Tsiku Lopatulika la 1 February: Nkhani ya Ansgar Woyera, woyang'anira woyera wa Denmark

"Mtumwi kumpoto" (Scandinavia) anali ndi zokhumudwitsa zokwanira kuti akhale woyera, ndipo adatero. Anakhala Benedictine ku Corbie, France, komwe adaphunzirira. Patatha zaka zitatu, mfumu yaku Denmark itatembenuka, Ansgar adapita kudziko limenelo kwa zaka zitatu akugwira ntchito yaumishonale, osachita bwino. Sweden idafunsa amishonale achikristu, ndipo adapita kumeneko, akupirira kulandidwa kwa achifwamba ndi zovuta zina panjira. Pasanathe zaka ziwiri, adayitanidwanso kuti akhale abbot wa New Corbie (Corvey) komanso bishopu waku Hamburg. Papa anamupanga iye kukhala mtsogoleri waumishonale waku Scandinavia. Ndalama zampatuko wakumpoto zidatha pomwe Emperor Louis adafa. Pambuyo pa zaka 13 akugwira ntchito ku Hamburg, Ansgar adawona kuti yawonongedwa ndi kuwukira kwa Northmen; Sweden ndi Denmark zidabwereranso kuchikunja.

Adatsogolera zochitika zatsopano za atumwi kumpoto, akupita ku Denmark ndikuthandiza kutembenuza mfumu ina. Ndi phindu lachilendo pochita maere, mfumu yaku Sweden idalola amishonale achikhristu kuti abwerere.

Olemba mbiri ya Ansgar akuti anali mlaliki wodabwitsa, wansembe wodzichepetsa komanso wosasamala. Iye anali wodzipereka kwa osauka ndi odwala, amatsanzira Ambuye mwa kusambitsa mapazi awo ndi kuwatumikira iwo patebulo. Adamwalira mwamtendere ku Bremen, Germany, osakwaniritsa chikhumbo chake chofuna kuphedwa.

Sweden idakhalanso wachikunja atamwalira ndipo adakhalabe choncho mpaka kubwera kwa amishonale zaka mazana awiri pambuyo pake. Sant'Ansgar amagawana phwando lake lachipembedzo ndi San Biagio pa February 3.

Kulingalira

Mbiri imalemba zomwe anthu amachita osati momwe iwo alili. Komabe kulimba mtima ndi kupirira kwa amuna ndi akazi ngati Ansgar kumangobwera kuchokera pamaziko olimba a mgwirizano ndi mmishonale wolimba mtima komanso wolimbikira. Moyo wa Ansgar ndichikumbutso china choti Mulungu amalemba molunjika ndi mizere yopotoka. Kristu amasamalira zotulukapo za ampatuko mwanjira yake; amalingalira kaye za kuyera kwa atumwi enieni.