San Romualdo, Woyera wa tsiku la June 19

(c. 950-19 June, 1027)

Mbiri ya San Romualdo 

Mkati mwa wachinyamata woferedwa, Romuald adawona bambo ake akupha wachibale m'chipinda chamalo ogulitsira katundu. Mwakuwopsa, adathawira kunyumba ya amonke pafupi ndi Ravenna. Patatha zaka zitatu, ena mwa amonkewo adamupeza ali wopanda nkhawa ndipo adamupangitsa kukhala wosavuta.

Romuald adakhala zaka 30 zotsatila kuzungulira Italy, kuyambitsa nyumba za amonke ndi ma hermitage. Ankafuna kupereka moyo wake kwa Kristu kuphedwa chifukwa cha chikhulupiriro ndikupempha chilolezo cha papa kuti alalikire Uthenga wabwino ku Hungary. Koma adagwidwa ndi matendawa atangofika ndipo matendawa amayambiranso nthawi iliyonse yomwe amayesera kupitilirabe.

Panthawi ina ya moyo wake, Romuald adawuma kwambiri. Tsiku lina akupemphera Masalimo 31 ("Ndikupatsani kumvetsetsa ndikuphunzitseni"), adapatsidwa kuunika kopambana ndi mzimu womwe sunamusiye.

Ku nyumba yachifumu yotsatira komwe amakhala, Romuald adaimbidwa mlandu wochititsa manyazi ndi bambo wina wachinyamata yemwe adadzinenera kuti amakhala ndi moyo wopanda pake. Modabwitsa, amonke anzake adakhulupirira chowunamizirawo. Adawalipira kwambiri, adamuletsa kupereka misa ndikuchotsedwa, kuzunzidwa kosayenera komwe adakhala chete kwa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi.

Nyumba yachifumu yotchuka kwambiri yomwe Romuald adayambitsa inali ya Camaldoli ku Tuscany. Apa adayamba Order of the Camaldolese Benedictines, kuphatikiza moyo wama monical ndi hermetic. Pambuyo pake bambo a Romuald adakhala monke, adagonja ndipo adasungika mokhulupirika ndi chilimbikitso cha mwana wake.

Kulingalira

Khristu ndi mtsogoleri wokoma mtima, koma amatipempha chiyero chonse. Nthawi zina, abambo ndi amai omwe adakula kuti atitsutse ndi kutsimikiza kudzipereka kwawo, kulimba mtima kwa mzimu wawo, kuya kwa kutembenuka kwawo. Kudziwona kuti sitingathe kubwereza miyoyo yawo sikusintha mayitanidwe oti titha kukhala omasuka kwa Mulungu nthawi zonse.