APRIL 24 SAN BENEDETTO MENNI

Benedetto Menni, akazvarwa Angelo Ercole ndiye akadzoreredza chipatara cheSan Giovanni di Dio (Fatebenefratelli) kuSpain, pamwe chete nemuvambi muna 1881 wechipatara cheSista veMweya Mutsvene, kunyanya yakatsaurirwa rubatsiro rwevarwere vepfungwa. Akazvarwa muna 1841, akasiya chinzvimbo chake mubhangi kuti azvipire iye, semubati wekutambanudza, kune vakakuvadzwa muHondo yeMagenta. Akapinda pakati peFatebenefratelli, akatumirwa kuSpain aine makore makumi maviri nematanhatu nebasa risingafungidzike rekumutsidzira iyo Order, iyo yakadzvanywa. Akabudirira nematambudziko chiuru - kusanganisira kutongwa kwekushungurudzwa kwemukadzi anorwara nepfungwa, kwakaguma nekushorwa kwevanozvidza - uye mumakore gumi nemapfumbamwe sedunhu akatanga mabasa gumi nemashanu. Pakushushikana kwake mhuri yechitendero yakaberekwazve muPortugal neMexico. Aive mushanyi wechipostori kuOrder uyezve mukuru wevakuru. Akafira muDinan muFrance muna26, asi akazorora muCiempozuelos, kuSpain kwake. Akave ari mutsvene kubva 19. (Avvenire)

NAMATA

Mwari, nyaradzai uye mutsigire vanyoro,

mukaita San Benedetto Menni, mupristi,

kwazisa Vhangeri rako retsitsi,

nedzidziso nemabasa.

Tipei isu, kuburikidza nekureverera kwake,

Nyasha dzatinokukumbira ikozvino,

kutevera mienzaniso yake uye kukuda kupfuura zvimwe zvese,

kusundirwa kuti ndikushumire muhama dzangu

vanorwara nevanoshaya.

Kuna Kristu Tenzi wedu. Ameni.