Ndeapi maChishanu ekutanga emwedzi?
"Chishanu wekutanga" ndiChishanu wekutanga wemwedzi uye unowanzo kuve nekuzvipira kwakakosha kuMwoyo Mutsvene waJesu.Sezvo Jesu akatifira uye akakunda ruponeso rwedu neChishanu. Chishanu choga chega chegore, uye kwete chete Chishanu cheLent, izuva rakakosha rekutendeuka sezvakataurwa muCode yeCanon Mutemo. "Mazuva uye nguva dzekuregererwa muChechi yepasi rose ese Chishanu gore rese uye nguva yeLent" (Canon 1250).
Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690) akarondedzera zviono zvaJesu Kristu zvakamutungamira kusimudzira kuzvipira kuMweya Mutsvene waJesu.Kutevera mukutsiva kwezvivi uye kuratidza rudo kuna Jesu. Mukutsinhana kwechiito ichi chekuzvipira, chinowanzo inosanganisira kuwanda, chirairo, kureurura. Kunyangwe awa yeYukaristiya yekunamata pamanheru eChishanu chekutanga chemwedzi. Muponesi wedu akaropafadzwa angadai akavimbisa St. Margaret Mary maropafadzo anotevera:
"Mukuwedzera kwetsitsi dzeMoyo wangu, ndinokuvimbisa kuti rudo rwangu rwesimba ruchapa vese avo vanogamuchira Chidyo paChishanu chekutanga, kwemwedzi mipfumbamwe inoteedzana, nyasha dzekureurura kwekupedzisira: havazofi mukusuwa kwangu, kana vasina kugamuchira masakaramende; uye Mwoyo wangu uchave utiziro hwavo hwakachengeteka muawa yekupedzisira “.
La kuzvipira yakatenderwa zviri pamutemo, asi pakutanga zvakange zvisina kudaro. Chokwadi, Santa Margherita Maria akasangana nekushorwa nekusatenda kubva pakutanga chaiko munharaunda yake yechitendero. Makore makumi manomwe nemashanu chete mushure mekufa kwake kwaive kuzvipira kuMweya Mutsvene kwakazivikanwa zviri pamutemo. Anoda kusvika makore mazana maviri nemana mushure mekufa kwake, Pope Pius XI anoti Jesu akazviratidza kuna Santa Margherita Maria. Mune yake encyclical Miserentissimus Redemptor (75), makore masere mushure mekugadzwa semusande naPope Benedict XV.