Daga Connie Burkholder
Menene alaƙar hidimar zama da waɗanda suke mutuwa, da hidimar zama darekta na ruhaniya? Taken wannan tambayar ya samo asali ne daga jigon ja da baya na Cocin ’yan’uwa daga ranar 22-24 ga Mayu a Shepherd’s Spring, sansanin da cibiyar taro na Gundumar Tsakiyar Atlantika. Kimanin darektoci na Cocin ’yan’uwa goma sha biyu ne suka halarci taron.
Mun ji amsoshi da yawa ga tambayar ta wajen gabatar da jawabin shugabar baƙonmu Rose Mary Dougherty, ’yar’uwar Makarantar Notre Dame da ta yi shekaru da yawa tana horar da daraktoci na ruhaniya a Cibiyar Shalem kuma yanzu tana hidimar baƙi. Da yake raba abubuwan sirri daga waɗannan ma'aikatun biyu, Dougherty ya yi magana game da mahimmancin kasancewa cikakke a kowane lokaci tare da mutum. Ta tunatar da mu mu amince da asiri mai tsarki na tsarin da ke gudana a cikin mutumin da muke hidima tare da shi. Da take ambaton Teilhard de Chardin, ta ce, "Fiye da duka, ku yi haƙuri da jinkirin aikin Allah."
Mahalarta ja da baya sun sami damar yin la’akari da “jinkirin aikin Allah” a cikin kanmu ta hanyar la’asar cikin horo na ruhaniya na shiru. Dougherty ta gayyace mu zuwa wani motsa jiki na addu'a na kawar da ayyukan da muke takawa da kuma abin rufe fuska da muke sanyawa don kusantar fallasa kanmu na gaskiya. Ta lura cewa yayin da muke kusantar kanmu na gaskiya kuma muka bar rahamar Allah ta taba mu, muna iya kasancewa tare da wasu ba tare da manufofinmu sun shiga hanyar ji, maraba, da karbar duk abin da mutum ya kawo ba.
Wani zama na maraice a rukuni na ruhaniya ya ba kowannenmu damar ba da labarin addu’armu a ƙaramin rukuni. Na ga wannan ƙwarewa ce mai ƙarfi ta yin magana da mutanen da suke shirye su kasance a gare ni a cikin tafiyata yayin da na ci gaba da fahimtar ja-gorar Allah a rayuwata.
Umurnin Dougherty ya motsa ni sosai don in haye kowane ƙofa tare da buɗewa ga Allah da kuma kwarewar wani. Ƙofar yana iya zama ƙofa ta zahiri, yayin da muke shiga daki don ganin mutum. Yana iya zama lokaci na lokaci, lokacin da muka dakata don yin addu'a kuma muka ware abin da ya faru a baya kuma muka shirya kanmu don kasancewa da kasancewa a wannan lokacin, ga abin da ke gabanmu.
"Ku saurara da kunn zuciyar ku," in ji Dougherty, yana ambaton Dokar St. Benedict. “Kuma ku saurara. Saurara. Ji.” Irin wannan shine kira da aikin darektoci na ruhaniya. Ja da baya ya ba ni damar ni da sauran mu sami wartsakewa da sabuntawa don bin wannan kiran.
–Connie Burkholder ita ce ministar zartaswa ta Cocin of the Brother's Northern Plains District.