Kodi Advent ndi chiyani? Kodi mawuwa amachokera kuti? Amapangidwa bwanji?

Lamlungu likudzali, pa 28 Novembala, ndikuyamba kwa chaka chatsopano chachipembedzo chomwe mpingo wa Katolika umakondwerera Lamlungu loyamba la Advent.

Mawu akuti 'Advent' amachokera ku liwu lachilatini '.adventus'zomwe zimasonyeza kubwera, kufika ndi kukhalapo kwa munthu wofunika kwambiri.

Kwa ife akhristu, nthawi ya Advent ndi nthawi yoyembekezera, nthawi ya chiyembekezo, nthawi yokonzekera kubwera kwa Mpulumutsi wathu.

“Pamene Tchalitchi chimakondwerera Advent Liturgy chaka chilichonse, chimapangitsa chiyembekezo chakale cha Mesiya, popeza potenga nawo mbali pakukonzekera kubwera koyamba kwa Mpulumutsi, okhulupirika amatsitsimutsanso chikhumbo chawo cha kubweranso kwachiwiri” (Katekisimu wa Katolika). Mpingo , no. 524).

Nyengo ya Advent imakhala ndi masabata a 4 okonzekera mkati mwa:

  • chikumbutso cha kubwera koyamba za Mpulumutsi wathu ndi Ambuye Yesu Khristu zaka 2000 zapitazo ndi kubadwa kwake a Betelehemu kuti timakondwerera Tsiku la Khrisimasi;
  • Kubwera kwake kwachiwiri zimene zidzachitika pa mapeto a dziko pamene Yesu adzabwera mu ulemerero kudzaweruza amoyo ndi akufa ndipo Ufumu wake sudzatha.

Komabe, tisaiwale kuti pamene tikukonzekera chikumbutso cha kubwera koyamba kwa Mpulumutsi wathu ndi kubweranso kwake kwachiwiri, Mulungu ali pakati pathu pano ndi pano ndipo tiyenera kugwiritsa ntchito nthawi yabwinoyi kukonzanso chikhumbo chathu, nstra nostalgia, chikhumbo chenicheni cha Khristu.

Mwa njira, monga adanena Papa Benedict XVI m’nkhani yosangalatsa kwambiri ya pa November 28, 2009: “Tanthauzo lofunika kwambiri la liwu lakuti adventus linali lakuti: Mulungu ali pano, sanachoke m’dziko, sanatitaye. Ngakhale sitingathe kumuwona ndikumukhudza momwe tingathere ndi zenizeni zenizeni, ali pano ndipo amabwera kudzatichezera m'njira zambiri ”.