Saint Bernard weClairvaux, Mutsvene wezuva raAugust 20
(1090 - Nyamavhuvhu 20, 1153)
Nhoroondo yeSan Bernardo di Chiaravalle
Munhu wezana ramakore! Mukadzi wezana remakore! Iwe unoona aya mazwi achishandiswa kune vazhinji nhasi - "golfer wezana", "munyori wezana", "tackle yezana ramakore" - zvekuti mutsetse hauchisina chekuita. Asi "murume wezana regumi nemaviri" wezvekumadokero kweEurope, pasina kukahadzika kana kupokana, aifanirwa kuve Bernard weClairvaux. Mupi wezano kuna vanapapa, muparidzi wehondo yechipiri, mudziviriri wekutenda, murapi wekuparadzanisa, anovandudza hurongwa hwemamongi, nyanzvi yeMagwaro, mudzidzi wezvechitendero uye muparidzi anogona: rimwe nerimwe remazita aya raizosiyanisa munhuwo zvake. Asi Bernard aive zvese izvi, uye akaramba aine chishuwo chinopisa chekudzokera kuhupenyu hwakavanzika hwemoniki hwemazuva ake ehudiki.
Mugore re1111, pazera ramakore makumi maviri, Bernard akasiya imba yake kunopinda munharaunda yemamongi yeCiteaux. Vakoma vake vashanu, babamukuru vaviri uye vangangoita makumi matatu shamwari diki vakamutevera mumonasta. Mukati memakore mana, nzanga inofa yakanga yawana hutano hwakaringana hwekuvaka imba nyowani muWormwoods Valley iri padyo, naBernard sababot. Jaya rinoshingaira raida zvakanyanya, kunyange zvakanyanya pamusoro pake kupfuura vamwe. Kuderera kushoma kwehutano kwakamudzidzisa kuti ave anoshivirira uye anonzwisisa. Mupata wakakurumidza kunzi Clairvaux, mupata wechiedza.
Kugona kwake semunyori uye chipangamazano kwakave kuzivikanwa zvakanyanya. Kuwedzera, akakweverwa kure kubva kumamongi kuti agadzirise nharo dzakamira-refu. Pane dzakawanda dzezviitiko izvi, sezviri pachena iye aipinda mune imwe minwe inonzwisa tsitsi muRoma. Bernard aive akazvipira zvakakwana kune yekutanga kwechigaro chechiRoma. Asi kune tsamba yekunyevera kubva kuRome, akapindura kuti madzibaba akanaka eRoma aive nezvakaringana kuti achengete Chechi yose yakazara. Kana paine nyaya dzakamuka dzinorumbidza kufarira kwavo, ndiye anenge ave wekutanga kuvazivisa.
Nguva pfupi yapfuura aive Bernard akapindira mukukanganisa kwakazara uye akaisimbisa achifarira papa wechiRoma achipokana naantipope.
Holy See yakaita kuti Bernard aparidze Hondo Yechipiri muEurope yose. Kutaura kwake kwaityisa zvekuti mauto makuru akaungana uye kubudirira kwehondo iyi kwaiita sekusimbiswa. Zvinangwa zvevarume nevatungamiriri vavo, zvisinei, zvaive zvisiri zveAbbot Bernard, uye chirongwa ichi chakazoguma nehondo yakazara yetsika nehunhu.
Bernard akanzwa neimwe mhaka nekuda kwekuora mwoyo kwemhedzisiro yenyonganiso. Uyu mutoro unorema zvimwe wakamhanyisa kufa kwake musi waGunyana 20, 1153.
Kufungisisa
Hupenyu hwaBernard muChechi hwaive hwakawandisa kupfuura isu hwatingafungidzira nhasi. Kuedza kwake kwakaunza miganho inosvika kure. Asi aiziva kuti zvaisabatsira zvishoma pasina maawa akawanda ekunyengetera nekufungisisa zvakamuunzira simba rekudenga uye nhungamiro. Hupenyu hwake hwairatidzwa nekuzvipira kwakadzama kuna Madonna. Mharidzo dzake nemabhuku ari panaMary zvichiri izvo zveMarian theology.