St. Ignatius waku Antiokeya, Woyera wa tsiku la Okutobala 17

Woyera wa tsiku la 17 Okutobala
(Dc 107)

Mbiri ya St. Ignatius waku Antiokeya

Atabadwira ku Syria, Ignatius adatembenukira ku Chikhristu ndipo pamapeto pake adakhala bishopu waku Antiokeya. M'chaka cha 107, mfumu Trajan adapita ku Antiokeya ndikukakamiza akhristu kuti asankhe pakati paimfa ndi mpatuko. Ignatius sanakane Khristu ndipo motero anaweruzidwa kuti akaphedwe ku Roma.

Ignatius amadziwika ndi makalata asanu ndi awiri omwe adalemba paulendo wautali kuchokera ku Antiokeya kupita ku Roma. Asanu mwa makalatawa ndi opita ku mipingo ya ku Asia Minor; amalimbikitsa akhristu kumeneko kuti akhalebe okhulupirika kwa Mulungu ndikumvera oyang'anira awo. Imawachenjeza motsutsana ndi ziphunzitso zachinyengo, kuwapatsa zowona zenizeni zachikhulupiriro chachikhristu.

Kalata yachisanu ndi chimodzi inali yopita kwa Polycarp, bishopu waku Smurna, yemwe pambuyo pake adaphedwa chifukwa cha chikhulupiriro. Kalata yomaliza imapempha Akhristu aku Roma kuti asayese kuyimitsa kuphedwa kwake. "Chinthu chokha chimene ndikupemphani ndi chakuti mundilole kuti ndipereke nsembe yanga ya mwazi kwa Mulungu. Ine ndine tirigu wa Ambuye; ndikhale pansi kuchokera kumazinyo a nyama kuti ndikhale mkate wopanda cholakwika wa Khristu “.

Ignatius molimba mtima adakumana ndi mikango mu Circus Maximus.

Kulingalira

Chisamaliro chachikulu cha Ignatius chinali pa umodzi ndi dongosolo la Mpingo. Chachikulu kwambiri chinali kufunitsitsa kwake kuphedwa chifukwa chokana Mbuye wake Yesu Khristu. Sanatchule za kuzunzika kwake, koma chikondi cha Mulungu chomwe chidamulimbitsa. Amadziwa mtengo wakudzipereka ndipo sangakane Khristu, ngakhale kupulumutsa moyo wake womwe.