Umkhuleko weLent: “Ngihawukele, Nkulunkulu, ngobuhle bakho, ngigeze ebubini bami bonke, ungihlanze ezonweni zami”
La Ukuzila yinkathi yenkonzo eyandulela iPhasika futhi ibonakala ngezinsuku ezingamashumi amane zokuzisola, ukuzila nokuthandaza. Lesi sikhathi sokulungiselela okungokomoya simema abathembekile ukuba bazindle ngohambo lwabo lokholo futhi bavuselele ubuhlobo babo noNkulunkulu.Ihubo 51 liyingoma yokuphenduka nokuvuselela okuhambisana ngokuphelele nalenkathi yokuphenduka.
Kuyinto preghiera okuveza isifiso sokuba ehlanziwe ezonweni nokubuyisana noNkulunkulu, kuqala nge i-parole “Ngihawukele, Nkulunkulu, ngokomusa wakho; ngokwesihawu sakho esikhulu yesula ububi bami.
La mazwi asikhumbuza ukuthi uNkulunkulu unguye nesihe futhi sithethelele njalo nokuthi nathi sibizelwe ukuba nesihawu kwabanye. I-Lent yisikhathi sokuguqulwa kanye ukuvuselelwa kwangaphakathi, lapho sibizelwa khona ukuba siqaphele amaphutha ethu futhi siphenduke ngezono zethu.
I-Lent akuyona nje inkathi ukuncishwa kanye nokuhoxiswa, kodwa futhi ngethemba nokulindela intokozo ye Iphasika. Yisikhathi sokulungiselela ukwamukela i ukuvuka kukaKristu kanye lokunqoba ukufa. Yisikhathi sokukhula ngokomoya nokujulisa ukholo lomuntu.
Ihubo 51 leLent
"NgihawukeleO Nkulunkulu, ngenxa yobuhle bakho; wesula izenzo zami ezimbi ngomusa wakho omkhulu.
Ngigeze kuzo zonke izono zami, ungihlanze ezonweni zami; ngoba ngiyawabona amaphutha ami,
isono sami siphambi kwami njalo. ngine ona kuweNgenze okubi emehlweni akho kuwe wedwa. Ngakho ulungile ekukhulumeni kwakho, umsulwa ekwahluleleni kwakho. Bheka, ngazalelwa ebubini, umama wangithabatha esonweni. Kodwa ufuna iqiniso lihlale ngaphakathi:
ngifundise ngakho-ke ukuhlakanipha ekusithekeni kwenhliziyo. Ngihlanze ngehisopi futhi ngizoba msulwa; ngigeze futhi ngizoba mhlophe kuneqhwa"