Umkhosi wosuku lukaFebhuwari 2: Ukwethulwa kweNkosi

Indaba yokwethulwa kweNkosi

Ngasekupheleni kwekhulu lesi-1887, owesifazane ogama lakhe lingu-Etheria wenza uhambo oluya eJerusalema. Idayari yakhe, eyatholakala ngo-40, inikeza amazwibela angakaze abonwe ngempilo yenkolo lapho. Phakathi kwemigubho ayichazayo kubalwa i-Epiphany, ukugujwa kokuzalwa kukaKristu nodwendwe lwegala ukuhlonipha iPrezentheshini yakhe ethempelini ngemuva kwezinsuku ezingama-40. Ngaphansi koMthetho kaMose, owesifazane ngokwesiko waye "ngcolile" izinsuku ezingama-XNUMX ngemuva kokubeletha, lapho kwakufanele azethule kubapristi anikele ngomhlatshelo, "ukuhlanzwa" kwakhe. Ukuxhumana nanoma ngubani othinte imfihlakalo - ukuzalwa noma ukufa - bekukhipha umuntu enkolweni yamaJuda. Lo mkhosi ugcizelela ukubonakala kokuqala kukaJesu ethempelini ngaphezu kokuhlanzwa kukaMariya.

Umkhosi wasabalala kulo lonke iSonto LaseNtshonalanga ngekhulu lesihlanu nelesithupha. Ngenkathi iSonto laseNtshonalanga ligubha ukuzalwa kukaJesu ngoDisemba 25, iPrezentheshini yathuthelwa kuFebhuwari 2, izinsuku ezingama-40 ngemuva kukaKhisimusi.

Ekuqaleni kwekhulu lesishiyagalombili, uPapa Sergius wavula udwendwe lokukhanyisa amakhandlela; ekupheleni kwaleli khulu leminyaka ukubusiswa nokusatshalaliswa kwamakhandlela, okuqhubeka nanamuhla, kwaba yingxenye yomgubho, okunika umkhosi igama lawo elidumile: Amakhandlela.

Ukuzindla

Ekulandiseni kukaLuka, uJesu wamukelwa ethempelini ngabadala ababili, uSimeyoni kanye nomfelokazi u-Ana. Bafaka u-Israyeli ngokulindela kwabo ngokubekezela; babona umntwana uJesu njengoMesiya okwase kuyisikhathi eside elindelwe. Izinkomba zokuqala ngomkhosi wamaRoma ziwubiza ngokuthi umkhosi weSan Simeone, indoda endala eyaqhuma yacula ingoma yenjabulo iSonto elisayicula ekupheleni kosuku.