Nkhani ya lero ya pa Epulo 11, 2023 ndi ndemanga

Kuchokera ku uthenga wabwino wa Yesu Khristu malinga ndi Mateyo 20,17-28.
Nthawi imeneyo, pamene anali kupita ku Yerusalemu, Yesu anatengera pambali ophunzira XNUMX aja ndi kupita nawo kwa iwo.
«Tsopano tikupita ku Yerusalemu ndipo Mwana wa munthu adzaperekedwa kwa ansembe akulu ndi alembi, omwe adzamuweruza kuti aphedwe
ndipo adzapereka izo kwa akunja kuti azinyozedwa ndi kukwapulidwa ndi kupachikidwa; koma pa tsiku lachitatu adzaukitsidwa. "
Kenako amayi a ana a Zebedayo anayandikira kwa iye ndi ana ake, nawerama pansi kuti amfunse iye.
Adatinso kwa iye, "Ukufuna chiyani?" Adamuyankha, "Auzeni ana anga kuti akhale m'modzi kudzanja lanu lamanzere mu ufumu wanu."
Yesu adayankha: «Simudziwa zomwe mukufunsa. Kodi ungamwe kapu yomwe ndatsala kuti ndimwe? Iwo adati kwa iye, "Tikhoza."
Ndipo ananenanso, “Udzamwa chikho changa; koma siziri kwa ine kuti ndikhale kuti inu mukhale kumanja kwanga kapena kumanzere kwanga, koma kwa iwo omwe kudawakonzera a Atate wanga ”.
Ndipo khumiwo, pakumva izi, anakwiya ndi abale awiriwo.
Koma Yesu, adadziyitana kuti:
Sizingakhale choncho pakati panu; koma amene aliyense akafuna kukhala wamkulu mwa inu, adzadziyesera yekha mtumiki wanu,
ndipo amene aliyense akafuna kukhala woyamba mwa inu adzakhala kapolo wanu;
monga Mwana wa munthu, yemwe sanabwere kudzatumikiridwa, koma kudzatumikira ndi kupereka moyo wake dipo kuwombolera ambiri ».

Saint Theodore Studita (759-826)
wopitilira mu Constantinople

Makatabo 1
Tumikirani ndi kusangalatsa Mulungu
Ndi gawo lathu komanso chofunikira kwa ife kuti tikupange, monga mwa mphamvu yathu, chinthu chomwe timaganiza, chosowa, chisamaliro chilichonse, mawu ndi zochita, machenjezo, chilimbikitso, chilimbikitso , chilimbikitso, (...) kotero kuti motere titha kukuikani pachiwonetsero cha chifuniro cha Mulungu ndikukuwongolera ku chimaliziro chomwe tikufuna: kukhala wokondweretsa Mulungu. (...)

Iye amene ali ndi moyo wosakhoza kufa wakhetsa mwazi wake; anali womangidwa ndi asirikali, iye amene adapanga gulu lankhondo la angelo; ndipo adakokedwa pamaso pa chilungamo, iye amene ayenera kuweruza amoyo ndi akufa (onaninso Mac 10,42; 2 Tim 4,1); Chowonadi chidayikidwa pamaso pa maumboni abodza, chidamenyedwa, chidakwapulidwa, chidakutidwa ndi malovu, chitayimikidwa pamtengo wamtanda; mbuye waulemelero (cf. 1 Co 2,8) adavutika kuwawa konse komanso zowawa zonse popanda umboni. Zikadachitika bwanji kuti, ngakhale monga munthu wopanda chimo, m'malo mwake, atibwezera kuchinyengo chamachimo omwe imfa idalowa mdziko lapansi ndikulanda chinyengo cha abambo athu oyamba?

Chifukwa chake ngati timayesedwa, palibe chodabwitsa, popeza izi ndi zomwe tili (...). Ifenso tiyenera kukwiya ndi kuyesedwa, ndi kuzunzidwa chifukwa cha kufuna kwathu. Malinga ndi tanthauzo la makolo, pali kutsanulidwa kwa magazi; popeza uku ndi kukhala wamonke; chifukwa chake tiyenera kugonjetsa ufumu wa kumwamba potengera Ambuye m'moyo. (...) Dziperekeni mwachangu pantchito yanu, lingaliro lanu lokhalo, kutali ndi kukhala akapolo a anthu, mumatumikira Mulungu.