Ukuzila ukutya kukuzila okukufundisa ukwenza okulungileyo
I-Lent lixesha elibaluleke kakhulu kumaKristu, ixesha lokuhlanjululwa, ukucingisisa kunye nokuzohlwaya ukulungiselela iPasika. Eli xesha lithabatha iintsuku ezingama-40, ngokufuziselayo lihlobene neentsuku ezingama-40 uYesu awazichitha entlango ngaphambi kokuba aqalise ubulungiseleli bakhe basesidlangalaleni. Ngeli xesha, abathembekileyo babizwa ukuba baqhelisele Ukuzila ukutya kunye nokuzikhwebula njengophawu lokulahlwa nokuzeyisa.
Uziqhelanisa njani nokuzila ukutya kweLenten
Ukuzila ukutya ngexesha leLente kubandakanya isidlo nje esinye epheleleyo ngosuku, kunye nethuba lokutya ukutya okuncinci ngosuku kusasa nangokuhlwa. Ukutya kufuneka kube imifuno, okanye ubuncinci kwaye ilula. L'ukuziyeka, endaweni yoko, ixhalabisa ingaphandle kwenyama, ezinokuthi zitshintshwe ngeentlanzi, zihlala zizixa ezilinganiselweyo. Le migaqo isebenza rhoqo ngooLwezihlanu beNzila nangoLwesithathu lothuthu.
Ngaphezu koko, ngexesha leLente amaKristu akhuthazwa ukuba enze ezinye iindlela ukuphelelwa lithemba okanye ukuphelelwa lithemba, njengokuzikhwebula kwi ukutshaya, utywala, ukusetyenziswa kakhulu kweeselfowuni njalo njalo. Injongo yolu qheliselo kuku lungisa umzimba wakho kunye nomphefumlo wakho kwitheko yePasika, ukufunda ukungazibandakanyi kangako kwintuthuzelo kwaye uvule ngakumbi kwisisa kunye nomthandazo.
Ukuzila ukutya kunye nokuzila ukutya ayizizo izenzo ezigcinelwe iLente kuphela, kodwa kufuneka zibe yinxalenye yobomi unyanisekile unyaka wonke. Ngaphezu koko, i imigaqo ngokumalunga nokuzila nokuzila kunokwahluka ngokuxhomekeke kwisithethe sobuKristu: umzekelo, i AmaProtestanti ngokuqhelekileyo abaqheliseli ukuzila ukutya okusinyanzelo ngexesha leNzila.
Kufuneka uhlale ukhumbula ukuba ukuzila ukutya kunye nokuziyeka akulula ukunqongophala kokutya, kodwa ziyindlela yokuhlambululaanima kunye nomzimba, ukugxila emthandazweni nakwisisa kwabanye. Ngexesha lokuzila, abathembekileyo babizelwa ukuba baphile eli xesha ngendlela enenkathalo nenoxanduva, bezama ukukhula ngokomoya kwaye sondela kuThixo indlela enzulu.