Da Frank Ramirez
Ku taru a cikin sirrin wannan sa'a.
Ku taru a cikin jiki ɗaya mai ƙarfi.
Tara a nan cikin ƙarfi da ƙarfi.
Ruhu, matso kusa.
Ya zama abin yabo na kafofin watsa labarun - bayan kowane harbi na jama'a, harin kunar bakin wake, ko wani bala'i mai ban tsoro, tutoci suna zuwa rabin mast kuma mutane suna rubuta, da gaske, tare da hannu masu addu'a emoji, "tunani da addu'o'i."
Daren litinin a taron tsofaffin manya na kasa a tafkin Junaluska, tare da kowa da kowa ya yi farin ciki da saƙon Dawn Ottoni-Wilhelm a buɗe ibada, kuma ya gaji daga tafiya kwana ɗaya ko biyu zuwa North Carolina, kusan mutane 80 sun halarci taron "Vigil for Holy Hospitality". Dave da Kim Witkovsky, limamin NOAC.
Akwai tunani. Anyi sallah. Amma akwai kuma alƙawarin yin aiki cikin tausayi.
Wataƙila akwai kuma wasu alamomin da ba da gangan ba. Hasken wuta ya haskaka a cikin duhu a cikin tantin kusa da bakin ruwa, kuma da alama ba a sami taimako kaɗan don maido da shi ba.
“Wannan fage yana ƙoƙarin faɗin addu’a yana da mahimmanci. Yana da mahimmanci. Yana bukatar ya kai mu ga aiki mai zurfi, ”in ji Dave Witkovsky. Tunanin na vigil "ya fara ne a matsayin damuwa ga shige da fice, yin addu'a game da haƙƙin baƙi," in ji shi a farkon wannan rana, "amma ya girma ya zama abu mafi girma. Kuma zan ce ya zama ƙarin dama a gare mu da farko mu furta karyar da ke cikin duniyarmu, kuma mu yi tunani tare a kan yadda za mu zaɓi yin shaida domin Kristi ta wata hanya ta daban.”
Kim Witkovsky ya kira taron zuwa ibada. "Muna taruwa a wannan sararin tare," in ji ta, domin "mun yi imani da ikon yin addu'a na motsa duwatsu." Abubuwan da ke haifar da faɗakarwa - yanayin baƙin haure da 'yan gudun hijira, wariyar launin fata, talauci - suna da tsayi sosai da za su buƙaci "canza su da ikon tausayi da adalci na Allah."
Dave Witkovsky ya yarda cewa waɗannan matsalolin ba su da sauƙi mafi sauƙi, “Yesu ya zaɓi ya yi mana koyi da rayuwa mai rikitarwa.”
Lokacin ikirari na yan banga ya dauki nau'in addu'o'i da kuma kudirori da aka yi niyya don ciyar da mahalarta gaba zuwa ga himma. Motsin sun hada da sunkuyar da kai, da rufe baki, da tsallaka kirji da hannu, daga baya kuma a gyara wadannan ayyukan kafin a haska. Addu'o'in dai sun yi karo da karatun nassi da wakokin yabo. Nassosi sun haɗa da Littafin Firistoci 19:34 (ku ƙaunaci baƙo kamar kanku), ayoyi daga Luka 9 game da marabtar yara, Galatiyawa 3:38 (gama babu Bayahude, ko Hellenanci, bawa ko ’yantacce, namiji ko mace), Matta 25:44 -45 (Abin da ba ka yi domin mafi ƙanƙanin waɗannan ba, ba ka yi mini ba), Mikah 6:8, da ƙari.
A ƙarshen, hasken ya zagaya da'irar yayin da aka taɓa kyandir ɗaya zuwa na gaba, kuma hasken ya ci gaba da kasancewa yayin da ake karanta mawallafi kuma mai sharhi Karen Armstrong's Charter for Compassion. An gayyaci mahalarta don shiga Dave da Kim Witkovsky a cikin mako mai zuwa na NOAC don tattauna hanyoyin yin aiki da kyau don mafita.
"A matsayina na limamin kwaleji na ɓata lokaci mai yawa don yin fa'ida a cikin shekaru 20 da suka gabata na rayuwata," Dave Witkovsky ya faɗa da farko a ranar. “An fara ne da 9/11. Duk lokacin da aka yi harbin jama'a, bala'i, ɗan kunar bakin wake, mu kan gudanar da sintiri a harabar jami'ar. Vigils farawa ne mai kyau, amma muna buƙatar motsa mu don yin aiki. A gare ni ga addu'a dole ne a haɗa ni da wani sadaukarwar aiki."
Ya kara da cewa Yarjejeniya Ta Tausayi ta "zama hadin kai tsakanin addinai da kuma yunkurin kasa da kasa don kokarin sa mutane su yi rayuwa mai tausayi," in ji shi. Fiye da mutane miliyan biyu a duk duniya sun sanya hannu kan takardar (je zuwa charterforcompassion.org) .
Dave ya kasance Chaplain a Kwalejin Juniata da ke Pennsylvania, amma a cikin ritaya a yanzu yana aiki a matsayin mai jigilar likita don Lancaster General Health. Kim Witkovsky yana daya daga cikin limaman cocin Cross Keys Village.