Tsiku Lopatulika la 4 February: nkhani ya Saint Joseph waku Leonissa

Giuseppe adabadwira ku Leonissa ku Kingdom of Naples. Ali mwana komanso wophunzira adakali wamkulu, Joseph adakopa chidwi cha mphamvu ndi ukoma wake. Pokwatirana ndi mwana wamkazi wa munthu wolemekezeka, Joseph anakana ndipo m'malo mwake adalumikizana ndi a Capuchins kwawo kwawo mu 1573. Popewa mgwirizanowu womwe anthu nthawi zina amatsutsana nawo Uthenga Wabwino, Joseph adadzipatsa chakudya chokwanira komanso malo ogona pokonzekera kudzoza komanso moyo wa kulalikira.

Mu 1587 adapita ku Constantinople kukasamalira akapolo a zombo zachikhristu zomwe zimagwira ntchito motsogozedwa ndi ambuye aku Turkey. Popeza anali mndende chifukwa cha ntchitoyi, anachenjezedwa kuti asadzabwererenso akawamasula. Anachitadi ndipo anamangidwa kachiwiri kenaka anaweruzidwa kuti aphedwe. Atamasulidwa modabwitsa, abwerera ku Italy komwe amalalikira kwa osauka ndikuyanjanitsa mabanja ndi mizinda yomwe ikuvutikira kwa zaka zambiri. Adasankhidwa kukhala woyera mtima mu 1745.

Kulingalira

Oyera mtima amatipweteka chifukwa amafunsa malingaliro athu pazomwe timafunikira "moyo wabwino". “Ndidzakhala wosangalala pamene. . . , "Titha kunena, kuwononga nthawi yochuluka kwambiri m'mbali mwa moyo. Anthu ngati Giuseppe da Leonissa amatitsutsa kuti tikumane ndi moyo molimbika mtima ndikufika pamtima pake: kukhala ndi Mulungu. Joseph anali mlaliki wokhutiritsa chifukwa moyo wake udali wotsimikizira monga mawu ake.