San Lorenzo Ruiz ndi anzawo, Woyera wa tsiku la 22 Seputembara

(1600-29 kapena 30 September 1637)

San Lorenzo Ruiz ndi nkhani ya anzake
Lorenzo anabadwira ku Manila kwa abambo aku China komanso amayi aku Philippines, onse achikhristu. Motero anaphunzira Chitchainizi ndi Chitagalogi kuchokera kwa iwo, ndi Chispanya kuchokera kwa Adominikani, amene anatumikira monga mnyamata wa kuguwa ndi sacristan. Anakhala katswiri wa calligrapher, akulemba zikalata m'malemba okongola. Anali membala wathunthu wa Confraternity of the Holy Rosary motsogozedwa ndi Dominican. Anakwatira ndipo anabala ana aamuna awiri ndi mwana wamkazi mmodzi.

Moyo wa Lorenzo unasintha mwadzidzidzi pamene anaimbidwa mlandu wakupha. Palibe china chomwe chimadziwika, kupatula kulengeza kwa awiri a Dominicans molingana ndi zomwe "ankafunsidwa ndi akuluakulu a boma chifukwa cha kupha komwe analipo kapena chifukwa cha iye".

Panthaŵiyo, ansembe atatu a Chidominikani, Antonio Gonzalez, Guillermo Courtet ndi Miguel de Aozaraza, anali atatsala pang’ono kupita ku Japan mosasamala kanthu za chizunzo chachiwawa. Pamodzi nawo panali wansembe wa ku Japan, Vicente Shiwozuka de la Cruz, ndi munthu wamba wotchedwa Lazaro, wakhate. Lorenzo, atatenga chitetezo nawo, adaloledwa kutsagana nawo. Koma pamene anali panyanja m’pamene anadziŵa kuti akupita ku Japan.

Iwo anafika ku Okinawa. Lorenzo akanatha kupita ku Formosa, koma, anati, "Ndinaganiza zokhala ndi Abambo, chifukwa anthu a ku Spain akanandipachika kumeneko". Ku Japan posakhalitsa anapezeka, kumangidwa ndi kuwatengera ku Nagasaki. Malo amene anakhetsa magazi ambiri pamene bomba la atomiki linagwetsedwa anali atakumana kale ndi tsoka. Akatolika 50.000 amene ankakhala kumeneko anabalalitsidwa kapena kuphedwa ndi chizunzocho.

Iwo anazunzidwa mwa mtundu wosaneneka: pambuyo poti madzi ochuluka anakankhidwira kukhosi kwawo, anagonekedwa pansi. Mapulani aataliwo anaikidwa pamimba ndipo alondawo ankapondedwa kumapeto kwa matabwawo, kukakamiza madzi kutuluka mwamphamvu m’kamwa, m’mphuno ndi m’makutu.

Mkulu, Fr. Gonzalez anamwalira patatha masiku angapo. Onse p. Shiwozuka ndi Lazaro anathyoka pansi pa chizunzo, chomwe chinaphatikizapo kulowetsa singano za nsungwi pansi pa misomali. Koma onse awiri analimba mtima ndi anzawo.

Munthawi yamavuto a Lorenzo, adafunsa womasulirayo kuti: "Ndikufuna kudziwa ngati, mwampatuko, apulumutsa moyo wanga". Womasulirayo sanadzipereke yekha, koma m'maola otsatirawa Lorenzo adamva kuti chikhulupiriro chake chikukula. Anakhala wolimba mtima, ngakhale wolimba mtima, ndi mafunso ake.

Anthu asanuwo anaphedwa atapachikidwa chozondoka m’maenje. Mabodi okhala ndi mabowo apakati ankakhomedwa m’chiuno ndipo ankaika miyala pamwamba kuti awonjezere kupanikizika. Iwo anali ogwirizana kwambiri, kuti achepetse kufalikira ndi kuteteza imfa yachangu. Iwo analoledwa kupachika kwa masiku atatu. Pa nthawiyo Lorenzo ndi Lazaro anali atamwalira. Adakali moyo, ansembe atatuwo anadulidwa mitu.

Mu 1987, Papa Yohane Paulo Wachiwiri anaika oyera mtima awa asanu ndi mmodzi ndi ena 10: Aasiya ndi Azungu, amuna ndi akazi, amene anafalitsa chikhulupiriro ku Philippines, Formosa ndi Japan. Lorenzo Ruiz ndiye woyamba kufera chikhulupiriro ku Philippines. Phwando la Liturgical la San Lorenzo Ruiz ndi Compagni liri pa 28 September.

Kulingalira
Ife Akristu wamba amakono, kodi tingakane motani mikhalidwe imene ofera chikhulupiriro ameneŵa anakumana nayo? Timamvera chisoni anthu awiri amene anakana chikhulupiriro kwakanthawi. Timamvetsetsa nthawi yoyipa ya Lorenzo yoyesedwa. Koma timaonanso kulimba mtima - kosadziwika bwino m'mawu aumunthu - komwe kunachokera ku nkhokwe yawo ya chikhulupiriro. Kufera chikhulupiriro, monga moyo wamba, ndi chozizwitsa cha chisomo.