Woyera wa tsikuli pa 9 February: nkhani ya San Girolamo Emiliani

Msirikali wosasamala komanso wopembedza ku mzinda wa Venice, Girolamo adagwidwa ndikumenya nkhondo kumzinda wakumpoto ndikumangidwa mndende. Ali m'ndende Jerome anali ndi nthawi yayitali yoganiza ndipo pang'ono ndi pang'ono adaphunzira kupemphera. Atathawa, adabwerera ku Venice komwe adasamalira adzukulu ake ndikuyamba maphunziro ake aunsembe. M'zaka zotsatira kudzozedwa kwake, zochitika zidamuyitanitsanso Jerome kuti apange chisankho ndikukhala ndi moyo watsopano. Mliri ndi njala zafika kumpoto kwa Italy. Jerome anayamba kusamalira odwala ndikudyetsa anjala ndi ndalama zake. Pomwe amatumikira odwala ndi osauka, posakhalitsa adaganiza zodzipereka yekha ndi chuma chake kwa ena, makamaka ana osiyidwa. Anakhazikitsa malo osungira ana amasiye atatu, pogona mahule olapa komanso chipatala.

Cha m'ma 1532, Girolamo ndi ansembe ena awiri adakhazikitsa mpingo, a Clerks Regular of Somasca, woperekedwa kusamalira ana amasiye ndikuphunzitsa achinyamata. Girolamo adamwalira mu 1537 chifukwa cha matenda omwe adadwala posamalira odwala. Adasankhidwa kukhala woyera mtima mu 1767. Mu 1928 Pius Xl adamupatsa udindo woteteza ana amasiye ndi ana omwe atayidwa. Saint Jerome Emiliani akugawana nawo phwando la zamatchalitchi ndi Saint Giuseppina Bakhita pa 8 February.

Kulingalira

Nthawi zambiri m'moyo wathu zimawoneka kuti zimafunikira "kumangidwa" kutimasula ku unyolo wa kudzikonda kwathu. Tikagwidwa "m'malo omwe sitikufuna kukhala", timatha kudziwa mphamvu yakumasula ya Wina. Ndipokhapo pamene tingakhale wina wa "akaidi" ndi "ana amasiye" omwe atizungulira.