Kurwa nkhondo ya Chipurikano

98 • Kurwa nkhondo yiweme ya Chipurikano

Chikhristu mbumoyo wene uwo Chiuta wari kuwunozga, wapacharu chose chapasi; chikhristu chikumanya kujitolera kabiro kamdauko wa banthu uko chasangika. Tikuwona kwandana kwa chikhristu mu charu chose chapasi nga ndi umo chikachitira mubuku la Mlimo wa Bapostole. Dazi la pentekoste, apo uthenga uweme ukapharazgika mu malurimi ghakupambana-pambana gha mucharu chapasi. Ichi ntchididimizgo chapakweru nkhanira kuti uthenga wachiponosko ngwakukakika chara na midauko panji muchiyowoyero chabanthu. Tikuwona wene na wene wake apo ukapika muchiyowoyero na midauko ya ba Griki na Bayuda mu miwiro yakwamba. Ntchemo ya Mpingo yikaba yakuti uthenga wachiponosko upharazgike kose-kose, kumdauko wuri wose na kabiro kabanthu wose. Mwantheura, chikhristu, usange ndingatondeka kumusopa Chiuta mukabiro na mumdauko wane, ndikuti nkhukoreska na kukhorwa chara chisopo ichi chifukwa nkhuchitira muchirendo.

~ Carl F. Ellis, Jr. Beyond Liberation : The Gospel in the Black American Experience Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1983, p. 137.

Francis wa kucharu cha Assisi (1181 – 1226) wakaba munthu waku charu cha Itali, murongozgi wa Mpingo na mupharazgi. Wakarongozga wupu wa banthu na kusambizga kuzirwa kwakukhara umoyo wakusuzgika na wawukavu chifukwa cha Yesu Khristu na kovwira banthu kuti basange chiponosko. Wupu uwu ukachemeka Franciscan Order. Wakavwira kunozga mawupu ghanyake pa umoyo wake wose. Njumoza wa banthu bakupika

Lurombo

ntchindi chomene mu mbiri ya chikhristu. Lurombo lwa kujipereka, Francis of Assisi

Mwe aFumu, mundipange ine kuba chiyabiro cha mtende. Apo pari thinkho, ndibikepo chitemwa, Apo pari kukhubara, chigowokero Apo pari kudonda, chipurikano, Apo nkhumbi zawa, chigomezgo, Apo pari chisi, ungweru, Apo pari urwirwi, kusangwa. O Fumu ya Yamuyirayira, Mundipe mtima wambura kukhumba chomene kupembuzgika kuruska ine kuba mupembuzgi, Kukhumba kupurikiskika chara kwene kupurikiska, Kupenja kutemweka chara kwene kutemwa;