Baba vanozova mupristi seMwanakomana wavo
Edmond Ilg, makumi matanhatu nemaviri, anga ari baba kubvira kuberekwa kwemwanakomana wavo muna 62.
Asi muna Chikumi 21 akazove "baba" mupfungwa nyowani: Edmond akagadzwa kuve mupirisita weArchdiocese yeNewark.
Raive zuva rababa. Uye kuita kuti zuva riwedzere kukosheswa, aive mwanakomana waEdmond - Fr. Philip - uyo akapa baba vake kugadzwa.
"Kuva naPhilip chipo chinoshamisa, uye kunamatira ini nekuisa mari kwandiri ndicho chipo chikuru," akadaro Edmond. Mwanakomana wavo akagadzwa mu2016 kune archdiocese yeWashington, DC, ndokuenda kuNewark kwezuva iri.
Edmond haana kumbofunga kuti achazova mupristi. Aive nemukadzi, degree mune chemainjiniering uye rakabudirira basa. Asi mushure mekunge mudzimai wake afa nekenza muna 2011, akatanga kufunga nezvekutsva basa.
Mukumuka kwemukadzi wake, shamwari yemhuri iyi yakashamisika zvinonzwika kuti "Zvichida Ed achave mupirisita," p. Edmond akaudza CNA. Zuva iro, raiita kunge zano rekupenga, asi Fr. Edmond parizvino anodana musangano uyu "chiporofita chakanyanyisa" uye akati kucherechedza kwacho kwakamupa zano.
Edmond haana kukura ari muKaturike. Iye akabhapatidzwa muLutheran uye akaudza CNA kuti akaenda kumashumiro echechi "dzinenge hafu yegumi nembiri" kusvika zera ramakumi maviri. Akasangana nemukadzi wake mubhawa uye vakatanga hukama hurefu-kure.
Sezvo pavaibuda pamwe chete, akazove muKatorike uye akapinda misa nemukadzi wake wemangwana Costanza: munhu wese akamudaidza kuti Connie. Vakaroora muna 1982.
Mushure mekufa kwaConnie, Edmond, uyo pamwe nemhuri yake anotora chikamu muNeocatechumenal Way, akasiya basa rake ndokutanga iyo inonzi "yekufambisa", nguva yebasa reumishinari rinofamba rakarongwa neNeocatechumenate. Edmond akaudza CNA kuti, pakutanga pakutanga, "hupirisita hwaisambove mupfungwa dzangu."
Munguva yake semumishinari, Edmond akanzi anobatsira mune imwe parishi yeNew Jersey uye akashandawo muhushumiri hwejeri. Paaigara semumishinari, akatanga kunzwa kukwezva kwehupirisita.
Mushure mekubatsira kutungamira rwendo kuenda kuWorld Youth Day 2013 muRio de Janeiro, kwaakanamata nekuenderera mberi nekuziva kushevedzera kwake, Edmond akafonera katekisiti wake, achimuudza kuti: "Ndinofunga ndine kushevedzwa [kuhupirisita]" .
Akaendeswa kuseminari yakabatana neNeocatechumenal Way muArchdiocese yeAgaña, Guam, uye akazopedzisira aendeswa kuRedemptoris Mater Seminary muArchdiocese yeNewark kunopedzisa zvidzidzo zvake.
Firipi akaudza CNA kuti mushure mekufa kwamai vake, dzimwe nguva vaizvibvunza kana baba vachangobva kuva chirikadzi vava mupristi.
"Handizive kana ndakambotaura izvozvo - nekuti ndaida kumirira kusvikira zvanyatsoitika - asi pfungwa yekutanga iyo yakayambuka pfungwa dzangu mukamuri imomo pakafa Amai ndeyekuti 'baba vangu vaizove mupristi, ”akadaro Firipi.
"Ini handikwanise kutsanangura kwayakabva."
Firipi akati aiziva baba vake "vaisakwanisa kungogara pasi voita mari" uye kuti "ndaiziva kuti aive nebasa."
Firipi haana kumbotaura chero naani nezvepfungwa dzake, akadaro, pane kusarudza kuisa tariro yake muna Mwari.
"Handina kana kumbotaura kana chinhu chimwe pamusoro pekufunga ikoko." Nekuti kana ichibva kuna She, yaizobereka michero, ”akadaro Firipi.
Mukati megore rake rekuchinja-chinja, Edmond akagoverwa kunoshanda mukereke imwechete yaakange apedza nguva semumishinari. Mugove wake wekutanga wechinguvana, uyo unotanga musi waChikunguru 1, achange arimowo muparadhiso.
"Ndakasvika [kuparishi] ndisina hurongwa hwehupirisita, uye kadhinaina nevamwe vanhu havana kuziva kuti vaizondigadza kupi, asi ndipo pavakazopedzisira vandituma - kunzvimbo yakatanga kudaidzwa kwangu", akaudza CNA.
Nekuda kwedenda razvino re COVID-19, Fr. Edmond haazozive nezve chinzvimbo chake zvachose kusvika mukupedzisira kwezhizha. Kazhinji, kugadzwa kwevapristi muArchdiocese yeNewark kunotanga muna Chikunguru 1, asi izvi zvichanonoka gore rino kusvika munaGunyana 1.
Ivo baba nemwanakomana, vapristi, vakaudza CNA kuti vaitenda zvikuru nharaunda yeNeocatechumenal Way, iyo yakatsanangurwa naPhilip se "chishandiso chakashandiswa naMwari kuponesa mhuri yangu".
Ilg yakaunzwa kuchirongwa chekuvandudza pamweya kwemweya panguva yeKutambudzika muwanano yavo, vachangobva kufirwa nemwanakomana mucheche panguva yekuzvara.
Kudanwa kwababa nemwanakomana "hakuna kuitika mune imwe nharaunda yakasarudzika," akatsanangura Philip. "Zvakaitika nekuti paive nenzanga yaikurudzira kutenda uye ichibvumira kutenda kukura".
"Kwemakore, ndakaona zvechokwadi kutendeka kwaMwari kuburikidza neNeocatechumenal Way," akadaro Philip. Pasina rutsigiro renharaunda, Philip akaudza CNA kuti isafunge kuti iye kana baba vake havazove vapirisita.
"Dai kwaive kusiri kwenzanga yekutenda, iyo yakatikudziridza mukutenda uye ikaumba muviri waikwanisa kutitungamira," akadaro, vangadai vasina kuve nezuva rakashamisa raBaba.