Ukutya okanye ukungavumi inyama eLentini?
Inyama ngeLente
Q. Unyana wam wamenywa ukuba ayokulala kwindlu yomhlobo wakhe ngolwesiHlanu ngexesha leNzila. Ndimxelele ukuba angaya xa ethembisa ngokungayityi ipizza enenyama. Ukufika kwakhe apho, konke ababenako yayiyisoseji nepepile yena wayenazo. Siliphatha njani kwixesha elizayo? Kwaye kutheni inyama ilungile ngolwesiHlanu unyaka wonke?
A. Inyama okanye akukho nyama… ngumbuzo lowo.
Kuyinyani ukuba imfuneko yokungavumi inyama ngoku isebenza kwiLente. Kwixesha elidlulileyo besisebenza kuzo zonke iiLwesihlanu zonyaka. Ke umbuzo unokubuzwa: "Kutheni? Ngaba kukho into ephosakeleyo ngenyama? Kutheni le nto kulungile kulo lonke unyaka kodwa ingekho iLent? Lo ngumbuzo omhle, makhe ndichaze.
Okokuqala, akukho nto iphosakeleyo ngokutya inyama ngokwayo. UYesu wayidla inyama kwaye le yinxalenye yesicwangciso sikaThixo ngobomi bethu. Ewe akukho mfuneko yokutya nokuba. Umntu ukhululekile ukuba angatyi imifuno, kodwa akufuneki.
Ke yintoni ingxaki yokungayityi inyama ngolwesiHlanu ngeLente? Ngumthetho nje jikelele wokuziyeka ogqitywe yiCawa yamaKatolika. Into endiyithethayo kukuba iCawe yethu ibona ixabiso elikhulu ekunikeni amadini kuThixo, kwaye umthetho wecawe yethu jikelele kukuba rhoqo ngolwesiHlanu wonyaka kufuneka ibe lusuku lokuzila uhlobo oluthile. KukuLent kuphela ekucelwa ukuba sibingelele ngendlela ekhethekileyo yokunikela inyama ngolwesiHlanu. Oku kubaluleke kakhulu kwiCawe iphela njengoko sonke sabelana ngedini elinye ngexesha leNzila kunye. Oku kuyasimanya kwidini lethu kwaye kusivumela ukuba sabelane ngolwalamano olunye.
Ngapha koko, lo ngumgaqo esiwunikwe ngupopu. Ke ngoko, ukuba ebethathe isigqibo ngenye indlela yokubingelela ngolwesiHlanu ngeLente, okanye ngalo naluphi na olunye usuku lonyaka, besizakubotshelelwa ngulo mthetho uqhelekileyo kwaye siya kufunwa nguThixo ukuba siwulandele. Ngokuqinisekileyo, ngumbingelelo omncinci kakhulu xa kuthelekiswa nedini likaYesu ngoLwesihlanu oLungileyo.
Kodwa umbuzo wakho unelinye icandelo. Kuthekani ngomntwana wakho owamkela isimemo kwindlu yomhlobo ngolwesiHlanu ngexesha leLente kwixesha elizayo? Ndicebisa ukuba eli inokuba lithuba elihle lokuba usapho lwakho lwabelane ngokholo lwakho. Ke, ukuba kukho esinye isimemo, unokwabelana nomzali wakho malunga nenkxalabo yakho ukuba, njengomKatolika, unikezele inyama ngolwesiHlanu ngeLente. Mhlawumbi oku kungakhokelela kwingxoxo elungileyo.
Kwaye ungalibali ukuba eli dini lincinci lanikwa thina njengendlela yokwabelana ngcono nelinye idini likaYesu emnqamlezweni! Ke ngoko, eli dini lincinci linamandla amakhulu okusinceda ukuba sifane naye.