Francis Woyera ndi mapemphero ake olembedwa amtendere
Pemphero la St. Francis ndi limodzi mwamapemphero odziwika bwino komanso okondedwa kwambiri padziko lapansi masiku ano. Amadziwika kuti ndi a St. Francis waku Assisi (1181-1226), omwe ajambulidwa pamwambapa, komwe adachokera tsopano ndi kwaposachedwa kwambiri. Komabe zikuwonetsa kudzipereka kwake kwa Mulungu mokongola!
Ambuye, ndipangeni kukhala chida cha mtendere;
Pomwe pali chidani, ndifeseni chikondi;
Pomwe pali kuwonongeka, kukhululuka;
Pomwe pali kukayika, chikhulupiriro;
Pomwe pali kutaya mtima, chiyembekezo;
Pomwe pali mdima, kuwala;
Ndipo kumene kuli chisoni, chisangalalo.
O Mulungu Wamasamba,
perekani kuti sindifuna zambiri
kutonthozedwa monga kutonthoza;
Kumvetsetsa, monga kumvetsetsa;
Kukondedwa, kukonda;
Chifukwa ndi kupereka komwe timalandira,
kukhululuka kuti takhululukidwa,
ndipo ndi mwa kufa kuti ife timabadwira mu Moyo Wamuyaya.
Amen.
Ngakhale adachokera kubanja lolemera, St. Francis adayamba kuyambira ali mwana kufunitsitsa kutsanzira Ambuye Wathu pakukonda zachifundo komanso umphawi wodzifunira. Nthawi ina adafika mpaka pogulitsa kavalo wake ndi nsalu yake kuchokera ku shopu ya abambo ake kuti athandizire pomanganso tchalitchi!
Atasiya chuma chake, St. Francis adakhazikitsa imodzi mwazipembedzo zotchuka kwambiri, a Franciscans. Anthu aku Franciscans amakhala moyo wosauka wosauka potumikira ena kutsatira chitsanzo cha Yesu ndikulalikira uthenga wabwino ku Italy ndi madera ena aku Europe.
Kudzichepetsa kwa St. Francis kunali kotero kuti sanakhale wansembe. Kubwera kuchokera kwa munthu yemwe dongosolo lake lidakopa anthu masauzande ambiri mzaka khumi zoyambirira, uku ndi kudzichepetsadi!
Moyenerera, St. Francis ndiye woyang'anira Catholic Action, komanso nyama, chilengedwe komanso kwawo ku Italy. Tikuwona cholowa chake muzolemba zabwino zomwe anthu aku Franciscans amachita masiku ano padziko lonse lapansi.
Kuphatikiza pa Pemphero la Saint Francis (lomwe limadziwikanso kuti "Saint Francis Pemphero Lamtendere") pali mapemphero ena osunthika omwe adalemba omwe akuwonetsa chikondi chake chachikulu kwa Ambuye Wathu ndi chilengedwe monga gawo la chilengedwe cha Mulungu.