Kungani uMay abizwa ngokuthi "Inyanga kaMariya"?
KumaKhatholika, uMeyi waziwa kangcono ngokuthi "Inyanga KaMariya", okuyinyanga ethize yonyaka lapho kugujwa khona amadokhumenti akhethekile ukuhlonipha iNcasakazi Ehlonishwa uMariya.
Ngoba? Angahlanganiswa kanjani noMama oBusisiwe?
Kunezinto eziningi ezahlukahlukene ezifake isandla kule nhlangano. Okokuqala, eGrisi naseRoma lasendulo ngenyanga kaMeyi kwanikezelwa konkulunkulukazi abangamaqaba abaxhumene nokuzala nentwasahlobo (u-Artemis noFlora ngokulandelana). Lokhu, kuhlanganiswe neminye imicikilisho yaseYurophu yokukhumbula isikhathi sentwasahlobo entsha, kuholele amasiko amaningi asentshonalanga ukuthi abheke uMeyi njengenyanga yokuphila kanye nokuba ngumama. Lokhu kwakudala ngaphambi kokuthi "uSuku Lomama" lukhulelwe, yize umkhosi wesimanje uxhunyaniswa kakhulu nalesi sifiso sangaphakathi sokuhlonipha umama phakathi nezinyanga zasentwasahlobo.
Esontweni lokuqala kunobufakazi bomkhosi obalulekile weNkosazana EBusisekile uMariya ogujwa ngoMeyi 15 wonyaka ngamunye, kepha akuzange kube ngunyaka we-18 lapho uMeyi wamukela ukuhlangana okuthile neNtombi Enyulu uMariya. Ngokusho kwe-Catholic Encyclopedia, "Ukuzinikela kukaMay ngesimo sawo samanje kwaqala eRoma, lapho uBaba uLatomia weKolishi LaseRoma le-Society of Jesus, ezokwenza khona ukungathembeki kanye nokuziphatha okubi phakathi kwabafundi, wenza isifungo ekugcineni kuka I-XVIII yekhulu linikezela inyanga kaMeyi kuMaria. Ukusuka eRoma lo mkhuba wasakazekela kwamanye amakolishi amaJesuit ngakho-ke cishe kuwo wonke amasonto ama Katolika aqhutshwa ngesiLatini.
Ukunikezela inyanga yonke kuMariya kwakungeyona inkambiso entsha, ngoba kwakukhona isiko lakudala lokunikezela izinsuku ezingama-30 kuMariya okuthiwa yiTricesimum, eyayaziwa nangokuthi "Inyanga yeNkosazana".
Ukuzinikela okuhlukahlukene ngasese kuMariya kwasakazeka ngokushesha phakathi nenyanga kaMeyi, njengoba kubikwa eqoqweni, incwadi yomthandazo eyakhishwa maphakathi nekhulu le-XNUMX.
Kungukuzinikela okwaziwayo ukunikezela inyanga kaMeyi kuMariya ongcwelengcwele, njengenyanga enhle nechuma kakhulu onyakeni wonke. Lokhu kuzinikela sekuyisikhathi eside kunamandla kulo lonke eLobukholwa; futhi kuvamile lapha eRoma, hhayi emindenini yangasese kuphela, kodwa njengokuzinikela komphakathi emasontweni amaningi. UPapa Pius VII, ukuze enze bonke abantu abangamaKristu bazenzele umkhuba wokuzinikela othandekayo futhi othokozisayo kwiNkosazana EBusisekile, futhi wabalwa ukuthi angazuza kakhulu ngokomoya, anikezwe yiRegistry of the Secretary of Memorals, Mashi 21 Ngo-1815 (kugcinwe kuNobhala Wezincwadi Zakhe u-Cardinal-Vicar), kubo bonke abathembekile bomhlaba wama Katolika, abathi esidlangalaleni noma ngasese kufanele bahloniphe iNkosazana ebusisiwe ngemiklomelo ekhethekile noma ngemikhuleko ezinikele, noma eminye imikhuba emihle.
Ngo-1945, uPapa Pius XII wahlanganisa uMeyi njengenyanga kaMariyari ngemuva kokusungula umkhosi wobukhosi bukaMariya ngoMeyi 31. Ngemuva kweVictoria II, lo mkhosi wathuthelwa ku-Agasti 22, kwathi ngoMeyi 31 waba ngumkhosi wokuhanjelwa kukaMariya.
Inyanga kaMeyi igcwele amasiko nesikhathi esihle sonyaka sokuhlonipha umama wethu osezulwini.