Woyera Anthony waku Padua, Woyera wa tsiku la 13 June

(1195-13 Juni 1231)

Mbiri ya Sant'Antonio di Padova

Kuyitanidwa kwauthenga wabwino kusiya zonse ndikutsatira Khristu kunali ulamuliro wa moyo wa Woyera Anthony wa Padua. Nthawi ndi nthawi, Mulungu adamuyitanitsa ku chinthu chatsopano mu chikonzero chake. Nthawi zonse Anthony akamayankha mwachangu komanso modzipereka kuti atumikire Ambuye wake Yesu mokwanira.

Ulendo wake monga mtumiki wa Mulungu unayamba ali mwana kwambiri ataganiza zolowa nawo gulu la Augustini ku Lisbon, kupereka tsogolo la chuma ndi mphamvu kuti akhale mtumiki wa Mulungu. Pambuyo pake, matupi a ofera oyamba a Franciscan adawoloka mzinda waku Portugal komwe anali wokhala nawo, adadzazidwanso ndi chidwi chachikulu chokhala m'modzi wapafupi kwambiri ndi Yesu: iwo amene amafera uthenga wabwino.

Kenako Anthony adalowa mu Order ya Franciscan ndikunyamuka kuti akalalikire kwa a Moors. Koma kudwala kunamulepheretsa kukwaniritsa izi. Adapita ku Italiya ndipo adamugoneka mgulu laling'ono lomwe limakhala nthawi yayitali ndikupemphera, kuwerenga malembo, ndikuchita ntchito modzama.

Kuyitanidwa kwa Mulungu kunadzanso kukhazikitsidwa komwe panalibe aliyense wofunitsitsa kuyankhula. Anthony modzicepetsa komanso womvela anavomela. Zaka zakusaka kwa Yesu popemphera, kuwerenga kwa Mzimu Woyera ndi ntchito yake mu umphawi, kudzisunga komanso kumvera zidakonzekeretsa Antonio kuti alole Mzimu kugwiritsa ntchito luso lake. Ulaliki wa Anthony unali wodabwitsa kwa iwo omwe amayembekezera kuyankhulidwa mosakonzekera ndipo samadziwa mphamvu ya Mzimu kuti ipatse anthu mawu.

Wodziwika kuti anali munthu wokonda kupemphera komanso katswiri wazamalemba komanso zamulungu, Antonio adakhala woyamba kuphunzitsa chiphunzitso kwa akatswiri ena. Posachedwa adayitanidwa kuchokera pamalopo kuti adzalalikire kwa Aalbania aku France, pogwiritsa ntchito chidziwitso chake chakuzama cha m'Malemba komanso zamulungu kuti asinthe ndikutsimikizira iwo omwe apusitsidwa chifukwa chokana Umulungu wa Kristu ndi ma sakramenti.

Atatsogolera azungu kumpoto kwa Italy kwa zaka zitatu, adakhazikitsa likulu lake mumzinda wa Padua. Anayambiranso ulaliki wake ndikuyamba kulemba zolemba muulaliki kuthandiza alaliki ena. Kutentha kwa chaka cha 1231 Anthony adasamukira kunyumba ya masisitere ku Camposampiero komwe adamanga nyumba yamtengo ngati hermitage. Pamenepo adapemphera ndikukonzekera kuti amwalire.

Pa 13 June adadwala kwambiri ndikupempha kuti abwezeretsedwe ku Padua, komwe adamwalira atalandira masakramenti omaliza. Anthony adasankhidwa kukhala ovomerezeka pasanathe chaka chimodzi kenako adasankhidwa kukhala adotolo wa Tchalitchi mu 1946.

Kulingalira

Antonio akuyenera kukhala mthandizi wa iwo omwe moyo wawo wachotsedwa kwathunthu ndikuyika njira yatsopano komanso yosayembekezeka. Monga oyera onse, ndi chitsanzo chabwino cha momwe tingasinthire moyo wathu mwa Yesu. Mulungu anachita ndi Antonio monga momwe Mulungu anakondera - ndipo zomwe Mulungu anakonda anali moyo wa mphamvu zauzimu ndi zowoneka bwino zomwe zimakopabe chidwi masiku ano. Yemwe kudzipereka kutchuka komwe adamupanga ngati wofunafuna zinthu zotayika wapezeka kuti watayiratu ndi chiyembekezo cha Mulungu.