San Lorenzo, Woyera wa tsiku la 10 Ogasiti

(c. 225 - 10 Ogasiti 258)

Mbiri ya San Lorenzo
Kulemekeza kwa Tchalitchi kwa Lawrence kumawonekera pakukondwerera lero ndi tchuthi. Tikudziwa zochepa kwambiri pamoyo wake. Ndi m'modzi mwa iwo omwe kufera chikhulupiriro kwawo kudasiya chidwi cha Mpingo woyambirira. Kukondwerera tchuthi chake kudafalikira mwachangu.

Anali dikoni wachiroma motsogozedwa ndi Papa San Sixtus II. Patatha masiku anayi apapayu atamwalira, Lawrence ndi atsogoleri anayi achipembedzo adaphedwa, mwina nthawi yomwe Mfumu Valerian inali kuzunza.

Zambiri mwatsatanetsatane za kufa kwa Lawrence adadziwika kwa Damus, Prudentius, Ambrose ndi Augustine. Mpingo womwe udamangidwa pamanda ake udakhala umodzi wamatchalitchi asanu ndi awiri ku Roma komanso malo omwe ankakonda kupitako ku Roma.

Nthano yodziwika idapulumuka kuyambira nthawi zoyambirira. Monga dikoni ku Roma, Lawrence adaimbidwa mlandu wokhudzana ndi chuma cha Tchalitchi komanso yogawa zachifundo kwa osauka. Lawrence atamva kuti amangidwa ngati papa, adafunafuna anthu osauka, akazi amasiye ndi ana amasiye aku Roma ndikuwapatsa ndalama zonse zomwe anali nazo, ngakhale kugulitsa ziwiya zopatulika za paguwa lansembe kuti ziwonjezeke. Woyang'anira wa Roma atamva izi, anaganiza kuti akhristu ayenera kukhala ndi chuma chambiri. Adatumiza a Lawrence nati, “Inu akhristu mumati timakuchitirani nkhanza, koma sizomwe ndimaganizira. Ndauzidwa kuti ansembe anu amapereka ndi golide, kuti magazi opatulika amalandiridwa mumakapu a siliva, kuti mumakhala ndi zoyikapo nyali zagolide pamisonkhano yamadzulo. Tsopano, chiphunzitso chanu chimati muyenera kupereka kwa Kaisara zake zake. Bweretsani chuma ichi - mfumu imafunikira kuti akhalebe olimba. Mulungu samawerengera ndalama: sanabweretse chilichonse padziko lapansi, koma mawu okha. Chifukwa chake ndipatseni ndalama ndikukhala wolemera m'mawu ".

Lawrence adayankha kuti Mpingo udalidi wolemera. “Ndikuwonetsa gawo lofunika. Koma ndipatseni nthawi yokonza zonse ndikulemba. “Patapita masiku atatu anasonkhanitsa akhungu ambiri, olumala, olumala, akhate, ana amasiye ndi akazi amasiye ndipo anawayika pamzere. Bwanamkubwa uja atafika, Lawrence anangoti, "Izi ndi chuma cha Tchalitchi."

Mtsogoleriyo adakwiya kwambiri kotero adauza Lawrence kuti amafunadi kuti afe, koma zingakhale mainchesi. Anali ndi grill yayikulu yokonzedwa ndi makala pansi pake, ndipo adayika thupi la Lawrence. Wofera atamva kuwawa kwanthawi yayitali, nthanoyo imaliza, adalemba mawu ake osangalala kuti: "Zachitika bwino. Nditembenuzeni! "

Kulingalira
Apanso tili ndi woyera mtima yemwe pafupifupi sakudziwika, koma yemwe walandila ulemu wopitilira kutchalitchi kuyambira zaka za zana la XNUMX. Pafupifupi palibe, koma chowonadi chachikulu cha moyo wake ndichotsimikizika: adafera Kristu. Ife amene tili ndi njala yatsatanetsatane yokhudza mioyo ya oyera mtima timakumbutsidwanso kuti chiyero chawo chidachitika pambuyo pake pakulabadira kwathunthu kwa Khristu, kuwonetsedwa mwangwiro ndi imfa yonga iyi.