Ñöùc Cha Erik Varden,
vò giaûng thuyeát Tuaàn Tænh Taâm Muøa Chay 2026
cho Giaùo trieàu Roma
Ñöùc Cha Erik Varden, vò giaûng thuyeát Tuaàn Tænh Taâm Muøa Chay 2026 cho Giaùo trieàu Roma.
Roma (Shalom World News 24-02-2026) - Trong söï tónh laëng thieâng lieâng cuûa Thaùnh ñoâ Vatican khi Muøa Chay baét ñaàu , Ñöùc Giaùo Hoaøng Leâoâ XIV ñaõ choïn baát ngôø moät nhaø cöïu voâ thaàn giaûng thuyeát cho Giaùo trieàu laø Ñöùc Giaùm muïc Erik Varden. Ngaøi voán laø nguôøi theo thuyeát Baát khaû tri, lôùn leân trong vaên hoaù Tin laønh Luther, vaø khaùm phaù laïi Thieân Chuùa khoâng phaûi trong moät nhaø thôø, nhöng qua veû ñeïp cuûa aâm nhaïc. ÔÛ tuoåi 15, khi nghe baûn Giao huôûng soá 2 mang teân "Phuïc Sinh" cuûa Gustav Mahler, anh caûm thaáy ñieàu gì ñoù môû ra trong loøng - moät söï nhaän thöùc raèng Ñöùc tin khoâng phaûi laø moät aûo aûnh maø laø moät lôøi môøi goïi. Giaây phuùt aáy môû maøn cho moät haønh trình ñi töø Voâ tín tôùi Pheùp röûa, töø ñôøi sinh vieân ñeán ñôøi ñan tu, töø im laëng ñeán vai troø chaên daét caùc linh hoàn.
Ngaøy hoâm nay, ngöôøi maø tröôùc ñaây thaéc maéc veà Thieân Chuùa, baây giôø giaûng veà Ngöôøi cho Giaùo hoaøng vaø caùc coäng söï thaân caän nhaát cuûa ngaøi trong Nhaø nguyeän Phaoloâ. Döïa treân minh trieát huyeàn nhieäm cuûa Thaùnh Bernard de Clairvaux, suy tö cuûa ngaøi daãn ngöôøi nghe ñi qua hoaøi nghi tôùi Vinh quang taøng aån, qua yeáu ñuoái con ngöôøi ñeán AÂn suûng thaùnh thieâng. Ñaây laø moät daáu chöùng maïnh meõ cuûa maàu nhieäm Phuùc aâm: Thieân Chuùa thöôøng choïn ai ñoù töø xa ñeå goïi nguôøi khaùc veà nhaø. Muøa Chay naêm 2026, ñaáng keá vò Pheâroâ laéng nghe tieáng noùi cuûa moät nguôøi trôû laïi - moät chöùng taù soáng ñoäng raèng khoâng coù con tim naøo ôû quaù xa khoâng theå tìm thaáy, vaø khoâng boùng ñeâm naøo quaù toái ñoái vôùi aùnh saùng Phuïc sinh.
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In the holy hush of Vatican City, as Lent begins its solemn journey, Pope Leo XIV has chosen an unlikely voice to preach to the heart of the Church: a former atheist! Preaching this year's retreat to the Roman Curia is Bishop Erik Varden, a former agnostic shaped by Lutheran cultural roots, who discovered God not first in a church, but in beauty. At fifteen, while listening to Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2, the "Resurrection," something broke open within him - a sudden awareness that faith was not an illusion but a call. That moment set him on a path from disbelief to baptism, from student to monk, from silence to shepherd of souls. Today, the one who once questioned God now speaks of Him to the pope and the Church's closest collaborators inside the Pauline Chapel. Drawing on the mystical wisdom of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Bishop Varden's meditations lead listeners through doubt toward hidden glory, through weakness toward grace. It is a powerful sign of the Gospel's mystery: that God often chooses the once distant to call others home. This Lent, the successor of Peter listens to a convert's voice - a living testimony that no heart is too far away to be found, and no night too dark for resurrection light.
(Nguoàn: Shalom World News)