Unyaka ka-St Joseph: yintoni amaKatolika afuna ukuyazi
NgoLwesibini, uPopu uFrancis ubhengeze uNyaka ka-St Joseph, ngewonga isikhumbuzo seminyaka eli-150 sokumenyezelwa kongcwele njengomphathi weCawe jikelele.
UPapa Francis uthe ubeka unyaka ukuze "wonke umntu okholwayo, elandela umzekelo wakhe, aqinise ubomi bakhe bemihla ngemihla bokholo ekuzalisekeni ngokupheleleyo kokuthanda kukaThixo."
Nantsi into ekufuneka uyazi malunga nonyaka ka-St Joseph:
Kutheni le nto iBandla lineminyaka linikezelwe kwizihloko ezithile?
Icawa ibona ukuhamba kwexesha kwikhalenda ye-liturgical, equka iiholide ezifana nePasika kunye neKrisimesi kunye namaxesha afana neLente kunye neAdvent. Ukongeza, oopopu bangabeka bucala ixesha lokuba iCawa ibonakalise nzulu kwinkalo ethile yemfundiso yamaKatolika okanye inkolelo. Iminyaka edlulileyo etyunjwe ngoopopu bamva nje ibandakanya unyaka wokholo, unyaka we-Ekaristi kunye nonyaka weJubili wenceba.
Kutheni le nto uPopu wabhengeza unyaka ka-St Joseph?
Ekwenzeni intetho yakhe, uPopu uFrancis uqaphele ukuba kulo nyaka kuphawula isikhumbuzo seminyaka eli-150 sokubhengezwa kongcwele njengomxhasi weCawa jikelele nguPopu Pius IX nge-8 kaDisemba, 1870.
Upopu uFrancis uthe ubhubhane we-coronavirus uwuphakamisile umnqweno wakhe wokucinga ngo-St Joseph, njengoko abantu abaninzi ngexesha lobhubhane bezincama befihla ukukhusela abanye, kanye njengokuba iSt.Joseph ethe cwaka ikhusela kwaye iphilisa uMariya noYesu.
Upapa wabhala wathi: “Ngamnye wethu unokufumanisa kuJoseph- indoda engabonakaliyo, ebonakala yonke imihla, ekrelekrele kwaye efihliweyo - umlamli, inkxaso kunye nesikhokelo ngamaxesha obunzima.
Ubuye wathi ufuna ukukrwelela indima ka-St Joseph njengotata owakhonza usapho lwakhe ngesisa kunye nokuzithoba, wongeza esithi: "Ilizwe lethu namhlanje lifuna ootata".
Uqala nini kwaye uphele nini unyaka kaSt.
Unyaka uqala ngoDisemba 8, 2020 kwaye uphela ngoDisemba 8, 2021.
Zeziphi izipho ezikhethekileyo ezikhoyo kulo nyaka?
NjengamaKatolika xa ethandaza kwaye ecinga ngobomi bukaSanta Joseph kulo nyaka uzayo, banethuba lokufumana ukwaneliseka ngokupheleleyo okanye uxolelo lwaso sonke isohlwayo sethutyana ngenxa yesono. Ukuzonwabisa kunokusetyenziswa kuye okanye kumphefumlo kwiPurigator.
Ukuzibandakanya kufuna isenzo esithile, esichazwe yiCawe, kunye nokuvuma umthendeleko, umthendeleko we-Ekaristi, ukuthandazela iinjongo zikapapa kunye nokuqina okupheleleyo esonweni.
Ukuxolelwa okukhethekileyo ngexesha loNyaka waseSt. Ubuncinci imizuzu engama-30 kuMthandazo weNkosi.
Kutheni iCawa ihlonipha iSt Joseph?
AmaKatolika awabanquli abangcwele, kodwa acele ukuthethelelwa kwabo kwasezulwini phambi koThixo kwaye bazame ukuxelisa ubuhle babo apha emhlabeni. Icawa yamaKhatholika ihlonipha iSt Joseph njengotata owamkelekileyo ka Yesu.Ucelwe njengomxhasi wecawe yendalo iphela. Ukwangumphathi wabasebenzi, utata kunye nokufa okumnandi