Timapanga zabwino tsiku lililonse m'moyo wachikhristu

Ndi bwino kusakhala ndi chowiringula kuti usume. "

Ichi chinali chenjezo la makolo anga nthawi zonse kumayambiriro kwa chilimwe chilichonse momwe timakhalira ndi mabuku, masewera a board, njinga ndi zochitika zina zosiyanasiyana kuti tichite. Zomwe amatanthauza zinali zakuti "titengerepo mwayi pazomwe tikuchitazo ndikuyamikira kwambiri momwe tingathere chifukwa pakhoza kukhala china chake mtsogolo chomwe chingapangitse ichi kukumbukira".

Masabata atatu apitawa, ndidapitilira zochitika zanga za tsiku ndi tsiku monga chizolowezi. Kuyambira pamenepo, kampaniyo idakumana ndikuchepetsa. Ndimakhala ndekhandekha komanso malingaliro anga achilengedwe opweteka kwambiri.

Nthawi zambiri ndimapeza nzeru zomwe amaphunzira pankhani yosavutikira yomwe imatikhudza tonse: imfa. Posachedwa ndidawerenga gawo la nkhani za CS Lewis, On Living in an Atomic Age, kuyambira 1948. Ndikuwerenga mwachangu m'ndime zitatu, zomwe ndimasunga izi m'magawo atatu: kukhala m'masiku owopsa sichatsopano; tonsefe timafa tsiku limodzi; musalole kuti izi zikuwopsezeni kuti musagwiritse ntchito bwino nthawi yanu.

Mliri wa COVID-19 si koyamba kuti mlandu wodzipatula uja uchitike m'mbiri. Munthawi za nkhondo ndi kuzunzidwa, anthu amabisala chifukwa choopa moyo wawo. Kusintha kwachisoni kumeneku pamene anthu kudzipatula kuti ayesetse kufalitsa kachilomboka. Anthu satsimikiza thanzi lawo, amawopa kuti ali bwanji ndi okondedwa awo, komanso amakhala ndi nkhawa chifukwa chazantchito.

Nthawi zambiri ndakhala ndikufunsa chifukwa chomwe Mulungu angafune kuti ndikhale munthawi imeneyi osati zaka 500 m'mbuyomu kapena mtsogolo. Chifukwa chiyani zovuta zokhudzana ndi kampaniyi kapena osati za za wina? Mosasamala za zovuta, imfa ndiyookhazikika m'moyo. Memento Mori, chomwe m'Chilatini amatanthauza kukumbukira kukumbukira kumwalira kwako, amatanthauza kuti tsiku lililonse azinena ndi atsogoleri achipembedzo, ndipo ngati zingatheke, ndi anthu wamba, kutikumbutsa zaimfa yathu wamba.

Oyera angapo, makamaka ofera, opatukana ndi Sacramenti Yodala kwa nthawi yayitali. Komabe, chifukwa chomwe adakhalira oyera ndi chifukwa adachita zabwino pamachitidwe awo.

Mavuto azachuma padziko lonse lapansi ndi nthawi yomwe timafunikira Ukaristia ndi ma sakaramenti ndi kuvutika chifukwa tili kutali ndi iwo. Komabe, zimatipatsanso mwayi wothokoza ndi iwo komanso kumva kuti ndife olimba ndi iwo omwe avutika kwanthawi yayitali komanso momwe timaphunzirira. Atumwi ambiri achikatolika akupereka zitsanzo za momwe munthu angakhalire ndi nthawi yake kunyumba kwa iwo omwe amafunikira kwambiri pemphero.

Mutha kuthandizanso tsiku lililonse pofunsa mwayi womwe ulipo. Kodi ndakhala ndi zolinga zazitali bwanji? Kodi pali mabuku ena atsopano oti muwerenge? Kodi ndingawonjezere bwanji zatsopano pa moyo wanga wachikhulupiriro?

Kwa aliyense amene akufuna kupeza zovuta, ndinganene kuti asinthe mawu oti "coronavirus" kapena "COVID-19" ndi dzina la woyerekeza ena kapena pitani osanena zonse pamodzi kwa maola osachepera 24.