Hupenyu hweVatsvene: Sant'Agata
Sant'Agata, Mhandara, kufira, c. Zana ramakore rechitatu
Kukadzi 5 - Chirangaridzo (Zvichida Chirangaridzo kana iri zuva reLent vhiki)
Ruvara rwe Liturative: Tsvuku (yepepuru kana zuva revhiki reLenten)
Patron weSicily, kenza yemazamu, chibharo uye mabhero abatwa chibharo
Pavarume vese vakakwezvwa naye, aingoda iye chete
Pope St. Gregory Mukuru akatonga saPontiff Mukuru weChechi kubva 590 kusvika 604. Mhuri yake yaida Sicily uye yaive nepfuma ipapo, saka mudiki Gregory aiziva vasande netsika dzeichi chitsuwa chakanaka. Paakave papa, St. Gregory akaisa mazita evamwe vakafira kutenda vaSicilian, Agata naLucia, mukati memwoyo weMisa, Roman Canon. St. Gregory akatoisa maSicilians maviri aya pamberi peguta revakadzi vaviri vakafira kutenda, Agnes naCecilia, avo vaive chikamu cheCanon Canon kwemazana mazhinji emakore apfuura. Chaive ichi chisarudzo chapapa chakachengetedza ndangariro yeSant'Agata zvinobudirira kupfuura chero chinhu chipi zvacho. Dzidziso iyi inochengetedza uye inochengetedza ndangariro dzekare dzeChechi. Saka pamiromo yezviuru zvevapristi mazuva ese pane mazita evamwe vakadzi vanoremekedzwa vakafira kutenda veChechi:
Hazvisi zvakawanda zvinozivikanwa nezve hupenyu uye kufa kwaSatata Agatha, asi tsika refu inopa izvo zvisipo magwaro ekutanga. Papa Damasus, akatonga kubva muna 366 kusvika muna 384, anogona kunge akanyora nhetembo yekumuremekedza, zvichiratidza kuwanda kwaiita mukurumbira wake panguva iyoyo. Sant'Agata aibva kumhuri yakapfuma muSicily munguva dzevaRoma, pamwe muzana ramakore rechitatu. Mushure mekutsaurira hupenyu hwake kuna Kristu, runako rwake rwakakwezva varume vane simba kwaari kunge magineti. Asi akaramba vese vapomeri vakamiririra Ishe. Zvichida panguva yekutambudzwa kwaEmperor Decius makore mazana maviri nemakumi maviri, akasungwa, akabvunzurudzwa, akatambudzwa nekuuraiwa ndokuramba kuramba kutenda kwake kana kuzvipira kuvarume vane simba vaimuda. Imwe imba yekare inorondedzera kuti: "Mhandara yechokwadi, yaipfeka kupenya kwehana yakachena uye yakatsvuka yeropa regwayana kuzora kwayo".
Ichowo tsika inogara iripo yekuti kushungurudzwa kwake kwaisanganisira kuchekacheka pabonde. Nepo Saint Lucia achipenya muhunyanzvi nemeso ake ari mundiro, Saint Agatha anowanzo kuratidzwa akabata ndiro iyo mazamu ake ega anozorora, sezvavakatemwa nevatambudzi vake vechihedheni asati aurayiwa. Ichi chifananidzo chakasarudzika, chaicho, chakavezwa mumadziro pamusoro pemusuwo wekereke yezana ramakore rechitanhatu reSant'Agata muRome, kereke yakatsaurirwa naPapa St. Gregory iye kare kare.
Varume vanoita zvakanyanya zvechisimba mumuviri. Uye kana vabatwa kwavo vari vakadzi, mhirizhonga inogona kuva yakanyanya kunyanya nekuti vanyajambwa vavo havana chavanogona kuita. Nyaya dzevatendi vekufira vekutanga veChechi vanotaura nyaya dzekutambudzwa zvakanyanya nevatapi vechiRoma. Asi nyaya dzevakadzi vanofira kutenda dzinowanzoreva kune chimwe chinhu zvakare: kunyadziswa pabonde. Hapana murume anofira kutenda anozivikanwa kuti akatambura kutsamwa kwakadai. St. Agatha nevamwe vanga vasina kungoomera mumuviri kutsungirira kurwadziwa kwavakanzwa, asi zvakare nepfungwa nemweya zvine simba zvekutsungirira kufa, kunyadziswa uye kudzikisirwa kuruzhinji kunyanya kwavari sevakadzi. Ndivo vaive vakasimba. Vakanga vari varume vavapamba vaitaridza kupera simba.
Kwakave kukwidziridzwa kwechiKristu chevakadzi, vana, varanda, vasungwa, vakwegura, vanorwara, vatorwa nevakaremerwa izvo zvishoma nezvishoma zvakaita kuti mbiriso hombe yeChechi ikwire munyika yeMediterranean. Chechi haina kugadzira kirasi yevakabiridzirwa iyo yainyunyuta nezvekirasi ine rombo rakanaka. Chechi yaiparidza chiremerera chevanhu. Chechi haina kana kumboparidza kuenzana kwevanhu kana kudzidzisa kuti hurumende dzinofanirwa kudzika mitemo yekudzivirira vasina kudzivirira. Zvese ndezvemazuvano. Chechi yaitaura nemutauro wedzidziso uye yaidzidzisa kuti murume wese, mukadzi nemwana vakagadzirwa nemufananidzo naMwari vakafanirwa kuremekedzwa. Yakadzidzisa kuti Jesu Kristu akafira munhu wese pamuchinjikwa. Chechi yakapa, uye yakapa, mhinduro dzese kumibvunzo yese, uye mhinduro idzodzo dzaive uye dzinogutsa.Mutambo weSant'Agata uchiri kupembererwa zvakanyanya musi waFebruary 5 kuCatania, Sicily. Mazana ezviuru evakatendeka vanofamba mumigwagwa mukuremekedza musande wechitsuwa. Tsika dzekare dzinoenderera.
Sant'Agata, iwe waive mhandara yakaroorwa naKristu pachake, mwenga waIshe uyo akachengeterwa Iye chete. Mhiko yako yekuda Mwari pamusoro pezvose yakakuomesa kutsungirira muedzo, kutambudzwa uye kudzikisirwa. Kuti isu tigone kutsiga senge iwe kana chero rudzi rwekutambudzwa, kunyangwe riri diki, richititsvaga.