Kungenxa yokuba i-Ista lelona xesha lide lokwenza izinto kwiCawa yamaKatolika

Leliphi ixesha lenkolo elide, iKrisimesi okanye iPasika? Ewe, ngeCawa yePasika lusuku olunye kuphela, ngelixa zineentsuku ezili-12 zeKrisimesi, akunjalo? Ewe nohayi. Ukuphendula umbuzo, kufuneka simbe nzulu kancinci.

Iintsuku ezili-12 zeKrisimesi kunye nexesha leKrisimesi
Ixesha leKrisimesi empeleni lihlala kwiintsuku ezingama-40, ukusuka ngeKrisimesi kude kube yiKrisimesi, umsitho wokunikezelwa, ngoFebruwari 2. Iintsuku ezili-12 zeKrisimesi zibhekisa kwelona xesha lelona xesha lonyaka, ukusuka ngomhla weKrisimesi ukuya kwi-Epiphany.

Yintoni i-octave yePasika?
Kwangokunjalo, ixesha elisusela ngeCawa yePasika ukuya kwiCawa yeNceba kaThixo (ngeCawe emva kweCawe yePasika) lelona xesha livuyisayo. Icawa yamaKatolika ibhekisa kwezi ntsuku zisibhozo (kubalwa ngeCawa yePasika kunye neCawa yeNceba kaThixo) njenge-octave yePasika. (I-Octave ngamanye amaxesha isetyenziselwa ukuthetha umhla wesibhozo, oyiCawa yeNceba kaThixo, endaweni yexesha leentsuku ezisibhozo.

Yonke imihla kwi-octave yePasika ibaluleke kakhulu kangangokuba iphathwa njengokuqhubeka kweCawa enye yePasika. Ngesi sizathu, ukuzila ukutya ngexesha le-octave yePasika akuvumelekanga (njengoko ukuzila ukutya bekungavunyelwa ngeCawa) nangolwesiHlanu emva kwepasika, uxanduva oluqhelekileyo lokungatyi nyama ngolwesiHlanu lurhoxisiwe.

Zingaphi iintsuku zexesha lePasika?
Kodwa ixesha le-Ista alipheli emva kwe-octave ye-Ista: kuba i-Ista yeyona holide ibaluleke kakhulu kwikhalenda yamaKrestu, ebaluleke nangaphezulu kweKrisimesi, ixesha lePasika liyaqhubeka kangangeentsuku ezingama-50, ngokunyuka kweNkosi yethu ngeCawa yePentekoste., kwiiveki ezisixhenxe ezigcweleyo emva kweCawe yePasika! Ngapha koko, ukuze sizalisekise uxanduva lwethu lwe-Ista (uxanduva lokufumana uMthendeleko ubuncinci kube kanye ngexesha lePasika), ixesha lePasika liqhubeka kancinci, kude kube yiCawe yoBathathu Emnye, iCawa yokuqala emva kwePentekoste.

Nangona kunjalo, iveki yokugqibela ayibalwanga kwixesha eliqhelekileyo lePasika.

Zingaphi iintsuku phakathi kwe-Ista nePentekosti?
Ukuba ngeCawa yePentekosti ngeCawa yesixhenxe emva kweCawa yePasika, ngaba ayithethi ukuba ixesha le-Ista lithatha kuphela iintsuku ezingama-49? Ngapha koko, iiveki ezisixhenxe ziphindwe kabini iintsuku ezisixhenxe iintsuku ezingama-49, akunjalo?

Akukho ngxaki kwiingxaki zakho. Kodwa njengokuba sibala ngeCawa yePasika kunye neCawa yeNceba kaThixo kwi-octave yePasika, nathi sibala ngeCawa yePasika kunye neCawa yePentekoste kwiintsuku ezingama-50 zePasika.

Pasika emnandi
Ke nasemva kokuba iCawa yePasika idlulile kwaye i-octave ye-Ista idlulile, qhubeka ubhiyozele kwaye unqwenelele abahlobo bakho iPasika emyoli. Njengokuba uSanta uJohn Chrysostom esikhumbuza kusapho lwakhe oludumileyo lwe-Ista, efundwa kwiicawa zase-Mpuma zamaKatolika nase-Eastern Orthodox, uKristu watshabalalisa ukufa kwaye ngoku "ngumthendeleko wokholo".