Akatambudzwa, akaiswa mutorongo nekushungurudzwa uye parizvino mupristi wechiKaturike
"Zvinoshamisa kuti, mushure menguva yakareba kudaro," vanodaro Baba Raphael Nguyen, "Mwari akandisarudza semupristi kuti ndimushumire iye nevamwe, kunyanya vanotambura."
“Hakuna muranda mukuru kuna tenzi wake. Kana vakanditambudza, vachakutambudzawo ”. (Johani 15:20)
Baba Raphael Nguyen, vane makore makumi matanhatu nemasere, vakashanda semufundisi muDiocese yeOrange, California kubva pakagadzwa muna 68. SaBaba Raphael, vapirisita vazhinji vekuSouth California vakazvarwa uye vakakurira muVietnam uye vakauya kuUnited States sevapoteri akateedzana mafungu mushure mekudonha kweSaigon kuenda kumaCommunist eNorth Vietnam muna 1996.
Madzibaba Raphael vakagadzwa semupirisita naBishop weOrange Norman McFarland pazera remakore makumi mana nemana mushure mekurwa kwenguva refu uye kazhinji kunorwadza. Kufanana nevazhinji vanobva kuVietnam vechiKaturike, akatambura nekuda kwekutenda kwake mumaoko ehurumende yeCommunist yeVietnam, iyo yakarambidza kugadzwa kwake muna 44. Akafadzwa nekugadzwa semupristi uye akazorodzwa kunoshumira munyika yakasununguka.
Panguva ino apo socialism / communism inoonekwa zvakanaka nevazhinji vechidiki vekuAmerican, zvinobatsira kunzwa humbowo hwababa uye nekurangarira kutambura kwaizomirira America kana hurongwa hwechiCommunist hwauya kuUnited States.
Baba Raphael vakaberekerwa kuNorth Vietnam muna 1952. Kwemakore angangoita zana nzvimbo iyi yanga iri pasi pehurumende yeFrance (yainzi "French Indochina"), asi yakasiiwa kumaJapan panguva yeHondo Yenyika II. Pro-Communist nyika dzakakanganisa kuyedza kudzosera masimba eFrance mudunhu iri, uye muna 1954 maCommunist vakatora kutonga kweNorth Vietnam.
Pasi pegumi muzana muzana yerudzi iri Katurike uye, pamwe nevapfumi, maKaturike vakatambudzwa. Baba Raphael vakayeuka, semuenzaniso, kuti vanhu ava vakavigwa sei vapenyu kusvika pamitsipa yavo uye ndokuzogurwa misoro nemidziyo yekurima. Kuti vatize kutambudzwa, wechidiki Raphael nemhuri yake vakatizira kumaodzanyemba.
MuSouth Vietnam vakafarikanya rusununguko, kunyange hazvo akarangarira kuti hondo yakavapo pakati peNorth neSouth “yagara ichitinetsa. Hatina kumbonzwa takachengeteka. Akarangarira kumuka na4 mangwanani pazera ramakore manomwe kunoshumira Misa, tsika iyo yakabetsera kumutsa kudanwa kwake. Muna 7 akapinda mudiki seminari yedhayocese yeLong Xuyen uye muna 1963 seminari hombe yeSaigon.
Paaive seminari, hupenyu hwake hwaigara huri munjodzi, sezvo mabara evavengi aiputika padhuze nepadyo nezuva. Aigara achidzidzisa katekisimo kuvana vadiki uye aiita kuti vanyike pasi pemadhesiki apo kuputika kwakaswedera padhuze. Na1975, mauto eAmerica aive abva kuVietnam uye kurwisa kwekumaodzanyemba kwakakundwa. Mauto ekuchamhembe kweVietnam akatora masimba eSaigon.
"Guta rakoromoka", vakarangarira Baba Raphael.
Vadzidzisi vechikoro vakakurudzira zvidzidzo zvavo uye baba vacho vakamanikidzwa kupedzisa makore matatu ezvidzidzo zvebhaibheri nehunyanzvi mugore rimwe chete. Akatanga zvaifanirwa kuve makore maviri ekudzidzira basa uye, muna 1978, aifanira kugadzwa semupristi.
