St. Joseph ndi bambo auzimu amene adzakumenyerani nkhondo

Don Donald Calloway adalemba zolemba zonse zodzaza ndi kutentha kwaumwini. Zowonadi, kukonda kwake komanso chidwi chake pamutu wake zikuwoneka patsamba lililonse la bukuli. Chifukwa chake ndikoyenera kutchula zakale, zomwe ndizotetezedwa ndi woyera mtima ameneyu, komanso kulemekeza Dona Wathu, wodzipereka kwathunthu (iye ndi bambo wa Marian wa Immaculate Conception).

Tikuphunzira kuti "asanatembenuke, adasiya sukulu yasekondale yemwe adathamangitsidwa kudziko lina, adakhazikika kawiri ndikuponyedwa mndende kangapo." Zonsezi zinali zisanachitike "kutembenuka kwakukulu". Chimodzi chimakopeka ndi nkhani zotembenuka ngati izi, ngakhale chidule chotere chimasiya mafunso ena osayankhidwa.

Akatolika ambiri azolowera kukwezedwa kwa masiku makumi atatu ndi atatu a Saint Louis de Montfort kwa kudzipereka kwamasiku 33 kwa Our Lady ndipo atha kuwapatula kale. Don Calloway akuwakumbutsa kuti kudzipereka kwa Saint Joseph kumangothandiza ndikukulitsa zomwe zachitikazo. "Simuli membala wa banja lauzimu lokhala ndi kholo limodzi," akutero, "Maria ndi mayi wanu wauzimu ndipo St. Joseph ndiye bambo anu auzimu" - monga momwe zilili kuti "mitima ya Yesu, Maria ndi Yosefe ndi amodzi ".

Nanga bwanji kudzipereka kwa St. Joseph ndikofunikira? Ndi lingaliro la wolemba kuti nthawi ya Joseph yafika. Akatolika omwe ali ndi mbiri yakale adzamvetsetsa izi ndipo, Calloway akuwonjezera zochitika zambiri pazaka 150 zapitazi kuti athandizire malingaliro ake. Mu 1870, Pius IX adalengeza Woyera Joseph Patron wa Mpingo wapadziko lonse lapansi. Mu 1871 Cardinal Vaughan adakhazikitsa lamulo la a Josephan. Mu 1909, Saint Pius X adavomereza Litany ya Saint Joseph. Mu 1917 ku Fatima (makamaka, m'chiwonetsero chomaliza cha 13 Okutobala), Saint Joseph akuwonekera ndikudalitsa dziko lapansi.

Mu 1921 Benedict XV adawonjezera kutchulidwa kwapadera kwa San Giuseppe ku Divine Lode. Pius XII adayambitsa phwando la San Giuseppe Lavoratore pa Meyi 1. Mu 1962 John XXIII anaphatikiza dzina la San Giuseppe mu Canon of Mass. Mu 2013, Papa Francis adalemba dzina la St. Joseph m'mapemphero onse a Ukaristiya.

Uku ndikungosankha kophatikizira kwa St. Joseph mchipembedzo chovomerezeka ndi chikumbumtima cha Mpingo. Amatikumbutsa kuti Mulungu sachita chilichonse popanda chifuniro - nthawi zina amazindikira patadutsa nthawi yayitali. Kwa a Calloway, kukwezedwa kwa St. Joseph ndikofunikira makamaka munthawi yathu, "kutithandiza kuteteza ukwati ndi banja". Zowonadi, akupitiliza kuwona kuti "anthu ambiri sakudziwanso tanthauzo la kukhala mamuna kapena mkazi, osatinso zomwe zimapangitsa banja ndi banja". Ananenanso kuti "dziko lonse lapansi liyenera kulalikidwa, kuphatikiza akhristu ambiri obatizidwa".

Palibe Mkatolika yemwe amatsata zochitika zapagulu amene angatsutse izi, kapena ndemanga yoti "mayiko omwe adakhazikitsidwa kale pazikhalidwe zakuyimira zachikhristu adasokonezedwa ndi malingaliro ndi mabungwe omwe akufuna kulanda zinthu zonse zopatulika."

Mfundo yakudziyeretsa kumatanthauza kuti St. Joseph amakhala bambo wake wauzimu kotero kuti "mukufuna kukhala ngati iye", mu ukoma wake wonse wamwamuna. Kwa iwo omwe amakonda kukhala ndi moyo wopembedza mophweka momwe angathere, wolemba akuti apanga pemphero losavuta, kapena atha kutsatira pulogalamu yokonzekera kudzipereka. Iyemwini adasankha kutengera njira yamasiku 33 ya St Louis de Montfort.

Buku la Calloway lidagawika patatu. Gawo I likufotokoza za kukonzekera kwa masiku 33. Gawo lachiwiri lili ndi "Zodabwitsa za St. Joseph" ndipo gawo lachitatu limandandalika mapemphelo ake.

Gawo I likuwunika mbali zonse zoyera zamakhalidwe a Joseph Woyera, ndi mawu ochokera mu Malemba ndi oyera mtima. Zina mwa izi, monga "Woyang'anira Namwali", ziziwoneka bwino; ena, monga "Kuopsa kwa Ziwanda" atha kukhala atsopano. Don Calloway akutikumbutsa kuti Satana ndi weniweni, pamodzi ndi mizimu yoyipa: "Nthawi yamantha, kuponderezana, ngozi zakufa ndi mayesero akulu" tiyenera kupempha thandizo kwa St. Joseph: "Adzakumenyerani".

Gawo lachiwiri limaphatikizapo maumboni ambiri a oyera mtima monga André Bessette, Woyera John Paul II ndi Josemaría Escrivá kuti afotokozere momwe kudzipereka kofunikira kwa Saint Joseph kunali kopita patsogolo mwauzimu.

Kumbuyo kwa bukuli, a Calloway amaphatikizanso zaluso zomwe adapatsa kuchokera kwa Saint Joseph. Mwa awa, amene ndimakonda kwambiri ndiye chithunzi cha waluso wosadziwika. Izi ndichifukwa choti zimawonetsa kupemphera komanso kusakhalitsa kwa zojambulazo, mosiyana ndi ntchito zina zomwe zimakonda kupembedza, mafashoni achizolowezi achipembedzo, odziwika ndi zithunzi zopatulika.

Chofunikira kwa Akatolika, kaya angasankhe kudzipereka kwa St. Joseph, ndikuti adziwe zambiri za oyera mtima opambanawa, osankhidwa ndi Mulungu kukhala wotiyang'anira ndi wotiteteza monga adaliri kwa Amayi Athu ndi Yesu.