UPadre Pio wayifumana njani iLent?
Utata uPio, okwaziwa ngokuba nguSaint Pio wasePietrelcina wayelikholwa lase-Italiya laseCapuchin elaziwayo nelithandwa ngenxa yebala kunye nezipho ezingaqondakaliyo. Kwasebutsheni bakhe, wayephila umoya wokuzohlwaya wexesha leNzila ngendlela engaqhelekanga, enikela ubomi bakhe emthandazweni, enguqukweni nakwidini ngenxa yothando lukaThixo.
I-Lent lixesha lokuba yandulela iPasika kwisithethe sobuKristu, esibonakaliswa ngomthandazo, ukuzila ukutya kunye nenguquko. KuPadre Pio yayingeloxesha nje le iintsuku ezimashumi mane yokuzila kunye nokuswela, kodwa indlela yokuphila rhoqo ubudlelane noThixo ngokuzingca nokuzincama.
Padre Pio kunye nesohlwayo ngexesha leLente
Ukususela ebuntwaneni, uPadre Pio wazinikela ekusebenzeni izohlwayo ngokungqongqo. Walala ebhedini yamaplanga kwaye ewe wancuma ukuze ahlambulule umoya wakhe rhoqo, anikele imibingelelo kuYehova izono zehlabathi. Umama wakhe wambona ezibetha ngamatyathanga entsimbi. Noko ke, xa wamcela ukuba ayeke, lo mfundisi waphendula ngelithi ufanele alwe, njengoko amaYuda ambethayo uYesu.
Ngexesha Lente, i-friar yasePietralcina waziqinisa izenzo zakhe yezohlwayo, ukuzila ukudla nangakumbi, ukulala kancinci nokuzinikela iiyure zonke kumthandazo othe cwaka. Umnqweno wakhe wokumanyana noKristu ekubandezelekeni nasekufeni kwakhe wamkhokelela ekubeni aphile kwimeko ukwenzakala okuqhubekayo, enikela ngako konke ukubandezeleka njengethuba lokuhlawulela yena nakwabanye.
Ubomi bakhe bokuzohlwaya babungalawulwa ngu a imvakalelo yokuziva unetyala okanye ukugwetywa, kodwa ngenxa yothando olunzulu ngoThixo nangemiphefumlo. UPadre Pio wayeqinisekile ukuba umntu unokukufumana kuphela ngezohlwayo nokuzincama ubabalo lukaThixo nosindiso olungunaphakade. Iimbandezelo zakhe azizange zibonwe njenge izohlwayo, kodwa njengendlela yokuhlambulula intliziyo yakhe aze amanyane ngakumbi noKristu ebethelelwe emnqamlezweni.
UPadre Pio naye wamema usapho lwakhe ethembekileyo ukulandela umendo wezohlwayo ngexesha lokuzila, bebakhuthaza ukuba bazilolonge, i umthandazo nobabalo njengendlela yokuhlambulula intliziyo nokusondela ngakumbi kuThixo umzekelo wakhe wobomi bokuzohlwaya waphefumlela abaninzi ukufumana eli xesha kungekuphela nje njengexesha lokuvinjwa kwangaphandle, kodwa njengeithuba lokukhula ngokomoya kwaye ulahle isono ukuze wamkele ubungcwele.