Ukuqinisekiswa kunye neLentente: UThixo ufuna into kuthi
Sithandwa sam, namhlanje ndifuna ukubonakalisa ixesha esiphila kulo. Njengoko uyazi ukuba umhlaba uguqa ngamadolo ingakumbi i-Itali yethu yecoronona esasazeka ngakumbi kwintsimi yethu. KwiCawa, iingxaki ziye zanda ukusukela ukubhiyozelwa komthendeleko esidlangalaleni kuye kwavalwa. Konke oku kwenzeka kwisithuba sonyaka seCawa yamaKatolika ebalulekileyo siseLent. Ukubolekwa kwethu thina ma Katolika lixesha lokucingisisa, lokuphendula, kwezokuntywila kunye nemithandazo. Kodwa mangaphi ama Katolika enza konke oku? Uninzi lwabathembekileyo abenza imisebenzi yokomoya eLent ngabo basondele kuThixo abazama ukunika intsingiselo yokomoya kuyo yonke into abayenzayo. Endaweni yokuba inxenye elungileyo ngeli xesha yenza konke abakwenzayo phakathi enyakeni: ndisebenzile, ndatya, ndenza amashishini abo, ubudlelwane, ukuya ezivenkileni, ngaphandle kokunikeza imvo yokohlwaya kweli xesha.
Mhlobo othandekayo, ndenzekile ukwenza ububusuku namhlanje ndifuna ukuthi kuwe "akuvakali kuyacaca na kuwe ukuba le ndawo igcinwe yedwa yekoronavirus ayenzekanga ngamabona-ndenzile?".
Ngaba awucingi ukuba ngeli xesha singenakuba neziphazamiso ezininzi kodwa sinyanzelwe ukuba sihlale ezindlini ngumyalezo ovela kuBawo waseZulwini?
Mhlobo othandekayo kum othanda ukubeka umnwe kaThixo kuyo yonke into eyenzekayo emhlabeni nakwimpilo yendoda, ndingakuxelela ukuba ngokuhlala yedwa kunye neLent ayikho ngengozi.
Ukuvalelwa yedwa kufuna ukuba sibonise ukuba izinto esizithethayo "yonke into" enje ngeshishini, ikhondo lomsebenzi, ukonwaba, izidlo, ukuphuma, ukuya ezivenkileni, zithathiwe kuthi azinto. Ngeli xesha, obona bomi babanye abantu buthathwe njengobungento.
Kodwa izinto azange zithathwe kuthi ezinjengosapho, umthandazo, ukucamngca, ukuba kunye. Ukuthenga okufanayo kusenza siqonde ukuba sinako ukuxhathisa ngaphandle kokuthenga izinto zexabiso kodwa kuphela izinto eziphambili zokuphila.
Mhlobo othandekayo, umyalezo kaThixo ngeli xesha luphawu olunyanzelekileyo. Olu lungelelwaniso lwenziwe oluphela ngaphambi nje kweIsta ukusinika ixesha lokucingisisa. Kwaye ngubani phakathi kwethu kwezi ntsuku engakhange afumane xesha lokwenza umthandazo, afunde ukucamngca okanye ajike umbono omnye kuThixo? Mhlawumbi uninzi lweengcali aluzimelanga i-Mass kodwa uninzi, abantu abaninzi, nkqu nabantu abangakholelwa kubukho bukaThixo nakwabo bangakholwayo, okanye ngenxa yokoyika okanye ukubonakalisa, bajike bajonga kuMntu obethelelwe emnqamlezweni, nokuba bayabuza nje ukuba kutheni yonke le nto.
Isizathu sabhalwa ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamawaka amathathu eyadlulayo ngumprofeti u-Isaya "bonke bayakujonga kwabo bahlabayo". Ngoku siphila kweli xesha kuba uninzi lwethu, nokuba abafuni, baye bajonga kwi-Crucifix. Iya kuba sisityebi kancinci kodwa ngokomoya i-Ista. Uninzi lwethu lufumene umbono owahlukileyo wobukho bethu bokuba ugqatso lwezinto ezibonakalayo kweli lizwe lasenza ukuba silushiye.
Oku asikokuhlala yedwa kodwa iLent leyenyani leyo ebesinayo sonke.