi wake, mnzake wapabanja adadandaula mokweza kuti "mwina Ed akhale wansembe," p. Edmond adauza CNA. Tsikulo, zinkawoneka ngati malingaliro openga, koma p. Edmond tsopano akuti msonkhanowu ndi "wonenera kwambiri" ndipo adati zomwe awonazo zidamupatsa lingaliro.

Edmond sanakule Mkatolika. Adabatizidwa a Chilutera ndipo adauza CNA kuti amapita kuzipembedzo "pafupifupi theka la khumi ndi awiri" mpaka atakwanitsa zaka 20. Adakumana ndi mkazi wake mu bar ndipo adayamba chibwenzi chotalikilapo.

Pomwe amkapita limodzi, adakhala Mkatolika ndipo adapita ndi misa ndi mkazi wake wam'tsogolo Costanza: aliyense amamutcha Connie. Anakwatirana mu 1982.

Amayi a Connie atamwalira, Edmond, yemwe ndi banja lake amatenga nawo mbali mu Njira ya Neocatechumenal, adasiya ntchito ndikuyamba zomwe zimatchedwa "ulendo", nthawi ya ntchito yaumishonale yoyendetsedwa ndi Neocatechumenate. Edmond adauza CNA kuti, poyamba, "unsembe sunakhalepo m'maganizo mwanga."

Panthawi yomwe anali mmishonale, Edmond adatumizidwa kukathandiza ku parishi ya New Jersey ndipo adagwiranso ntchito yaupolisi. Ali moyo mmishonale, adayamba kumva chidwi cha unsembe.

Atathandizira kutsogolera ulendo wopita ku World Youth Day 2013 ku Rio de Janeiro, komwe adapemphera ndikupitilizabe kuyitanidwa, Edmond adayimbira katekisimu wake kuti, "Ndikuganiza kuti ndili ndi kuyitanidwa [kwa unsembe]" .

Anatumizidwa ku seminare yolumikizana ndi Neocatechumenal Way ku Archdiocese ya Agaña, Guam, ndipo kenako adasamutsidwira ku Redemptoris Mater Seminary ku Archdiocese of Newark kuti akamaliza maphunziro ake.

Filipo adauza CNA kuti amayi ake atamwalira, nthawi zina ankakayikira ngati bambo wamasiyeyo angakhale wansembe.

"Sindikudziwa ngati ndinanenapo kale - chifukwa ndimafuna kudikirira mpaka zitachitika - koma lingaliro loyamba lomwe linabwera m'maganizo mwanga m'chipindamo, amayi atamwalira linali loti 'bambo anga adzakhala wansembe, "atero Filipo.

"Sindingathe kufotokozera komwe zidachokera."

Filipo adati amadziwa abambo ake "sangakhale pansi ndikupanga ndalama" ndikuti "ndimadziwa kuti ali ndi cholinga."

Filipo sanalankhule ndi aliyense za malingaliro ake, iye anati, m'malo mongosankha kudalira Mulungu.

"Sindinanene chilichonse pa lingaliroli. Chifukwa ngati ikachokera kwa Ambuye, ibala zipatso, ”atero Filipo.

Mchaka chosinthika chake, Edmond adatumizidwa kukatumikira ku parishi yomweyo komwe adakhala nthawi yaumishonale. Ntchito yake yoyamba yakanthawi koyamba, kuyambira pa Julayi 1, nawonso adzakhala m'parishiyi.

"Ndinafikira [mu parishiyi] ndisanalingalire za unsembe, ndipo kardinolo ndi anthu enawo sanadziwe komwe angandigawireko, koma ndipamene adamaliza kunditumizira - kumalo komwe mawu anga adayambira", adauza CNA.

Chifukwa cha mliri waposachedwa wa COVID-19, p. Edmond sangadziwe za ntchito yomwe adzatumikire mpaka kumapeto kwa chilimwe. Nthawi zambiri, ntchito zaunsembe ku Archdiocese of Newark zimayamba pa Julayi 1, koma izi zichepetsedwa mpaka Seputembara 1 chaka chino.

Ansembe a bambowo ndi aamuna adauza CNA kuti ali othokoza kwambiri chifukwa cha dera la Neocatechumenal Way, lomwe Philip adalongosola "chida chomwe Mulungu adagwiritsa ntchito kupulumutsa banja langa".

A Ilg adadziwitsidwa ndi pulogalamu yakukonzanso zauzimu mu Katolika panthawi yovuta muukwati wawo, atangobereka mwana wamwamuna wakhanda pomubala.

Mawu akuti abambo ndi aamuna "sanachitike mwanjira yokhayokha," anafotokozera Filipo. "Zinachitika chifukwa panali gulu lomwe limakulitsa chikhulupiriro ndikuloleza chikhulupiriro kukula."

"Pazaka zambiri, ndawonadi kukhulupirika kwa Mulungu kudzera mwa Neocatechumenal Way," adatero Philip. Popanda kuthandizidwa ndi anthu ammudzi, Filipo adauza CNA kuti isaganize kuti iye ngakhale bambo ake sadzakhala ansembe.

"Zikadapanda gulu lachipembedzo lomwe limatidyetsa mchikhulupiriro ndikupanga thupi momwe limatithandizira," adatero, sakadakhala ndi Tsiku la Abambo modabwitsa.