Izinzuzo zokuzila nokuthandaza
Ukuzila ukudla kungenye yezindlela ezivame kakhulu - futhi kungenye yezindlela eziqondwa kakhulu - imikhuba engokomoya echazwe eBhayibhelini. UMfundisi Masud Ibn Syedullah, umpristi we-episcopal, ukhulume ngencazelo yokuzila futhi kungani kungumkhuba obaluleke kangaka ngokomoya.
Abantu abaningi babona ukuzila ukudla njengokuthile okufanele kusetshenziselwe izinhloso zokudla noma okumele kwenziwe kuphela ngesikhathi seLent. I-Syedullah, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ibona ukuzila ukudla njengokukhulu kakhulu kunokudla noma ukuzinikela kwesizini.
"Ukuzila ukudla kuqinisa inhloso yomkhuleko," kusho uSedullah. "Kukhona isiko okholweni lobuKhrestu lokuthi uma ufuna ukugxila enkingeni ethile noma ukwethula inkinga ethile phambi kukaNkulunkulu, uyenza ngomkhuleko oqonde ngqo, ikakhulukazi ngokuzila ukudla."
ISyedullah ibona ukuzila ukudla kanye nomthandazo kuhlobene kakhulu. "Uma umuntu edla ngamabomu engadli, awugcini ngokuthandazela ungasho lutho, usho ukuthi le nto ibalulekile," kusho yena.
Kodwa-ke, iSedullah ishesha ukuveza ukuthi inhloso eyinhloko yokuzila ukudla ukwenza ukuthi into ingenzeki.
"Abanye abantu babheka ukuthandaza nokuzila ukudla ngezindlela zemilingo," kusho uSyedullah. "Bakubheka njengendlela yokukhohlisa uNkulunkulu."
Imfihlo yangempela yokuzila ukudla, uSyedullah uthe, ukuthi imayelana nokusiguqula kunokuguqula uNkulunkulu.
Izibonelo zokuzila ukudla ezenzweni, uSedullah ubheka umBhalo.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi isibonelo esithinta kunazo zonke nguJesu," kusho uSyedullah. "Ngemuva kokubhapathizwa ... uya ogwadule izinsuku ezingama-40 nobusuku obungamashumi amane, futhi usesikhathini somkhuleko nokuzila ukudla ogwadule."
USedullah uveza ukuthi kungalesi sikhathi sokuzila nokuthandaza lapho uJesu elingwa khona nguSathane. Uthi kungenzeka ngoba ukuzila ukudla kubeka ubuchopho endaweni evulekile kakhudlwana.
"Angazi chemistry ngemuva kwalokhu," kusho yena. “Kepha impela uma ungadli nokudla neziphuzo, uyakwemukela. Kukhona ubukhulu bokuphila obuthonya ukuqonda okungokomoya nokuqwashisa ".
Kungemva kwalesi sikhathi sokuzila nokulingwa lapho uJesu aqala khona inkonzo yakhe yasobala. Lokhu kuhambisana nombono weSyedullah wokuthi ukuzila ukudla kuyindlela esebenzayo yokuthandaza.
"Umkhuleko nokuzila ukudla kusivulela umbono wokuthi singabamba iqhaza kanjani esibusisweni sikaNkulunkulu," kusho uSedullah. "Umkhuleko nokuzila ukudla ... kuyindlela yokunikeza usizo ngokusinika amandla nokusisiza ukuthi sibe nokucacisa okukhulu kulokho manje okufanele kwenziwe."
Abaningi babheka ukuzila ukudla okuxhunyaniswe ngokuyisisekelo neLent, izinsuku ezingama-40 ngaphambi kwe-Ista, kwezinye amasiko obuKristu agcinelwe ukuzila ukudla.
"Ukubolekwa yisikhathi sokuxolelwa," kusho uSyedullah. "[Sekuyisikhathi] sokuthi wazi ukuncika komuntu kuNkulunkulu ... ukuhlela kabusha imicabango yethu, isenzo, indlela esiziphatha ngayo, indlela yethu yokuphila eduze nemodeli kaJesu, okufunwa uNkulunkulu kithi impilo. "
Kepha iLent akuyona nje ukunikela ngokudla. ISyedullah ithi abantu abaningi bazofunda isigaba sokuzinikela nsuku zonke noma semibhalo ngenkathi bebolekwe noma bahlanganyele ezinkonzweni zokukhethekile. Ukuzila ukudla kuyingxenye eyodwa yencazelo engokomoya yeLent futhi ayikho indlela eqondile yokuzila ukudla ngesikhathi seLent.
"Uma [umuntu] engasetshenziswanga ukuzila ukudla, kungaba ngumqondo omuhle ukukulula," kusho uSedullah.
Kunezinhlobo ezahlukene zokudla abantu abangazenza ngesikhathi sokubolekwa, kuya ngezidingo zabo zempilo. I-Syedullah iphakamisa ukuthi abaqalayo baqale ngokuzila okuyingxenye, mhlawumbe kusuka ekushoneni kwelanga kuze kube sekushoneni kwelanga, futhi baphuze amanzi amaningi, kungakhathalekile ukuthi uluhlobo luni lokuzila okusheshayo okwenzayo. Into ebaluleke kakhulu akuyona lokho okushesha ngokomzimba, kodwa inhloso yokuzila ukudla.
"Into ebaluleke kakhulu ukuthi [ukuzila ukudla] kwenziwe ngenhloso ethile, ukuvulelwa ukugcwaliswa uNkulunkulu," kusho uSedullah. "Ukuzila ukudla kuyakhumbula ukuthi izinto ezibonakalayo akuyona ukuphela kwezinto ezibalulekile."