Umlayezo kaPapa Francis weLent "isikhathi sokuhlanganyela ukholo, ithemba nothando"

Ngenkathi amaKrestu ethandaza, eshesha futhi enikela izipho ngesikhathi seLent, kufanele futhi bacabangele ukumamatheka futhi banikeze izwi elinomusa kubantu abazizwa benesizungu noma besatshiswa ubhadane lwe-coronavirus, kusho uPapa Francis. “Uthando luyakujabulela ukubona abanye bekhula. Ngakho-ke uyahlupheka lapho abanye becindezelekile, bebodwa, begula, bengenamakhaya, bedelelwa noma beswele ", kubhala upapa emyalezweni wakhe weLent 2021. Lo myalezo, okhishwe yiVatican ngoFebhuwari 12, ugxile eLent" njengesikhathi sokuvuselela ukholo , ithemba nothando ”ngemikhuba yendabuko yokuthandaza, ukuzila ukudla nokunikela isipho. Futhi ngiyavuma izono. Kuwo wonke umyalezo, uPapa Francis wagcizelela ukuthi izindlela zeLenten azikhuthazi nje kuphela ukuguqulwa komuntu ngamunye, kepha kufanele futhi zibe nomthelela nakwabanye. "Ngokuthola ukuthethelelwa esakrameni elisenhliziyweni yenqubo yethu yokuguqula, nathi singadlulisa ukuxolelwa kwabanye," esho. “Njengoba nathi sesizitholele intethelelo, singakunikeza ngokuzimisela kwethu ukungena ezingxoxweni ezinake nabanye futhi siduduze labo abezwa ubuhlungu nobuhlungu”.

Isigijimi sikapapa sasiqukethe izinkomba eziningi zemibhalo yakhe ethi "Brothers All, on fraternity and social companion". Isibonelo, wathandazela ukuthi ngesikhathi seLente, amaKhatholika "azokhathazeka kakhulu 'ngamazwi ashoyo ukuthi angaduduza, abe namandla, aduduze futhi akhuthaze, hhayi amagama ahlambalazayo, adabukisayo, athukuthelise noma abonise ukudelela'", okuyisilinganiso esivela embhalweni. "Ukunikeza abanye ithemba, kwesinye isikhathi kwanele ukumane nje sibe nomusa, 'sizimisele ukubeka eceleni konke okunye ukukhombisa intshisekelo, ukunikeza isipho sokumamatheka, ukusho izwi lokukhuthaza, ukulalela phakathi ukungabi nandaba jikelele, '”kusho yena, ecaphuna futhi lo mbhalo. Imikhuba yeLenten yokuzila ukudla, ukupha abampofu izipho nokuthandaza yashunyayelwa nguJesu futhi iyaqhubeka nokusiza amakholwa ukuthi ahlangabezane nokuzwakalisa ukuguquka, kubhala upapa. "Indlela yobumpofu nokuzincisha" ngokuzila ukudla, "ukuhlala wedwa nokunakekela ngothando abampofu" ngokwenza izipho "nangengxoxo yezinsana noBaba" ngomkhuleko, wathi, "yenza sikwazi ukuphila impilo eqotho ukholo, ithemba eliphilayo kanye nesisa esisebenzayo ".

UPapa Francis wagcizelela ukubaluleka kokuzila ukudla "njengendlela yokuzincisha" ukuthola kabusha ukuthembela komuntu ngokuphelele kuNkulunkulu nokuvula inhliziyo yakhe kwabampofu. "Ukuzila ukudla kusho ukukhululeka kuyo yonke into esisindayo - njengokuthenga abathengi noma ulwazi olwedlulele, iqiniso noma amanga - ukuvula iminyango yezinhliziyo zethu kulabo abeza kithi, abampofu kukho konke, nokho egcwele umusa neqiniso: indodana kaNkulunkulu umsindisi wethu. "UKhadinali Peter Turkson, uMphathi weDicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, ethula lo myalezo esithangamini nabezindaba, uphinde wagcizelela ngokubaluleka" kokuzila ukudla kanye nazo zonke izinhlobo zokuziyeka ", ngokwesibonelo ngokulahla" ukubuka iTV ukuze angaya esontweni, athandaze noma asho irosari. Kungokuzincisha kuphela lapho sizikhuza khona ukuze sikwazi ukususa amehlo ethu kithi futhi siqaphele okunye, sibhekane nezidingo zabo futhi ngaleyo ndlela sakhe amathuba okuthola izinzuzo nezimpahla zabantu ", siqinisekisa inhlonipho ngesithunzi sabo kanye amalungelo abo. UNkk Bruno-Marie Duffe, unobhala womnyango, uthe ngomzuzwana "wokukhathazeka, wokungabaza kanye nowokuphelelwa yithemba" ngenxa yobhadane lwe-COVID-19, iLente yisikhathi samaKrestu "sokuhamba indlela noKristu impilo entsha nezwe elisha, kubheke ethembeni elisha kuNkulunkulu nakusasa ".