San Vincenzo de 'Paoli, Woyera wa tsiku la 27 Seputembara

(1580 - 27 Seputembala 1660)

Mbiri ya San Vincenzo de 'Paoli
Kuvomereza kwakufa kwa mtumiki akumwalira kunatsegula maso a Vincent de 'Paoli kuzosowa zauzimu za anthu wamba aku France. Imeneyi ikuwoneka ngati inali nthawi yofunika kwambiri m'moyo wa mwamunayo wochokera kufamu yaying'ono ku Gascony, France, yemwe adakhala wansembe wokhala ndi chidwi chochulukirapo kuposa kukhala ndi moyo wabwino.

Countess de Gondi, yemwe wantchito wake adamuthandiza, adalimbikitsa mwamuna wake kuti akonzekeretse ndikuthandizira gulu la amishonale odziwa ntchito komanso achangu omwe angagwire ntchito pakati pa anthu osauka komanso anthu wamba. Poyamba Vincent anali wodzichepetsa kwambiri kuti avomereze utsogoleri, koma atagwira ntchito kwakanthawi ku Paris pakati pa akapolo omwe anali mndende, adabweranso kukhala mtsogoleri wa womwe umadziwika kuti Mpingo wa Mishoni, kapena a Vincent. Ansembe awa, omwe analumbira za umphawi, kudzisunga, kumvera ndi kukhazikika, amayenera kudzipereka kotheratu kwa anthu m'matawuni ang'onoang'ono ndi m'midzi.

Pambuyo pake, Vincent adakhazikitsa ubale wachifundo pothandiza anthu osauka ndi odwala m'parishi iliyonse. Kuchokera kwa awa, mothandizidwa ndi Santa Luisa de Marillac, kunabwera a Daughters of Charity, "omwe nyumba yawo yachifumu ndi chipinda chodwaliramo, yemwe tchalitchi chake ndi tchalitchi cha parishi, chomwe chimakhala misewu ya mzindawo". Anakonza amayi olemera a ku Paris kuti apeze ndalama zothandizira ntchito zake zaumishonale, adakhazikitsa zipatala zingapo, adapeza ndalama zothandizira anthu omwe adazunzidwa pankhondo, ndikuwombola zombo zopitilira 1.200 kuchokera ku North Africa. Anali wokangalika pozembetsa atsogoleri achipembedzo panthawi yomwe panali kulekerera, kuzunza, komanso umbuli pakati pawo. Anali mpainiya pamaphunziro azachipembedzo ndipo adathandizira pakupanga maseminare.

Chodabwitsa kwambiri ndichakuti Vincent anali wofatsa kwambiri, ngakhale abwenzi ake adavomereza. Anatinso pakadapanda chisomo cha Mulungu akanakhala "wouma mtima ndi wonyansa, wamwano ndi wokwiya." Koma adakhala munthu wachifundo ndi wachikondi, woganizira kwambiri zosowa za ena.

Papa Leo XIII adamusankha kukhala woyang'anira mabungwe onse othandizira. Mwa izi, Sosaite ya St. Vincent de Paul ndiyodziwika, yomwe idakhazikitsidwa mu 1833 ndi wokondweretsedwayo Wolemekezeka Frédéric Ozanam.

Kulingalira
Tchalitchi ndi cha ana onse a Mulungu, olemera ndi osauka, alimi ndi akatswiri, otsogola komanso osavuta. Koma mwachidziwikire nkhawa yayikulu ya Mpingo iyenera kukhala kwa iwo omwe amafunikira thandizo kwambiri, omwe alibe mphamvu ndi matenda, umphawi, umbuli kapena nkhanza. Vincent de Paul ndi woyang'anira makamaka kwa akhristu onse masiku ano, pamene njala yasandulika njala ndipo moyo wapamwamba wa anthu olemera ukuyimilira mosiyana kwambiri ndi kuwonongeka kwakuthupi ndi kwamakhalidwe komwe ana ambiri a Mulungu amakakamizika kukhala. .