Kudzipereka woyera kwa inu: Santa Monica kuteteza ana anu

Kumayambiriro kwa tsiku lililonse latsopano, kapena nthawi zina m'moyo wanu, kuwonjezera pa kudalira Mzimu Woyera, Mulungu Atate ndi Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu, mutha kukhala ndi mwayi wopita ku Woyera kuti athe kupembedzera chifukwa cha zomwe mumafunikira ndipo, koposa zonse, zosowa zauzimu .

Ulemerero ... lero ndakusankha
kwa mthandizi wanga wapadera:
thandizani Ndikuyembekeza,

Nditsimikizireni m'chikhulupiriro,
ndikhale wolimba mu Virtu.
Ndithandizeni pankhondo ya uzimu,
pezani zokoma zonse kuchokera kwa Mulungu

zomwe ndimafunikira kwambiri
ndi zoyenera kuchita ndi inu

Ulemelero Wamuyaya.

Adabadwira m'banja lachikhristu lomwe lili ndi mavuto azachuma ambiri. Analoledwa kuphunzira ndipo anagwiritsa ntchito mwayi wake kuti awerenge Baibulo komanso kusinkhasinkha. Adakwatirana ndi Patrizio, mwini modzichepera wa Tagaste (Numidia), yemwe sanabatizidwe, yemwe chikhalidwe chake sichinali chabwino, ndipo yemwe nthawi zambiri anali wosakhulupirika, ndi chikhalidwe chake chofatsa komanso chokoma adatha kuthana ndi nkhanza. Mu 371 Patrick adatembenuka ku Chikhristu nabatizidwa. Patrizio anamwalira chaka chotsatira; Monica anali ndi zaka 39 ndipo amayenera kuyang'anira kuyang'anira nyumba ndikuwongolera chuma. Adabereka mwana wawo wamwamuna woyamba kubadwa Agostino ali ndi zaka 22, mu 354. Adalinso ndi mwana wina wamwamuna, Navigio, ndi mwana wamkazi yemwe dzina lake silikudziwika. Adapereka maphunziro onse achikhristu. Anadwala kwambiri chifukwa cha khalidwe lotayirira la Augustine. Atasamukira ku Roma, adaganiza zom'tsatira, koma iye ndi mzukwa adamsiya pansi ku Carthage, pomwe iwo adayamba ulendo wopita ku Roma. Monica adagona usikuwo misozi ili pamanda a Saint Cyprian (monga Augustine mwiniwake akufotokozera mu Confidence, V, 8,15: 385). Mu 25 adatha kupita ku Roma, ndipo adalumikizana ndi mwana wake wamwamuna ku Milan, komwe adakhala ndi mpando wazokongoletsa. Chikondi cha mayi ake komanso mapemphero ake zidakondweretsa kutembenuka kwa Augustine, yemwe adalandira katchulidwe ka Saint Ambrose ndipo adabatizidwa pa Epulo 387, 56. Ndi Augustine adachoka ku Milan kupita ku Roma, kenako ku Ostia, komwe adachita lendi nyumba, kudikirira Sitima yapamadzi yochokera ku Africa. Inali nthawi yodzaza ndi zokambirana zauzimu, zomwe Augustine amatibwezera ku Confidence. Ali komweko adadwala, mwina ndi malungo, ndipo adamwalira masiku asanu ndi anayi, ali ndi zaka XNUMX.

PEMPHERO la amayi

ku Santa Monica kwa mwana wosocheretsedwa

O Mulungu, yemwe adapereka misozi ya Santa Monica kutembenuka kwa mwana wake Augustine kuti kuchokera mdani wanu yemwe iye anali m'modzi wakuwunikira kwa Mpingo wanu, yang'anani misozi yanga ndikuyankha mapemphero a mayi wopanda pake.

Zowawa zakupezani mukukwiyitsidwa ndi mwana amene mwandipatsa kuti ndimupange kukhala Woyera ndiye mayeso owopsa kwambiri omwe nditha kuyesedwa m'moyo uno. Mulungu wanga, ngati izi ndi chifukwa cha machimo anga, mundilange mwanjira ina, koma mwana wanga aleke kukukhumudwitsani. Deh! mumukhululukire ndikhululukireni, O, Ambuye, kuti tonsefe tisangalale ndi mwayi wambiri wokuyamikani ndi kukudalitsani kwamuyaya. Zikhale choncho.