Amandla eLente

Oku kubaluleke kakhulu kwimiba yamaKristu emininzi yamalungiselelo ekulungiselela abazalwana kwiintlanganiso ezifanelekileyo zovuko lukaKristu-iholide ephasayo yePasika. I-lentente ibhekwa njengento ephambili kwimbambano phakathi kwezithuba zecawa ezininzi. Amakholwa amaninzi anomdla ekutya kokukhawuleza okukhulu. Yintoni enye ekufuneka iguqulwe kule mihla?

Ngokweziko lobuOthodoki, iiveki yokuqala yithuba lomthandazo okhuselekileyo kwaye unomdla kunye nokuzila ngokukhawuleza (ukugculela). U-Tvet uthetha ngokukhawuleza okanye ngokukhawuleza ukutya, uhlambulule umphefumlo nomzimba, ufike kuThixo.

Umvelaphi weLente

Asinomdla kuphela ekudleni kwesithuba esikhulu, kodwa nakwicala leli gama. Ngokutsho kweBhayibhile, ukuzila ukutya kukuphela okanye ukukhetha ukuzilahla kokutya kunye namanzi. Umprofeti uMoses wayekho eBukhoneni bukaThixo iintsuku ezingama-40, ngaphandle kokutya ukutya okanye amanzi, ade aqoshwe kwiipilisi amagama esivumelwano. Ixesha elininzi lokuhlala ngaphandle kwamanzi umntu oqhelekileyo akakwazi.

UKristu wayenentlango iintsuku ezingamashumi amane, kwaye akubhalwa ukuba akazange aphuze amanzi, kodwa akazange agqibe ukutya. Emva koko iNkosi uYesu Kristu yema phambi kwezilingo zonke zaza zabuya ngamandla oMoya oyiNgcwele. Uyabona? Ukuzila ukutya kungaphezulu nje kokuyeka ukutya.

Kodwa ukutya ngexesha lesithuba somprofeti uDaniel. Kuthiwa kwiZibhalo ezingcwele ukuba akayidli inyama kunye nesonka esihlwayekileyo, akazange aphuze iwayini, kwaye akazange azenzele iiveki ezintathu. Kwabulela kwisithuba sokuthi uDaniyeli wayehloniphekile ukuhlangabeza ingelosi evela kuThixo. Isithuba esinjalo sibizwa ngokuba nguDaniilov kwaye sichaza isithintelo ekudleni okukhawulezayo, oku, mhlawumbi, ngokubanzi ngokuhambelana nokutya ngexesha leLente lamaKristu akholwayo.

Ientente zivela kwiNtaba yaseSinayi, apho uMoses wathandaza khona, kwaye wamiswa ngabapostile ngokukhumbula ukutya kukaKristu entlango.

Kuyinto ebonakalayo ukuba kunzima ukugxininisa ukusetyenziswa kokuzila ukutya kwinqanaba lokujonga ukuphucula yonke into. Kucaciswa ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba ukutya okufanelekileyo ngexesha loLent kuqinisa umzimba. Abakholwayo abagcina le ngxelo abaxhomekeke kuxinzelelo, bagula kakhulu kwaye baphile ixesha elide.

Ukucocwa ngokomoya nokuzingcwaliswa ngeli xesha kuthetha ukuthandaza rhoqo, kwaye kuyimfuneko kakhulu ukuxolela bonke abantu abanokuphikisana okanye ukungaqondani. Kwincwadi kaIsaya kwisahluko 58 kubhaliwe ukuba, ngokutya okulungileyo, uThixo uthembisa ukuphilisa ngokwenyama kunye nokukhuselwa kwakhe.

Ukutya i-Lente ukuziyeka ukuzila ngokukhawuleza (ukungahambisani) nokutya. Ukongeza, ezi ntsuku zi:

• Umthandazo rhoqo, iingoma zokomoya;
• Ukugatya imikhwa emibi nayo yonke into ephazamisa ulwazi lukaThixo;
• Ukuguquka, ukuxolelwa.

Icawa yamaOthodoki incoma ukuba amaKrestu athembekileyo, athembela ngokunyanisekileyo ukutya okufanelekileyo ngokukhawuleza okukhulu, akufanele atye ukutya kwesilwanyana:

• Inyama, kuquka intlanzi,
• Ubisi,
• Amaqanda.

Ukuphunyezwa kunye nokungabikho kokutya okukhawulezayo, okuqulethwe ekutya okuthile.

Ngaloo xesha ngosuku lokuvakalisa iNtombikazi entlekileyo, ukutya izitya zentlanzi kuvunyelwe. Ukutya iintlanzi kuvunyelwe ngomhla weCawa yePlanga (ukungena kweNkosi ukuya eYerusalem).

Indawo enkulu eRashiya

Kwixesha la mandulo, iLent Great Lent yabonwa. Le yimihla yokupheliswa komdlalo wokuzonwabisa, iindiyetha zivaliwe, imidlalo imile. Kwakhona, urhweba ekudleni inyama, kwaye abantu abanomdla abazange bashiye izindlu ngaphandle kwemfuno ekhethekileyo.

Namhlanje, amakholwa ambalwa, ukhetha ukutya kokukhawuleza okukhulu, uhambelana ngokuthe ngqo kwimithetho ye-monastic. Kodwa amanye amaKristu, ngokuchaseneyo, kuyo yonke le mihla iyanqabela ngokupheleleyo ukutya, kwaye kwiintsuku ezimbini zokuqala abaphuzi amanzi. Okungenani, ungadli inyama ngexesha lokuzila ukudla, mhlawumbi nayiphi na i-Orthodox yamaKristu.

Kwangathi iNkosi uThixo ingakuqinisa kwaye uzalise zonke iimfuno zakho!