“Lokhu kungumzimba wami onikelwe njengomhlatshelo ngenxa yenu” Kungani umninikhaya eba uMzimba kaKristu Weqiniso?
Theaphethe yisinkwa esingcwele, esabelwa abakholwayo phakathi neMisa. Ngesikhathi somkhosi we-Ekaristi, umpristi ungcwelisa umninikhaya ngamazwi kaJesu ngesikhathi seSidlo Sokugcina, lapho ethi kubafundi bakhe: “Lokhu kungumzimba wami owanikelwa ngenxa yenu”. Amazwi ompristi, ahambisana nokuthinta okuthile, avumela abathembekile ukuba bakholwe ukuthi umninikhaya uba umzimba kaKristu ngempela.
Lapho abathembekile bemukela umninikhaya phakathi neMisa, yebo baguqe noma basondele e-altare futhi umpristi alibeke olimini lwabo noma ezandleni zabo. AmaKristu amaningi akholelwa ukuthi ngokuwudla, athola umzimba kaKristu phakathi kwabo, edala inhlanganyelo engokomoya naye kanye ne isonto.
Umsingathi uyacatshangelwa isakra futhi igcinelwe kuphela ababhapathizwayo nababenza ukwethembeka. Kuwuphawu lwe umhlatshelo kaKristu esiphambanweni ukuze kusindiswe isintu kanye nokuba khona kwakhe njalo ezimpilweni zamakholwa. Abathembekile babizelwe ukwamukela umninikhaya inhlonipho nokuzinikela futhi siphile ngokuvumelana nezindinganiso nezimfundiso zikaKristu.
Ukukhonza kwe-Ekaristi
Phakathi nomkhosi woMthendeleko, umninikhaya uboniswaukudunyiswa kwabathembekile. Lesi sikhathi, esibizwa ngokuthi ukukhulekela kwe-Ekaristi, sivumela ngokwethembeka ukukhuleka, zindla futhi uzindle ngokuba khona kukaKristu kulo mhlangano. Amasonto amaningi anetabernakele, i-urn ekhethekile, lapho ngemva kokungcweliswa igcinwa ngokuphepha.
Umsingathi uyasetshenziswa nakwabanye imikhosi yesakramente yeBandla, njengesidlo sabagulayo kanye nokungcweliswa kwabapristi abasha. Kuzo zombili lezi zimo kuwuphawu lobukhona bukaKristu nomusa wakhe ezimpilweni zamakholwa.
Ngaphezu kokubaluleka kwayo emgubhweni we-Ekaristi futhi iwuphawu lwe ukwabelana kanye nobunye phakathi kwamakholwa. Phakathi neMisa, umpristi uyalihlephula futhi ukwabela abakholwayo, abahlanganyela nabanye abathembekile. Lesi senzo sokwabelana sibonisa i'uthando lukaKristu ozinikela ngokupheleleyo ukuze kusindiswe bonke.