UPadre Pio wabhekana kanjani neLent?
Ubaba uPio, owaziwa nangokuthi u-Saint Pio wase-Pietrelcina wayengumfundisi wase-Italy ongumCapuchin owaziwa futhi ethandwa ngenxa yokucwaswa kwakhe kanye nezipho ezingaqondakali. Kusukela esemncane, waphila umoya wokuzisola weNkathi Yokuzila ngendlela engavamile, enikela ukuphila kwakhe emthandazweni, ekuphendukeni nasekunikeleni ngenxa yothando lukaNkulunkulu.
I-Lent yisikhathi lapho ngaphambi kwePhasika esikweni lobuKrestu, elibonakala ngomkhuleko, ukuzila ukudla nokuzisola. KuPadre Pio kwakungeyona nje inkathi izinsuku ezingamashumi amane yokuzithiba nokuswela, kodwa indlela yokuphila njalo inhlanganyelo noNkulunkulu ngokufa kanye nokuzidela.
Padre Pio kanye nokuzisola ngesikhathi seLent
Kusukela esemncane, uPadre Pio wazinikela ekusebenzeni kwe ukuzisola ngokuqinile. Walala embhedeni wamapulangwe futhi yebo wavuma njalo ukuze ahlanze umoya wakhe njalo anikele imihlatshelo yeNkosi izono zomhlaba. Unina wambona ezishaya ngamaketanga ensimbi. Nokho, lapho emcela ukuba ayeke, lo mlisa waphendula ngokuthi kufanele alwe, njengoba amaJuda amshaya uJesu.
Ngesikhathi seLent, umfundisi wasePietralcina waqinisa imikhuba yakhe lokuzisola, ukuzila ukudla kakhulu, ukulala kancane lokuzinikela amahora wonke emthandazweni buthule. Isifiso sakhe sokuhlangana noKristu ekuhluphekeni nasekufeni kwakhe samholela ekubeni aphile esimweni sokuphila ukuzisola okuqhubekayo, enikela ngakho konke ukuhlupheka njengethuba lokuhlengwa wena nabanye.
Impilo yakhe yokuzisola yayinganqunyelwe a umuzwa wecala noma ukulahlwa, kodwa ngenxa yothando olujulile ngoNkulunkulu nemiphefumulo. UPadre Pio wayeqiniseka ukuthi umuntu angathola kuphela ngokuzisola nangomhlatshelo umusa waphezulu nensindiso yaphakade. Ukuhlupheka kwakhe kwakungabonwa njenge izijeziso, kodwa njengendlela yokuhlanza inhliziyo yakhe futhi ahlangane ngokuseduze kakhulu noKristu obethelwe esiphambanweni.
UPadre Pio uphinde wamema umndeni wakhe ethembekile ukulandela indlela yokuzisola ngeNkathi Yokuzila, bebakhuthaza ukuba bazilolonge, i umkhuleko nokunikela njengendlela yokuhlanza inhliziyo nokusondela kuNkulunkulu isibonelo sakhe sempilo yokuphenduka kugqugquzele abaningi ukuzwa lesi sikhathi hhayi nje njengenkathi yokuncishwa kwangaphandle, kodwa njenge-aithuba lokukhula ngokomoya futhi ulahle isono ukuze wamukele ubungcwele.