Papa Francis: mdierekezi ndi wabodza
Kodi Satana ndi ndani? tiyeni tiwone limodzi momwe chiwerengerochi chikudziwika: kuchokera kuzikhulupiriro zodziwika bwino, Satana amaimiridwa ngati munthu woipa pang'ono, wokhala ndi nyanga pamphumi pake, womangidwa ndi maudzu. Baibulo limanena kuti Satana ndi mngelo, amene amafuna kuti zivute zitani akhale pamwamba pa Mulungu. Zikuwoneka kuti anali mngelo wokongola kwambiri wa Mulungu, ndipo kukongola kwake ndiko komwe kumamupangitsa iye kusilira.Papa Francesco, Lamlungu loyamba la Lent, akutiuza kuti tisalankhule naye: "Mdierekezi ndi wabodza! sitiyenera kulankhula naye ".
Ngakhale adachotsedwa kumwamba, amayesa kuba malo a Mulungu, amanamizira zonse zomwe Mulungu amachita ndikuyesera kulamulira dziko lapansi. Satana wabisala kuseli kwa zipembedzo zonyenga zonse padziko lapansi ndipo adzachita zonse zotsutsana ndi Mulungu pamodzi ndi iye, anthu onse amene amamutsatira adzatsutsa Mulungu. Monga malembo ena a m'Baibulo amanenera (Chivumbulutso 20.10)"Tsogolo lake lasindikizidwa: adzakhala chikhalire m'nyanja yamoto".
Papa Francis, mdierekezi ndi wabodza: Chaka chilichonse kumayambiriro kwa Lent, amatikumbutsa za gawo lofunikira lochokera mu Uthenga Wabwino wa Marko. Imatiuza za moyo wa Mkhristu m'mapazi a Ambuye. Ponena kuti ndi kulimbana nthawi zonse ndi mzimu woipa. Akalankhula nafe za zoyipa, mwachiwonekere amatanthauza Satana, zoyipa zimakhalapo nthawi zonse m'moyo wathu, muntchito iliyonse yomwe timachita. Mu chikhumbo chilichonse chomwe tingakhale nacho, titha kungochotsa Satana kwa ife kudzera pakupemphera kwa Mulungu. Francis akutikumbutsa: kuti Yesu paulendo wake m'chipululu, nthawi zambiri ankayesedwa ndi Mdierekezi, iye ngakhale adakwanitsa kusalankhula nafe.
Papa Francis ndi mdierekezi wonama
Mdierekezi alipo ndipo tiyenera kumenyana naye ”; "Mawu a Mulungu anena". Komabe, tisataye mtima, koma khalani ndi "mphamvu ndi kulimbika" "chifukwa Ambuye ali nafe".