Kwenzekani uma umKatolika edla inyama ngoLwesihlanu weLent?
KumaKatolika, iLent yisikhathi esingcwele kunazo zonke onyakeni. Kodwa-ke, abantu abaningi bayazibuza ukuthi kungani labo abakholelwa kulelo kholo bengakwazi ukudla inyama ngolwesihlanu oluhle, usuku uJesu Kristu abethelwa ngalo. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi uLwesihlanu oluhle usuku oluyisibopho esingcwele, ngolunye lwezinsuku eziyi-10 zonyaka (eziyisithupha e-United States) lapho ama Katolika kudingeka ukuba ayeke emsebenzini futhi esikhundleni sokuya emasontweni.
Izinsuku zokuzila
Ngokusho kwemithetho yamanje yokuzila ukudla nokungalahli esontweni lamaKhatholika, uLwesihlanu oluhle wusuku lokungafuni ukudla yonke inyama nokudla okwenzelwe inyama kubo bonke amaKatolika aneminyaka eyi-14 noma ngaphezulu. Futhi kuwusuku lokuzila ukudla olunzima, lapho amaKatolika aneminyaka ephakathi kwengu-18 nengama-59 evunyelwe kuphela isidlo esisodwa esigcwele kanye namazwidi amancane amancane anganezi ukudla okugcwele. (Labo abangakwazi ukushesha noma ukwenqaba ngenxa yezizathu zempilo bakhululwa ngokuzenzakalelayo esibophweni sokwenza kanjalo.)
Kubalulekile ukuqonda ukuthi ukuzinikela, ekusebenzeni kwama Katolika, (njengokuzila ukudla) njalo ukugwema kokuthile okuhle uthandela okuthile okungcono. Ngamanye amagama, akukho lutho olungalungile ngokuhlangene nenyama noma ukudla okusekwe yinyama; Ukuzithiba kuhlukile kunhlobo yemifino noma i-veganism, lapho inyama ingavinjelwa ngezizathu zempilo noma ngenxa yokuphikisana nokuziphatha nokubulawa kwezilwane.
Isizathu sokungakhathalelwa
Uma kungekho lutho olungahambi kahle ngokudla inyama, kungani iSonto libopha amaKatolika, ngaphansi kobuhlungu besono sokubulala, angakwenzi ngolwesihlanu oluhle? Impendulo itholakala kokukhulu okuhle amaKatolika akuhloniphayo ngokuzidela kwawo. Ukweqiwa enyameni yeGood Friday, Ash ngoLwesithathu nawo wonke amaLwesihlanu oLentu kuyindlela yokuphendula ngenhloso yokuhlonipha umnikelo owenziwa nguKhristu ukuze asenzele okuhle esiphambanweni. (Kungokufanayo ngesibopho sokudeda inyama njalo ngolunye uLwesihlanu lonyaka ngaphandle kokuthi kuthathwe enye indlela yokuzijwayeza.) Lowo mnikelo omncane - ukuyeka inyama - kuyindlela yokuhlanganisa amaKatolika nomhlatshelo wokugcina. kaKristu, lapho efa ukuze asuse izono zethu.
Ingabe kukhona okunye esikhundleni sokwenqatshwa?
Ngenkathi e-United States nakwamanye amazwe amaningi, ingqungquthela ye-episcopal ivumela amaKatolika ukuthi afake enye indlela yokuzijezisa ngokuziyeka kwawo okujwayelekile ngoLwesihlanu kuwo wonke unyaka, isibopho sokungayidli inyama ngolwesihlanu oluhle, I-Ash ngoLwesithathu nolunye uLwesihlanu lweLent alunakushintshwa nolunye uhlobo lokuziphendulela. Lezi zinsuku, ama Katolika angalandela noma iyiphi inombolo yezindlela zokupheka ezingenanyama ezitholakala ezincwadini naku-inthanethi.
Kwenzekani uma umKatolika edla inyama?
Uma umKatolika edonsa futhi edla lokho kusho ukuthi bakhohlwe ngempela ukuthi kwakunguLwesihlanu omuhle, icala labo liyancishiswa. Kodwa-ke, njengoba isibopho sokugwema inyama yeGood Friday siyisibopho sobuhlungu obulibulalayo, kufanele baqinisekise ukusho ukuthi kudliwe inyama yeGood Friday esivumweni esilandelayo. AmaKatolika afisa ukuhlala ethembekile ngangokunokwenzeka kufanele aqhubeke nezibopho zawo ngesikhathi seLent nangezinye izinsuku ezingcwele zonyaka.