Woyera wa tsiku la 21 Disembala: nkhani ya San Pietro Canisius

Tsiku lopatulika la Disembala 21
(Meyi 8, 1521 - Disembala 21, 1597)

Mbiri ya San Pietro Canisio

Moyo wolimbikira wa Pietro Canisio uyenera kugwetsa chilichonse chomwe tingakhale nacho cha moyo wa oyera ngati chotopetsa kapena chizolowezi. Peter adakhala zaka zake 76 pamlingo woyenera kuwonedwa ngati wankhanza, ngakhale nthawi yathu yakusintha mwachangu. Munthu wa matalente ambiri, Peter ndi chitsanzo chabwino cha munthu wa m'Malemba yemwe amakulitsa maluso ake pantchito ya Ambuye.

Peter anali m'modzi mwa anthu ofunikira kwambiri pakusintha kwa Chikatolika ku Germany. Anagwira ntchito yofunika kwambiri kotero kuti nthawi zambiri ankatchedwa "mtumwi wachiwiri waku Germany", popeza moyo wake umafanana ndi ntchito yoyamba ya Boniface.

Ngakhale kuti Peter adadzinena kuti ndi ulesi pa unyamata wake, sakanatha kukhala atangotenga nthawi yayitali, chifukwa ali ndi zaka 19 adalandira digiri ya master ku University of Cologne. Posakhalitsa adakumana ndi a Peter Faber, wophunzira woyamba wa Ignatius waku Loyola, yemwe adakopa Peter kwambiri mpaka adalowa nawo Society of Jesus yomwe idangokhazikitsidwa kumene.

Ali mwana, Peter anali atayamba kale chizolowezi chomwe chimapitilira moyo wake wonse: njira yophunzirira, kusinkhasinkha, kupemphera ndi kulemba. Atadzozedwa mu 1546, adatchuka chifukwa cha zolemba zake za St Cyril waku Alexandria ndi St Leo the Great. Kuphatikiza pa chidwi cholemba ichi, Peter anali ndi changu cha mtumwi. Nthawi zambiri amapezeka kumayendera odwala kapena kundende, ngakhale ntchito zomwe amapatsidwa kumadera ena zinali zokwanira kuti anthu ambiri azikhala otanganidwa.

Mu 1547, Pietro adatenga nawo gawo pamisonkhano ingapo ya Council of Trent, omwe malamulo ake pambuyo pake adalamulidwa kuti akwaniritse. Ataphunzitsidwa mwachidule ku koleji ya Jesuit ku Messina, Peter adapatsidwa ntchito ku Germany, kuyambira nthawi imeneyo mpaka moyo wake wonse. Anaphunzitsanso kumayunivesite angapo ndipo adathandizira kukhazikitsa makoleji ndi masemina ambiri. Adalemba katekisimu yomwe idalongosola zikhulupiriro zachikatolika m'njira yomwe anthu wamba amatha kumvetsetsa: chosowa chachikulu panthawiyo.

Wodziwika kuti anali mlaliki wotchuka, Peter adadzaza mipingo ndi iwo omwe anali ofunitsitsa kumva uthenga wake wabwino. Anali ndi luso lotsogola, nthawi zambiri anali kuyanjanitsa pakati pa magulu otsutsana. M'makalata ake, odzaza mavoliyumu asanu ndi atatu, pali mawu anzeru ndi upangiri kwa anthu amitundu yonse. Nthawi zina amalemba makalata osaneneka kwa atsogoleri achipembedzo, koma nthawi zonse pamalingaliro achikondi ndi kumvetsetsa.

Ali ndi zaka 70, Peter adakumana ndi vuto lakufa ziwalo, koma adapitiliza kulalikira ndikulemba mothandizidwa ndi mlembi, mpaka kumwalira kwawo ku Nijmegen, Netherlands pa 21 Disembala 1597.

Kulingalira

Khama la Peter ndichitsanzo chabwino kwa iwo omwe akukhudzidwa ndi kukonzanso Mpingo kapena pakukula kwa chikumbumtima pamabizinesi kapena maboma. Amadziwika kuti ndi m'modzi mwa omwe amapanga atolankhani achikatolika ndipo akhoza kukhala chitsanzo chabwino kwa wolemba wachikhristu kapena mtolankhani. Aphunzitsi amatha kuwona m'moyo wake chidwi chofalitsa chowonadi. Kaya tili ndi zambiri zoti tipereke, monga Peter Canisius, kapena ngati tili ndi zochepa zopereka, monga mkazi wamasiye wosauka mu Uthenga Wabwino wa Luka (onani Luka 21: 1-4), chofunikira ndikuti mupereke zabwino zanu zonse. Ndi mwanjira iyi kuti Petro ndiwachitsanzo kwa akhristu mu nthawi ya kusintha kwakanthawi komwe timayitanidwako kudziko lapansi koma osati adziko lapansi.