Chifukwa chiyani samadya nyama mu Lent ndi mafunso ena

Lenti ndi nyengo yochotsauchimo ndikuyamba kukhala ndi moyo wogwirizana ndi chifuniro cha Mulungu ndi chikonzero chake. Monga kudya komanso kuchita masewera olimbitsa thupi othamanga, kupemphera, kudzisintha, ndi kupatsa chidwi ndi njira zomwe Mkatolika angakulire m'chikhulupiriro ndikuyandikira Yesu.

Kuganizira kwambiri za pempheroli kungaphatikizepo kuyesetsa kupita ku Misa pafupipafupi, kupita kumalo oyera, kapena lingaliro lazindikire kwambiri kupezeka kwa Mulungu masana. Zochita zolapa zimatha kukhala m'njira zambiri, koma njira ziwiri zomwe ndizofala kwambiri ndizopatsa komanso kusala kudya.

Kupereka mphatso zachifundo ndi masewera olimbitsa thupi chifukwa cha zabwino. Amapereka ndalama kapena zinthu zosoŵa kwa anthu osauka. "Bowl of Lenten Rice" ndi njira yotchuka yoperekera zopereka popereka zakudya zilizonse mwakutero ndikukhazikitsa ndalama zomwe zimasungidwa kwa osowa.

Ubwino wa machitidwe olapa ndi ambiri. Amatikumbutsa kuti ndife ochimwa omwe tikufuna chipulumutso cha Khristu. Amati timafunitsitsa kugonjetsa machimo athu. Amatitaya kuti timve bwino Mulungu ndikulandila chisomo chake. Samalandira chipulumutso kapena kusonkhanitsa "mfundo" zakumwamba; chipulumutso ndi moyo wamuyaya ndi mphatso zochokera kwa Mulungu kwa iwo amene akhulupirira ndi kuyenda m'njira zake. Machitidwe olapa, ngati achita ndi mzimu wachikondi, atithandiza kuyandikira kwa Mulungu.

Kusala kudya kumaletsa china chake chabwino komanso chovomerezeka chifukwa chabwino komanso chofunikira kwambiri. Makamaka, kusala kudya nthawi zambiri kumatanthauza kuletsa kwa kudya kapena zakumwa. Munthu amathawiratu kuti amvetse mavuto omwe Yesu amakumana nawo.

Kusala kudya kumalengezanso kudalira kwathu kwa Mulungu pazinthu zonse. Kuphatikizidwa ndi pemphero komanso mitundu ina ya kuvunda, kusala kudya kumathandizira pakupemphera komanso njira yotsegulira mtima ndi malingaliro ku kukhalapo ndi chisomo cha Mulungu.

Kusala kudya kwakhala kuli gawo la njira ya Lenten yodzipereka. Poyambirira, kusala kudya kwamalamulo kumachepetsa kudya kamodzi kokha patsiku la Lent. Kuphatikiza apo, nyama ndi nyama zanyama, monga mazira, mkaka ndi tchizi, zinali zoletsedwa.

Mchitidwe wodya zikondamoyo kapena ma donuts ku Shrove Lachiwiri (tsiku lisanafike Ash Lachitatu, lomwe limadziwika kuti "Shrove Lachiwiri") lidayamba chifukwa ndiwo mwayi womaliza Lent isanakwane kudya zakudya zopangidwa ndi mkaka ndi batala. Kufulumira kumeneku ndikufotokozanso komwe kunayambira miyambo ya dzira la Isitala. Pambuyo pa Lenti yopanda dzira, omwe adakondwera nawo pa Isitara anali abwino kwambiri! Inde, chilolezo chaloledwa kwa iwo omwe ali ndi vuto lakuthupi kapena zofooka zina zomwe sangathe kutenga nawo mbali mwachangu.

Pakapita nthawi chilango ichi cha Mpingo chatsitsimuka. Tsopano chakudya chomwe mwapatsidwa ndikuti muchepetse kudya kamodzi kokha pamakudya awiri kapena awiri patsiku, popanda chakudya pakati pa chakudya. Lero kusala kudya kumangofunika pa Ash Lachitatu ndi Lachisanu Labwino.