VaKomonisiti, zvisinei, vakaisa kudzora kwakasimba paChechi uye havana kubvumira Baba Raphael kana vamwe vavakidzidza navo kuti vagadzwe. Iye akati: "Takanga tisina rusununguko rwekunamata muVietnam!"
Muna 1981, baba vake vakasungwa nekuda kwekudzidzisa zvisiri pamutemo vana chitendero uye vakasungwa kwemwedzi gumi nematatu. Munguva iyi, baba vangu vakaendeswa kumusasa wechibharo musango reVietnam. Akamanikidzwa kushanda maawa marefu aine chikafu chidiki uye akarohwa zvakaomarara kana akasapedza basa raakapihwa kwezuva, kana nekutyora kudiki kwemitemo.
"Dzimwe nguva ndaishanda ndakamira mumachakwi nemvura ichisvika pachipfuva, uye miti gobvu yaidzivirira zuva kumusoro," vanoyeuka Madzibaba Raphael. Nyoka dzemvura dzine chepfu, leeches uye nguruve dzemusango dzaive njodzi kwaari uye kune vamwe vasungwa.
Varume vairara pauriri hwezvitumba zvakashata, zvakazara zvakanyanya. Matenga akapararira aipa dziviriro shoma kubva kunaya. Baba Raphael vakarangarira kubatwa noutsinye kwevarindi vetirongo ("vakaita semhuka"), uye zvinosuruvarisa kurangarira kuti kumwe kwekurohwa kwavo kweutsinye kwakatora sei hupenyu hweshamwari yake yepedyo.
Paive nevapristi vaviri vaipemberera misa nekuteerera muchivande kureurura. Madzibaba Raphael vakabatsira kuendesa Chidyo Chitsvene kuvasungwa vechiKatorike nekuviga varidzi muhomwe yefodya.
Baba Raphael vakasunungurwa uye muna 1986 vakafunga kutiza kubva mu "jeri hombe" raive rave nyika yekuVietnamese. Neshamwari akachengetedza igwa diki ndokunanga kuThailand, asi negungwa rakaomarara injini yakundikana. Kuti vatize kunyura, vakadzokera kumahombekombe eVietnam, ndokuzotorwa nemapurisa eKomonisiti. Baba Raphael vakasungwa zvakare, panguva ino mutirongo huru yeguta kwemwedzi gumi nemana.
Panguva ino varindi vakapa baba vangu kushungurudzwa kutsva: kuvhunduka kwemagetsi. Magetsi akatumira marwadzo anorwadza kuburikidza nemuviri wake uye akaita kuti apfuure. Paanomuka, aigona kuramba ari munzvimbo yekudyara kwemaminetsi mashoma, asingazive kuti aive ani kana kuti aive kupi.
Zvisinei nekutambudzika kwake, Madzibaba Raphael vanotsanangura nguva yakashandiswa mutirongo se "yakakosha kwazvo".
"Ndainamata nguva dzese uye nekukudziridza hukama hwepedyo naMwari. Izvi zvakandibatsira kusarudza nezvedanho rangu."
Kutambura kwevasungwa kwakamutsa tsitsi mumoyo wababa Raphael, avo vakasarudza rimwe zuva kudzokera kuseminari.
Muna 1987, kubva mutirongo, akachengetedza zvakare chikepe kuti atizire kurusununguko. Yakanga yakareba mamita makumi matatu uye yakafara mamita mapfumbamwe uye yaizomutakura iye nevamwe vanhu makumi matatu nevatatu, kusanganisira vana.
Vakabuda mumakungwa asina kugadzikana vakananga kuThailand. Vari munzira, vakasangana nenjodzi nyowani: Thai vapambi. Mapurisa vaive vane hutsinye mukana, vachiba zvikepe zvevapoteri, dzimwe nguva vachiuraya varume nekubata vakadzi chibharo. Pakangosvika chikepe chevapoteri pamhenderekedzo yeThai, vagari vayo vaizowana dziviriro kubva kumapurisa eThai, asi pagungwa vaive munyasha dzevapambi.
