Woyera Peter Claver Woyera wa tsiku la 9 Seputembala

(Juni 26, 1581 - Seputembara 8, 1654)

Nkhani ya San Pietro Claver
Pomwe adachokera ku Spain, wachinyamata wa Jesuit Peter Claver adachoka kwawo ku 1610 kukakhala mmishonale kumadera a New World. Anayenda pa bwato ku Cartagena, mzinda wokhala ndi doko lolemera m'malire mwa nyanja ya Caribbean. Anadzozedwa kumeneko mu 1615.

Panthawiyo malonda aukapolo anali atakhazikitsidwa ku America kwa zaka pafupifupi 100 ndipo Cartagena ndiye likulu lawo. Akapolo zikwizikwi ankatsanulira pa doko chaka chilichonse atawoloka nyanja ya Atlantic kuchokera kumadzulo kwa Africa m'malo owopsa komanso amwano kotero kuti akuti gawo limodzi mwa atatu mwaomwe adafera. Ngakhale kuti malonda ogulitsa akapolo adatsutsidwa ndi Papa Paul III ndipo pambuyo pake adatchedwa "choyipa chachikulu" ndi Papa Pius IX, ukupitilizabe kutukuka.

Yemwe adatsogola a Peter Claver, a Jesuit a Alfonso de Sandoval, adadzipereka kuti agwiritse ntchito akapolo kwa zaka 40 Claver asanafike kuti apitilize ntchito yawo, akudziyesa yekha "kapolo wa anthu akuda kwamuyaya".

Sitima ya akapolo itangolowa padoko, a Peter Claver adasamukira komwe amakhala kuti akathandize okwera komanso otopa. Akapolowo atatulutsidwa m'ngalawa ngati nyama zomangidwa ndikutsekeredwa m'mabwalo oyandikira kuti makamuwo aziwonera, Claver adasambira pakati pawo ndi mankhwala, chakudya, mkate, brandy, mandimu ndi fodya. Mothandizidwa ndi omasulira, adapereka malangizo oyambira ndikutsimikizira abale ndi alongo ake ulemu ndi umunthu wawo ndi chikondi cha Mulungu.Pazaka 40 zautumiki wake, Claver adaphunzitsa ndikubatiza akapolo pafupifupi 300.000.

Mpatuko wa P. Claver unapitilira momwe amasamalirira akapolo. Anakhala wamphamvu, inde, mtumwi wa Cartagena. Ankalalikira pabwalo la tawuniyi, amapereka uthengawo kwa oyendetsa sitima ndi amalonda, komanso mishoni zakumayiko, momwe amapewera, ngati kuli kotheka, kuchereza alendo ndi eni ake m'malo mwake amakhala mnyumba za akapolo.

Atatha zaka zinayi akudwala, zomwe zidakakamiza woyera mtima kuti asakhalebe otanganidwa komanso kunyalanyazidwa, a Claver adamwalira pa Seputembara 8, 1654. Atsogoleri a mzindawu, omwe kale adanyoza nkhawa yawo yakuda akuda, adalamula kuti adayikidwa m'manda ndi anthu ndiulemerero waukulu.

Peter Claver adasankhidwa kukhala woyera mtima mu 1888 ndipo Papa Leo XIII adamuyesa woyang'anira ntchito yapadziko lonse lapansi pakati pa akapolo akuda.

Kulingalira
Mphamvu ndi mphamvu ya Mzimu Woyera zimawonetsedwa mu zisankho ndi zozizwitsa za Peter Claver. Lingaliro loti achoke kudziko lakwawo osabwereranso likuwonetsa chidwi chachikulu chomwe chili chovuta kulingalira. Kutsimikiza kwa Peter kutumikira anthu ozunzidwa kwambiri, okanidwa komanso odzichepetsa kwamuyaya ndichamphamvu kwambiri. Tikayesa miyoyo yathu motsutsana ndi ya munthu wotere, timazindikira za kuthekera kwathu komwe sitinagwiritsepo ntchito komanso chosowa chathu chotsegulira mphamvu ya Mzimu ya Yesu.