Kufungisisa nhasi: Kudanwa kwaSanta Anthony
Mushure mekufa kwevabereki vake, akasara ega nehanzvadzi yake ichiri diki kwazvo, Antonio, aine makore gumi nemasere kana makumi maviri, akatarisira imba nehanzvadzi yake. Mwedzi mitanhatu yakanga isati yapfuura kubva parufu rwevabereki vake, apo rimwe zuva, paaienda, setsika yake, kumhemberero yeYukaristia, aifunga nezvechikonzero chakange chaita kuti vaapositori vatevere Muponesi, mushure mekusiya zvese. Yakarangarira varume vaye, vanotaurwa muna Mabasa avaApostora, avo, vakatengesa zvinhu zvavo, vakaunza zvavakawana kumakumbo evaapositori, kuti zvipiwe kuvarombo. Akafungawo kuti zvinhu zvavaitarisira kuwana kudenga uye zvingani.
Achifungisisa pamusoro pezvinhu izvi akapinda mukereke, paakanga achiverenga Evhangeri uye akanzwa kuti Ishe vakanga vataura kumurume uya mupfumi: "Kana uchida kuva wakakwana, enda, utengese zvaunazvo, upe varombo, uye huya unditevere uye uchava pfuma kudenga "(Mt 19,21: XNUMX).
Ipapo Antonio, sekunge sekunge nyaya yehupenyu hwevatsvene yakanga yaunzwa kwaari naProvidence uye iwo mazwi akaverengerwa iye chete, akabva abva muchechi, akapa vagari vemusha sechipo chipo chaakange agara nhaka kubva kumhuri yake - aive zvake mazana matatu eminda yakaorera kwazvo uye inofadza - kuti varege kuzvinetsa ivo nehanzvadzi yavo. Akatengesawo zvivakwa zvese zvaifambiswa ndokugovera mari zhinji kuvarombo. Achitora zvakare musangano rezvitendero, akanzwa mazwi anotaurwa naIshe muEvhangeri: "Usazvidya moyo nezveramangwana" (Mt 6,34: XNUMX). Asingakwanise kubata zvakare, akabudazve ndokupa zvaaive asara nazvo. Akaisa hanzvadzi yake kumhandara dzakatsaurirwa kuna Mwari uye ipapo iye pachake akazvitsaurira padyo nepamba pake kuhupenyu hwekuzvinyima, ndokutanga kurarama hupenyu hwakaomarara nekushinga, asingabvumire chinhu kwaari.
Akashanda nemaoko ake, pachokwadi akange anzwa vanhu vachiziviswa: "Ani nani asingadi kushanda, haatombodya" (2 Thes. 3,10:XNUMX). Neimwe chikamu chemari yaaitenga akazvitengera chingwa, nepo imwe yasara aipa varombo.
Akatora nguva yakawanda achinamata, sezvo akange adzidza kuti zvainge zvakakodzera kuti abve pakunamata achienderera mberi (cf. 1 Thes. 5,17:XNUMX). Aive akanyatsoteerera pakuverenga zvekuti hapana kana chimwe chezvakanyorwa chakamutiza, asi akachengeta zvese mumweya wake kusvika pakufunga kuti ndangariro dzakaguma dzichitsiva mabhuku. Vagari vese venyika uye nevarume vakarurama, avo vakanakira runako rwake, vachiona murume akadaro akamudaidza seshamwari yaMwari uye vamwe vaimuda semwanakomana, vamwe sehama.