Woyera wa tsiku la Disembala 14: nkhani ya St. John wa pa Mtanda

Tsiku lopatulika la Disembala 14
(Juni 24, 1542 - Disembala 14, 1591)

Mbiri ya St. John wa Mtanda

John ndi woyera chifukwa moyo wake unali wolimba mtima kutsatira dzina lake: "wa Mtanda". Misala ya mtanda idakwaniritsidwa pakapita nthawi. "Iye amene afuna kunditsata Ine ayenera kudzikana yekha, atenge mtanda wake nanditsate Ine" (Marko 8: 34b) ndi nkhani ya moyo wa Yohane. Chinsinsi cha pasaka - kudzera muimfa mpaka kumoyo - chimazindikiritsa John ngati wokonzanso, wolemba ndakatulo komanso wopembedza.

Anasankhidwa kukhala wansembe waku Karimeli mu 1567 ali ndi zaka 25, John adakumana ndi Teresa waku Avila ndipo, mofanana naye, adadzilumbira ku Lamulo lakale la Akarmeli. Monga mnzake wa Teresa komanso kumanja, Giovanni adagwira nawo ntchito yosintha ndikuwona mtengo wakusintha: kukulira kutsutsa, kusamvetsetsa, kuzunzidwa, kumangidwa. Ankadziwa mtanda bwino, kumva imfa ya Yesu, popeza adakhala mwezi ndi mwezi m'chipinda chake chamdima, chinyezi komanso chopapatiza ndi Mulungu wake yekha.

Komabe, zodabwitsazi! Mukumwalira kwa ndende, Giovanni adakhalanso ndi moyo, nanena ndakatulo. Mumdima wa ndendeyo, mzimu wa Yohane udabwera ku Kuwala. Pali azamizimu ambiri, andakatulo ambiri; John ndiwodziwika ngati wolemba ndakatulo wachinsinsi, akuwonetsa mndende yake chisangalalo cha mgwirizano wachinsinsi ndi Mulungu munyimbo yauzimu.

Koma monga kuwawa kumabweretsa chisangalalo, momwemonso John adakwera kupita kuphiri. Karimeli, monga adatchulira mwaluso kwambiri. Monga munthu-Mkhristu-Karimeli, adakumana ndi kukwera kotereku mwa iye yekha; monga wotsogolera mwauzimu, amamva kwa ena; monga katswiri wama psychology-waumulungu, adalongosola ndikulisanthula muzolemba zake. Zolemba zake ndizapadera pakutsindika mtengo wophunzirira, njira yolumikizirana ndi Mulungu: kulanga mwamphamvu, kusiya, kuyeretsa. Mosasunthika komanso mwamphamvu Yohane akutsindika chododometsa chaulaliki: mtanda umatsogolera ku chiwukitsiro, kuwawa kwachisangalalo, mdima kukuwala, kusiya kukhala nawo, kudzikana ku mgwirizano ndi Mulungu. Ngati mukufuna kupulumutsa moyo wanu , muyenera kutaya. Yohane alidi "wa pamtanda". Adamwalira ali ndi zaka 49: moyo waufupi koma wokwanira.

Kulingalira

Mu moyo wake komanso zolemba zake, Yohane wa pa Mtanda ali ndi mawu ofunikira kwa ife lero. Timakonda kukhala olemera, ofewa, omasuka. Timadzichotsanso pamawu monga kudzikana, kudzipukusa, kuyeretsa, kudzimana, kudzipangira. Tithawa pamtanda. Uthenga wa Yohane, monga Uthenga Wabwino, ndiwomveka bwino: osachita ngati mukufunadi kukhala ndi moyo!

St. John wa Mtanda ndiye woyang'anira woyera wa:

Mystic John wa pa Mtanda ndiye woyera woyang'anira wa:

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