Banokwenza ntoni abantwana kwiLent?
Ezi ntsuku zingamashumi amane zibonakala zinde kakhulu ebantwaneni. Njengabazali, unoxanduva lokunceda iintsapho zethu ukuba zigcine ngokuthembekileyo iLent. Nangona kusenokubonakala kunzima ngamanye amaxesha, ixesha leLent linikeza ixesha elibalulekileyo lokufundisa abantwana.
Njengokuba singena kwelixesha lokohlwaya, sukubajongela phantsi abantwana bakho! Ngelixa iminikelo yabo kufanelekile ngokobudala obufanelekileyo, banokwenza amadini okwenyani. Ukuba unceda abantwana bakho bakhethe oko bafanele bakwenze kule Lent, nantsi ezinye iindlela zokujonga.
I-Preghiera
Ewe kuyacetyiswa ukuba thina maKatolika "sincame okuthile" ngenxa yeLente. Kodwa ngaba ikho enye into esingayongeza?
Isiko lentsapho elikhulu ngumhla woxolelaniso kunye nomthandazo. Thatha uhambo lweveki ukuya kwiparishi yakho ngexesha lokuvuma. Abantwana banokuza nokufunda ngokomoya okanye iBhayibhile, irosari yabo okanye idayari yomthandazo. Bakhuthaze ukuba basebenzise ithuba leSakramente yoXolelwaniso. Eli xesha lomthandazo leveki nganye linokubonelela ngamathuba amaninzi kusapho lwakho ukusondela kunye okanye ufunde malunga nokuzinikela okunje ngeZiko loMnqamlezo, iChapter of Divine Mercy nokunye okuninzi.
Ukuzila
Abantwana abanako ukuzikhanyeza ngokwabo ngendlela yabantu abadala, kodwa ungabakhuthaza ukuba bazincame ngokwenyani. Abantwana bahlala benomdla wokuphendula kucelomngeni oluhle.
Ngaba banokuzibophelela ekuzinikezeleni zonke iziselo ngaphandle kwamanzi kunye nobisi? Ngaba banokuyeka ikuki okanye ipipi? Xoxa nomntwana wakho ukuba zezona zinto ziqhotyoshelweyo kuye kwaye ucebise ngokwenza idini apho oko kuthetha okungakumbi kuzo. Ukunciphisa ixesha lesikrini okanye ukuliyeka ngokupheleleyo kuyinto entle kwaye ifanelekile.
Unokuhamba nabantwana bakho ngokuchitha ixesha elininzi kunye nabo: ukufunda, ukuhamba, ukupheka kunye. Kwaye nangayiphi na imeko, bonisa inceba. Ukuba unyana wakho uzama ukuzohlwaya, musa ukumkhubekisa. Babuze ukuba kutheni benobunzima kwaye baxoxe xa kufuneka bephonononge isicwangciso sabo sokuBambisa.
Ukunikela amalizo
Icawe iyasimema ukuba sinikele amalizo, nokuba lelethu "ixesha, italente okanye ubuncwane". Nceda abantwana bakho bacinge ngendlela abanokunika ngayo izixhobo zabo. Mhlawumbi banokuzivolontiya ukuhlohla ummelwane ngekhephu, okanye babhalele isalamane esikhulileyo, okanye basebenzise imali yabo ukwenza iMisa ngenjongo ekhethekileyo. Abantwana abancinci kakhulu banokukhetha into yokudlala okanye incwadi abanokuyinika abo basweleyo.
Kubantwana, ukunika amalizo kunokuba yeyona ndlela ibonakalayo yokuba bakhule ngokomoya. Fundisa abantwana ukuba basebenzise inkolo yabo kwaye babhekise inkxalabo yabo kwabanye.
Ukuhamba usiya kwi-Ista
Njengoko usapho lwakho lusiqhubela phambili ngeLent, zama ukugcina amehlo akho kuKristu. Okukhona silungiselela, kuya kuba sisityebi ukubhiyozela kwethu uvuko. Nokuba siyayandisa na imithandazo yethu, sizisole okanye sinike izipho, injongo kukuzikhulula esonweni kunye nobudlelwane kunye noYesu.