San Lorenzo Ruiz nevamwe, Mutsvene wezuva remusi wa22 Gunyana
(1600-29 kana 30 Gunyana 1637)
San Lorenzo Ruiz uye nyaya yeshamwari dzake
Lorenzo akaberekerwa muManila kuna baba veChinese uye amai vePhilippines, vese maKristu. Nekudaro akadzidza Chinese neTagalog kubva kwavari, uye Spanish kubva kumaDominican, aishanda semukomana wepaaritari uye sacristan. Akave nyanzvi calligrapher, achinyora zvinyorwa muzvakanaka zvekunyora. Aive akazara nhengo yeConfraternity of the Holy Rosary pasi peDominican auspices. Akaroora uye akaita vanakomana vaviri nemwanasikana.
Hupenyu hwaLorenzo hwakangoerekana hwachinja paakapihwa mhosva yekuponda. Hapana chimwezve chinozivikanwa, kunze kwekuziviswa kwevaDominican vaviri maererano nazvo "akatsvagwa nezviremera nekuda kwekuponda kwaakange ariko kana kunzi kwaari".
Panguva iyoyo, vapristi vatatu vemuDominican, Antonio Gonzalez, Guillermo Courtet naMiguel de Aozaraza, vaive voda kuenda nechikepe kuJapan kunyangwe vakatambudzwa zvine chisimba. Vaiva navo mupristi wechiJapan, Vicente Shiwozuka de la Cruz, uye munhuwo zvake anonzi Lazaro, aiva nemaperembudzi. Lorenzo, atora hutiziro navo, akatenderwa kuenda navo. Asi chete pavaive pagungwa ndipo paakazoziva kuti vaienda kuJapan.
Vakasvika kuOkinawa. Lorenzo aigona kunge akaenda kuFormosa, asi, akati, "Ndafunga kugara naMadzibaba, nekuti maSpanish vangadai vakandisungirira ipapo". MuJapan vakakurumidza kuwanikwa, vakasungwa ndokuendeswa kuNagasaki. Nzvimbo yekuteurwa kweropa kwakawanda pakadonhedzwa bhomba reatomiki yakanga yatove nenjodzi. MaKatorike zviuru makumi mashanu vaimbogara imomo vanga vakashaika kana kuuraiwa nekutambudzwa.
Ivo vakaitirwa kurudzi rwusingataurike kutambudzwa: mushure mekunge huwandu hwakawanda hwemvura hwakasundirwa pasi pahuro, vakaitwa kuti vavate pasi. Iwo mabhodhi marefu akaiswa padumbu uye magadhi akabva atsikwa pamipendero yemabhodhi, achimanikidza mvura kuti itubuke zvine chisimba kubva pamuromo, mumhino nenzeve.
Mukuru, Fr. Gonzalez akafa mushure memazuva mashoma. Ose ari maviri p. Shiwozuka naRazaro vakaputsa pasi pekutambudzwa, izvo zvaisanganisira kuisa tsono dzemishenjere pasi pezvipikiri. Asi vese vakadzoserwa kushinga nevamwe vavo.
Munguva yaLorenzo yedambudziko, akabvunza muturikiri kuti: "Ndinoda kuziva kana, nekutsauka pakutenda, vachachengetedza hupenyu hwangu". Muturikiri haana kuzvipira, asi mumaawa anotevera Lorenzo akanzwa kutenda kwake kuchikura. Akave akashinga, akatoshinga, nekubvunzurudzwa kwake.
Vashanu vakaurayiwa nekurembera vakatarisa pasi mumakomba. Mabhodhi ane maburi ane masenderedzwa akaiswa pamusoro pechiuno uye matombo akaiswa pamusoro kuti awedzere kumanikidza. Vakanga vakabatana zvakanyanya, kunonoka kutenderera uye kudzivirira kufa nekukurumidza. Vakatenderwa kuturika kwemazuva matatu. Panguva iyoyo Lorenzo naRazaro vaive vafa. Vachiri vapenyu, vapristi vatatu vakazogurwa musoro.
Muna 1987, Pope John Paul II akagadza ava vatanhatu uye vamwe gumi: maAsia neEuropean, varume nevakadzi, vakaparadzira kutenda muPhilippines, Formosa neJapan. Lorenzo Ruiz ndiye wekutanga akafirwa kutenda kuPhilippines. Mutambo weLiturgical weSan Lorenzo Ruiz naCompagni uri musi wa10 Gunyana.
Kufungisisa
Isu maKristu enguva dzazvino, isu taizodzivisa sei mamiriro akatarisana nevafira kutenda? Isu tinonzwira tsitsi vaviri avo vakaramba kwenguva pfupi kutenda. Isu tinonzwisisa nguva inotyisa yaLorenzo yekuyedzwa. Asi isu tinoonawo hushingi - husingatsanangurike mukutaura kwevanhu - hwakabuda mudura ravo rekutenda. Kufira mukutendeka, sehupenyu hwakajairika, chishamiso chenyasha.