Zofunika zofunika kuti tisala kudya zimachotsedwa kuti anthu okhulupilira akhale ndi ufulu wopitilira muyeso wokhala ndi tanthauzo lalikulu. A St. John Chrysostom adatinso kusala koona sikutanthauza kungopewa chakudya koma kupewa machimo. Chifukwa chake kuwonongeka kwa Lenti, monga kusala kudya, kuyenera kulimbikitsa Mkatolika kuti apewe kuchimwa.

Mpingo ukupitiliza kupempha kusala kudya ndi zina. Komabe, Tchalitchi chilimbikitsanso anthu kuti asankhe zizolowezi zomwe amapeza kuti ndizothandiza komanso zothandiza.

Mtundu wina wa kusala kudya ndikupewa nyama Lachisanu. Ngakhale zinali zofunika pa Lachisanu lonse la chaka, pano ndizofunika Lachisanu Lent. Funso lodziwika ndilakuti "bwanji ndiye kuloledwa kudya nsomba?" Malinga ndi tanthauzo lomwe linali kugwiritsidwa ntchito panthawi yamalamulo, "mnofu" unali mnofu wa zolengedwa zamwazi wamagazi. Zinyama zamagazi ozizira monga nsomba, akamba, ndi nkhanu sizinazichotsedwe ngati magazi. Chifukwa chake, nsomba yasinthika ndi "nyama" m'masiku oletsa.

Mchitidwe wina wodziwika ndi wa Lenten ndikupemphera m'malo a Mtanda. Kuyambira kale, okhulupirikawa amakumbukira ndikumayendera malo ku Yerusalemu komwe kumalumikizana ndi Passion ndi kufa kwa Khristu. Kupembedza kodziwika kunali koti "kuyenda ndi Yesu ndi" m'njira yomweyo yomwe Yesu adapita kuti akafike ku Kalvari. Ali munjira munthuyo amaima m'malo opambana kuti athe nthawi popemphera komanso kusinkhasinkha.

Zachidziwikire, zinali zosatheka kwa aliyense kuyenda ulendo wopita ku Yerusalemu kuti ayende pamayendedwe a Yesu. Chifukwa chake, mkati mwa Middle Ages mchitidwe udayambika kukhazikitsa "malo" awa a Passion of Jesus m'matchalitchi amderali. Masiteshoni pawokha akhoza kuyimira zochitika kapena chochitika kuchokera paulendo kupita ku Kalvari. Okhulupirika amatha kugwiritsa ntchito njira iyi ngati njira yopemphererera ndi kusinkhasinkha za zowawa za Yesu.

Poyamba kuchuluka kwa kusinkhasinkha kumayima komanso mitu ya siteshoni iliyonse idasiyanasiyana. Pofika zaka khumi ndi zisanu ndi ziwiri, chiwerengero cha masiteshoni anali atakwaniritsidwa khumi ndi anayi ndipo kudzipereka kunafalikira m'Matchalitchi Achikhristu.

Zosintha za Mtanda zitha kuchitika nthawi iliyonse. Nthawi zambiri munthu amayendera mpingo ndikuyenda kuchokera kumalo osiyanasiyana, nkumayimilira nthawi yayitali ndikupemphera komanso kusinkhasinkha zina za zikhulupiriro za Khristu. Kudzipereka kuli ndi tanthauzo lililonse mu Lent pamene okhulupilira amayembekeza chisangalalo cha Passion of Christ mu Sabata Yoyera. Chifukwa chake m'Matchalitchi ambiri timachita zikondwerero za Mtanda, zomwe zimakonda kuchitidwa Lachisanu.

Yesu adalamulira wophunzira aliyense kuti "anyamule mtanda wake ndi kumtsata Iye" (Mateyo 16:24). Maofesi a Mtanda - pamodzi ndi nyengo yonse ya Lenti - lolani kuti wokhulupirira azitero mwanjira yeniyeni, pomwe akuyesetsa kukhala wolumikizana ndi Khristu mu chikondwerero chake.