Yintoni u-Ash ngoLwesithathu? Kungenxa yokuba amaKristu ayibhiyozela
Unyaka ngamnye, u-Ash ngoLwesithathu ubonisa ukuqala kweLente kwaye uhlala iintsuku ezingama-46 ngaphambi kweCawa lePasika. ILent lixesha leentsuku ezingama-40 (ngaphandle kweCawa) elibonakaliswa ngenguquko, ukuzila ukutya, ukucamngca kunye nokubhiyozela ekugqibeleni. Ixesha leentsuku ezingama-40 limela ixesha likaKristu lokulingwa entlango, apho wazila khona nalapho uSathana wamlinga khona. I-Lent icela amakholwa ukuba abekele bucala ixesha unyaka nonyaka ngokuzila okufanayo, ephawula ixesha lokujolisa kubomi bukaKristu, ulungiselelo, idini, kunye novuko. Ngubani obhiyozela u-Ash ngoLwesithathu?
Ngaba ukhe waqaphela ukuba kanye ngonyaka, ngesiqhelo ngoFebruwari okanye ngoMatshi, baninzi abantu abahamba benomnqamlezo othuthu emabunzini abo? Mhlawumbi uyazi ukuba inento yokwenza neLente, kodwa wawungaqinisekanga ukuba kutheni umnqamlezo womlotha wawunentsingiselo. Okanye mhlawumbi ukhulele kwicawa yamaKatolika okanye yamaProtestanti ebhiyozela iinkonzo ze-Ash ngoLwesithathu minyaka le, ke sele uqhelene nenkonzo, kodwa awuqinisekanga kakhulu ngembali yoLwesithathu lwe-Ash kunye neLente kunye nento abanokuyenza ejongene nokholo lobuKristu. Ukuba ufuna ukwazi ngakumbi malunga nolu suku lubalulekileyo kwikhalenda ye-liturgical kwaye kutheni uninzi lubhiyozela u-Ash ngoLwesithathu kunye neLente edla ngokubizwa ngokuba yi-Ash Day, u-Ash ngoLwesithathu uqala uLent ngokugxila kwintliziyo yamaKrestu ekuguqukeni nasekuthandazeni, ngesiqhelo ukuvuma izono kunye noluntu. Oku kwenzeka ngexesha lenkonzo ekhethekileyo ye-Ash ngoLwesithathu.
Iyintoni intsingiselo ye-Ash ngoLwesithathu kwaye kwenzeka ntoni? Ngexesha lobunzima (lamaKatolika) okanye inkonzo yokunqula (yamaProtestanti), umfundisi okanye umfundisi uhlala ekwabelana ngentshumayelo yesohlwayo kunye nokubonakalisa indalo. Umoya upholile: iinkonzo ezininzi ziya kuba nexesha elide lokuthula kwaye abathembekileyo bahlala beyishiya inkonzo bethe cwaka. Ngokwesiqhelo, kukho isicatshulwa esibuthathaka seSibhalo, esihlala sigxile kwisivumo, sifundwe ngokuvakalayo ngenkokeli kunye nebandla. Abathathi-nxaxheba baya kuba namava okuvuma izono okuqhelekileyo, kunye namaxesha xa beyalelwa ukuba bavume ngokuzolileyo izono kwaye bathandaze. Emva kwayo yonke le nto, ibandla liya kucelwa ukuba lamkele uthuthu ebunzi. Ngokwesiqhelo, njengombingeleli okanye umalusi, uyakuthi nkxu umnwe wakhe eluthuthwini, awusasaze emnqamlezweni ebunzini lakhe athi: "Uvela eluthulini kwaye uza kubuya eluthulini".
Lwaphuma phi uthuthu kwaye lufanekisela ntoni uthuthu? Kumabandla amaninzi, uthuthu luyalungiswa ngokutshiswa kwamasebe esundu kwiCawe yePalm edlulileyo. NgeCawa yeSundu, iicawa ziyasikelela kwaye zisasaze amasebe esundu kwabo bezimase, ireferensi kwingxelo yeVangeli yokungena kukaYesu uloyiso eYerusalem, xa ababukeleyo babeka amasebe esundu endleleni yakhe. Umlotha wale holide ufuzisela izinto ezimbini eziphambili: ukufa kunye nenguquko. "Uthuthu luyafana nothuli kwaye nenyama yomntu yenziwa ngothuli okanye ngodongwe (iGenesis 2: 7), kwaye xa isidumbu somntu sibola, sibuyela eluthulini okanye eluthuthwini." “Xa sisiya phambili ukufumana uthuthu ngo Ash ngoLwesithathu, sithi siyazisola ngezono zethu kwaye sifuna ukusebenzisa ixesha leLente ukulungisa iziphene zethu, sicoce iintliziyo zethu, silawule iminqweno yethu kwaye sikhule ebungcweleni. sizakulungela ukubhiyozela ipasika ngovuyo olukhulu ”. Ngokujolisa ekufeni kwethu nokuba nesono, amaKristu anokungena ngokunyanisekileyo kwixesha leLente, ngelixa ejonge phambili ngolindelo olukhulu kunye novuyo kwisigidimi sePasika kunye noloyiso lokugqibela lukaKristu kwisono nokufa.