Kaviri Baba Raphael nevamwe vake vapoteri vakasangana nevapambi mushure merima uye vakakwanisa kudzima mwenje wechikepe ndokupfuura nepavari. Kusangana kwechitatu uye kwekupedzisira kwakaitika pazuva iro chikepe chaive pamberi pekuona nyika yeThai. Navapambi vachisvetukira pamusoro pavo, Baba Raphael, vari mubatsiri, vakashandura chikepe ndokudzokera kugungwa. Nevapambi vachitevera, akakwira chikepe mudenderedzwa angangoita mayadhi zana kuyambuka katatu. Iri zano rakadzora varwisi uye chikepe chidiki chakabudirira kuburitsa chakananga kumaodzanyemba.
Zvakachengeteka pamhenderekedzo, boka rake rakaendeswa kumusasa wevapoteri veThai muPanatnikhom, padhuze neBangkok. Akagara ikoko kweanoda kusvika makore maviri. Vapoteri vakanyorera hupoteri munyika dzinoverengeka uye vakamirira mhinduro. Zvichakadaro, vaivemo vaive nezvikafu zvishoma, pekugara pakamanikana uye vairambidzwa kubuda mumusasa.
"Mamiriro ezvinhu aityisa," akadaro. “Kushungurudzika nenhamo zvanyanya zvekuti vamwe vanhu vapererwa. Paive nezviuru gumi zvekuzviuraya panguva yangu ipapo ".
Baba Raphael vakaita zvavaigona, kuronga misangano yeminamato yenguva dzose uye kukumbira chikafu kune vanonyanya kuda. Muna 1989 akaendeswa kumusasa wevapoteri muPhilippines, uko mamiriro ezvinhu akavandudzika.
Mwedzi mitanhatu gare gare, akauya kuUnited States. Akatanga kugara muSanta Ana, California, uye akadzidza sainzi yemakomputa kukoreji yemunharaunda. Akaenda kumupristi wechiVietnam kunotsvaga zvekunamata. Akaona: "Ndakanamata zvikuru kuti ndizive nzira yekufamba nayo".
Aine chivimbo chekuti Mwari vaimudaidza kuti ave mupirisita, akasangana nemutungamiri wedioocese wekudaidzwa, Msgr. Daniel Murray. Msgr.Murray vakataura kuti: “Ndakafadzwa naye uye nekutsungirira kwake mukudaidzira kwake. Akatarisana nematambudziko aakatsungirira; vamwe vazhinji vangadai vakazvipira “.
Mgr Murray akataura zvakare kuti vamwe vafundisi veVietnamese uye vafundisi mu diocese vakatambura njodzi yakafanana neya Baba Raphael kuhurumende yeCommunist yeVietnam. Mumwe wevafundisi veOrange, semuenzaniso, anga ari muzvinafundo wababa Raphael seminari muVietnam.
Baba Raphael vakapinda Seminari yeSt. John kuCamarillo muna 1991. Kunyangwe vaiziva chiLatin, chiGreek nechiFrench, chiRungu chaimunetsa kuti adzidze. Muna 1996 akagadzwa semupristi. Akarangarira: "Ini ndaive kwazvo, ndichifara kwazvo".
Baba vangu vanofarira imba yavo nyowani muUS, kunyangwe zvakatora nguva kuti vajairane netsika yekuvhunduka. America inofarira hupfumi hwakawanda uye rusununguko kupfuura Vietnam, asi haina tsika dzechiVietnamese dzinoratidza kuremekedza vakuru nevapristi. Anoti vakuru veVietnam vanoenda kune dzimwe nyika vanonetswa nehunhu hweAmerica uye mercantilism nemhedzisiro yazvo pavana vavo.
Iye anofunga chimiro chakasimba chemhuri yeVietnamese uye kuremekedza hupirisita nechiremera zvakatungamira kune yakaenzana nhamba yevapristi veVietnamese. Uye, achitora chirevo chekare "ropa revakafira kutenda, mbeu yevaKristu", anofunga kuti kutambudzwa kwechiKomonisiti muVietnam, semamiriro ezvinhu eChechi muPoland pasi pechiCommunism, kwakatungamira mukutenda kwakasimba pakati peVietnamese veKaturike.
Aifara kushanda semupristi. Vakati, "Zvinoshamisa kuti, mushure menguva yakareba kudaro, Mwari akandisarudza kuti ndive mupirisita kuti ndimushumire iye nevamwe, kunyanya vanotambura."