August 8, 2025

Philhlonak Mei le Vailamtahnak Thing

Bible: Deut 4:32-40, Salm: 76, Mt 16:24-28

(Mithiang Dominic Puai)

Khrih ah dawtmi Ulenau hna, Mithiang Dominic—thlacamnak le Vailamtahnak in aa thuammi mei bantuk phungchimtu—kan upat tikah nihin Cathiang nih thlennak thil pahnih ah a kan auh: Pathian thil lianngan hna philhlonak le Vailamtahnak ningzahnak cohlannak a si. Thlarau lei philhkhawhnak le hnangamnak kawlnak vawlei ah, Mithiang Dominic nih zultu taktak sinak lam a kan hmuhsak.

Nihin i bible hmasabik ah, Moses nih Israelmi kha hitin nawl a pek hna: “Hlanlio chan kha hal hna u… hi tlukin a nganmi thil a um bal maw!” (v. 32). Tuanbia ah Pathian aa telnak kong a chim: cucu Exodus, Sinai in aw, Biakammi Ram laksawng hna an si. Hi philhlonak cu biakamnak zumhawktlak sinak hrampi ah a cang: “A nawlbia kha nan zulh awk a si… cuticun nan hlawh a tling lai” (v. 40). Israel miphun sinak cu Pathian khamhnak tuahsernak hna kha hngalh ṭhannak in sermi a si (CCC 218-219). Mah nih hin Eucharist (Lk 22:19) ah Khrihfabu anamnesis (hngalhternak) kha a langhter. Ruahchannak nih aa tinhmi cu ṭihphannak chuahter (“Bawipa cu Pathian a si; a dang an um lo!” v. 35) le nawlngaihnak thazaang chuahter (“A nawlbia kha zul,” v. 40) an si. Philhnak nih siasal biaknak ah a hruai (Dt 4:23). Pope Benedict XVI nih a cawnpiak hna bantukin: “Israel nih Pathian rianṭuannak philhlonak cu zumhnak khualtlawnnak caah biakhiahnak a tuah ti kha a hngalh… Mah nih hin sining a ser” (Verbum Domini, 13).

Nihin Thawngṭha ah, Peter nih sual a phuan hnuah, Jesuh nih Zultu pawl kha a khuaruah a harter hna: “Ka hnuzulh a duhmi nih cun amah le amah aa hlaw lai i a vailamtahnak kha aa put lai i a ka zulh lai” (v. 24). Mah le mah i hlawtnak kha zungzal hlawknak he a pehtlaihter: “Keimah ruangah a nunnak a sungmi paoh cu  nunnak a hmuh lai” (v. 25). Vawlei hlawhtlinnak cu aa mer: “Mi pakhat nih vawlei a tei ko nain a thlarau a sungh ahcun zeidah hlawknak (amiak) a hmuh lai?” (v. 26). Vailamtah cu duhthimnak a si lo (CCC 618). “Cucu Laak” timi cu hneksaknak lakah nifatin Pathian duhnak ah i pekchanh tinak a si. Eschatological Biakamnak ah, “Mi Fapa cu sunparnak he a ra lai” (v. 27) nih Khrih a Ratṭhannak Pahnihnak kha a chim duhmi a si, cuka ahcun zungzal nunnak a lang. Atu lio harnak nih cu biaceihnak caah a timhtuah. Catechism nih a kan cawnpiakmi cu, “Vailamtah cu Khrih i raithawinak aa dangmi a si… Zangfahnak vialte hrampi a si peng ko” (CCC 617).

Mithiang Dominic nih thlarau hmuhkhawhnak dingah tlawmternak kha a cohlan, hitin a ti: “Raithawinak tuah awkah a ka auh lomi khamhnak ah i tel ka duh lo.” A Bupi biafang—“Laudare, Benedicere, Praedicare” (Thangthat ding, Thluachuah Pek ding, Phungchim ding)—cu hi fonhnak in a chuakmi a si.

Nifatin kan nunnak ah, St. Dominic nih a hmuh bantukin Bia tel loin phungchimnak in a Thiangmi Philhlonak le Kan Vailamtahnak kha kan i pom awk a si. Pope Paul VI nih a kan cawnpiak bangin, “Tuchan minung nih cun cawnpiaktu bia nakin tehte bia kha lungtho deuh in an ngaih” (Evangelii Nuntiandi, 41). Zungzal nunnak ah tangka kan chiah awk a si.

Moses nih philh loding nawlbia le Khrih nih Vailamtahnak put dingin a halmi nih St. Dominic ah an zultu tling an hmuh. Amah nih a kan hmuhsak: Pathian zumhtlak sinak philhlonak ah kan i tlaih tikah, Vailamtah cu thilrit si loin dawtnak hriamnam ah a cang.

Khrih ah dawtmi unau hna, Mithiang Dominic i a alhmi biahalnak nih kan lungthin a kan khenh ko seh: “Bawipa, misual hna cu zeidah an ton lai?” Cun, thlacamnak le vailamtahnak thing he i thuam (hruk) uh, Mi Fapa sunparnak he a ratṭhan hlan tiang—A tuahsernak kha i cinken in, kan hneksaknak hna kha i ken in, a zaangfahnak kong chim in, chuak u sih. Mithiang Dominic, thla kan cam piak ko! Amen.