Saint Bernard ndi kukumana ndi mdierekezi

San Bernardo wa Chiaravalle ndi m'modzi mwa anthu ofunikira kwambiri m'mbiri ya Tchalitchi cha Katolika. Bernard anabadwa mu 1090 ku France, ndipo analoŵa m’gulu la amonke a Cistercian mu 1113. Kuchoka kumeneko anayamba ntchito yachipembedzo yofunika kwambiri ndi yachisonkhezero.

Bernardo ankadziwika chifukwa cha iye chikhulupiriro ndi kudzipereka wopanda malire kwa Mulungu.” Monga mmonke wa Cistercian, iye anapatulira moyo wake kwa preghiera, kusinkhasinkha ndi kulambira Mulungu.” Ankadziŵika chifukwa cha moyo wake wosalira zambiri ndi wodzimana zinthu, umene unaonekera m’kusankha kwake maiko a kulapa ndi kusala kudya nthaŵi zonse. Iye sanangodzipereka yekha ku moyo wake wauzimu, komanso kukulitsa ndi kulimbikitsa dongosolo la Cistercian.

Saint Bernard ndi kukumana ndi mdierekezi

Saint Bernard waku Chiaravalle m'moyo wake adachita maulendo ambiri ndipo m'modzi mwa awa, ali paulendo wopita Iwo anali mu mphamvu adapeza kuti akulimbana ndi diavolo amene anathyola gudumu la gareta limene anayendamo. Koma monkeyo anatha kumugwira ndipo atafika kumene ankapitako, anangomugwira kuwotchedwa pamtengo. Ndiye adakanda phulusa mu njerwa yosungidwa mumzinda. Ngakhale lero anthu a Vigevano amakumbukira zomwe zinachitika powotcha a chidole pamaso pa tchalitchi cha woyera mtima.

Nthanoyi idakalipo kwa zaka zambiri, kupyolera mu nkhani za amonke. Tsiku lina m’nyumba ya abbey munafika munthu wina watsopano wagona m'bale, munthu wopanda mwambo wodziwa zonse amene amasokoneza mtendere wa amonke ena. Iye anafesa namsongole ndi mizimu yotentha, kufalitsa miseche ndi mphekesera.

San Bernando m'masiku amenewo anapita ku abbey monga woyang'anira ndikudziwa za chipwirikiti chomwe chinabwera ndi friar watsopanoyo. Nthawi yomweyo adakhala ndi tcheru ndipo adauza aliyense kuti asonkhane m'nyumba yamutu. Ali kumeneko anakalipira, anazindikira kuti watsopanoyo anali zobisika kuseri kwa chipinda ndipo anali ndi mutu wovundukuka ndi mkhalidwe wachilendo. Pamene woyera anamuyandikira iye, iye adabwerera m'mbuyo. Nthawi yomweyo anamvetsa kuti anali mdierekezi ndipo anapanga chizindikiro cha mtanda, kufunafuna thandizo la Dio.

Mdierekezi anayamba kutero wandewu ndipo St. Bernard adamuponya a korona njere zomwe anali nazo m'manja mwake. Pamene mdierekezi amapita kumtsinje, chimangacho chinayamba kukula, mpaka kufika kukula kwa gudumu la mphero. Pafupi ndi mtsinje Kutentha, njereyo inamugonjetsa mdierekezi, kupanga izo kumira nell'acqua.