I-Lent enhle ingashintsha impilo yakho
Ukuqashisa: kunegama elihehayo. Kubukeka sengathi kususelwa egameni lesiNgisi lakudala elithi lencten, elisho ukuthi "intwasahlobo noma intwasahlobo". Kukhona nokuxhumana ne-West Germanic langitinaz, noma "ukwanda kosuku".
Wonke umKhatholika onendaba kakhulu nokuguqula impilo yakhe uyazi ukuthi iLent ngandlela thile idlala - noma kufanele idlale - indima ebalulekile. Isegazini lethu lama Katolika. Izinsuku ziqala ukwanda futhi kukhona lokho okuthinta kwentwasahlobo okuthola ngisho nalapho ngihlala khona eColorado eneqhwa. Mhlawumbe yindlela izinyoni eziqala ngayo ukucula, njengoba uChaucer abhala:
Futhi abancane abancanyana bakha i-melodye,
Ngalobo busuku walala nawe uvulekile
(ngaleyo ndlela ijikeleza isimo ngesibindi sayo),
UThanne ufisa abantu ukuthi baqhubeke nokuhamba
Ufuna ukwenza okuthile: uhambo, uhambo, noma yini ngaphandle kokuhlala lapho ukhona; kude nokuhlala.
Akuwona wonke umuntu okwazi ukuya eCamino ukuya eSantiago de Compostela noma ohambweni lokuya eChartres. Kepha wonke umuntu angathatha uhambo oluya ekhaya nasesifundeni sabo - okuyi-Easter.
Into enkulu evimba lolu hambo kuzoba yiphutha lethu elikhulu. UReginald Garrigou-Lagrange OP uchaza le nkinga ngokuthi "isitha sethu sasekhaya esihlala endlini yethu engaphakathi ... kwesinye isikhathi kufana nokuqhekeka odongeni okubonakala sengathi siqine kepha akufani nalokhu: njengokuqhekeka, kwesinye isikhathi okungavimbeki kepha kujule, ku i-facade enhle yesakhiwo, okungathi ukuthuthumela okunamandla kunganyakazisa izisekelo. "
Ukwazi ukuthi liyini leli phutha kuzoba yinzuzo enkulu ohambweni, ngoba kuzobonisa ubuhle obuhlukile. Ngakho-ke uma iphutha lakho main kungukuthukuthela, kuzofanela uhlose ngomusa noma ubuhlakani. Futhi nokukhula okuncane kobumnandi kuzosiza wonke amanye ubuhle ukuthi bukhule futhi nezinye izinto ezimbi zizoncipha. Musa ukwethemba ukuthi iLente eyodwa yanele; eziningana zingadingeka. Kepha i-Lent enhle ingaba yindlela enamandla yokunqoba umuzwa wecala, ikakhulukazi uma ilandelwa yi-Easter ejabule.
Sithola kanjani ukuthi yini iphutha lethu eliyinhloko? Enye indlela ukubuza umyeni noma umkakho uma unaye; mhlawumbe uzokwazi ukuthi kuyini uma ungazi, futhi mhlawumbe bazosebenzisana nesifiso sakho sokwazi ngentshiseko enkulu.
Kepha ungamangali uma kunzima ukukubona. Lokhu kuqukethwe emzekelisweni wembewu yesinaphi. Manje kunendlela emnandi yokubheka lo mzekeliso, lapho isenzo esincane singaba yinto ehlukile kakhulu. U-André Frossard waseFrance ongaziwa ukuthi uNkulunkulu akekho uye wahlangana nesonto ngesikhathi se-Aspergi, namanzi angcwele walishisa, waguqula, waqhubeka nokwenza kahle kakhulu.
Kepha ikhona enye indlela yokubheka umzekeliso, futhi akuyona into emnandi leyo. Ngoba lapho umuthi wesinaphi ukhulile, mkhulu kakhulu kangangokuba izinyoni zezulu ziza zihlala emagatsheni awo. Sizibonile lezi zinyoni phambilini. Kukhulunywa ngomzekeliso womhlwanyeli. Bafika badle inhlanyelo engazange iwele emhlabathini omuhle. INkosi yethu ichaza ukuthi bangamadimoni, bangamanyala.
Qaphela ukuthi esihlahleni esincane esinamagatsha ambalwa, kulula ukubona isidleke senyoni. Akukona nje kuphela ukuthi isidleke kulula ukusibona, kodwa kulula ngokwanele ukusikhipha esihlahleni esincane. Akunjalo ngesihlahla esikhulu noma esidala. Kunamagatsha amaningi kakhulu namahlamvu amaningi kangangokuba kunzima ukubona. Futhi ngisho nangemva kokubona isidleke, kunzima ukusikhipha njengoba singaba ngaphezulu. Kunjalo nje nabantu abadala okholweni: lapho ukholo luyaziwa, yilapho umthi omkhulu uba nzima futhi futhi nokuthi kuba nzima ngokwengeziwe ukuzibona.
Sijwayela ukuba necala; sinomkhuba wokubheka umhlaba ngawo, futhi ucashe, sithathe ukubukeka kobuhle. Ngakho-ke ubuthakathaka buzifihla ngengubo yokuthobeka, nokuziqhenya ngengubo yobukhazikhazi, nentukuthelo engalawuleki izama ukuzedlula yona njengolaka kuphela.
Ngakho-ke singalithola kanjani leli phutha uma kungekho bantu abangcwele eduze ukusiza?
Kufanele siye egumbini elingaphansi kolwazi, njengoba uSan Bernardo di Chiaravalle asho. Abantu abaningi abayithandi, imvamisa ngoba abayithandi into abayibona lapho. Kepha kuyadingeka, futhi uma ucela i-Guardian Angel yakho ukuthi ikusize ube nesibindi sokukwenza, kuzokwenzeka.
Kepha njengoba umsuka kanye nengqungquthela yayo yonke imisebenzi yeSonto kungumhlatshelo weMass, ingabe kukhona esingakuthatha eMass ukukwenza ekhaya ukusiza lokhu ukuya egumbini elingaphansi? Ngincoma ukukhanya kwamakhandlela.
Ukukhanya kubekelwe ngokuqinile umgubho weMisa eNgcwele. Awukho umthetho okhanyayo kagesi (i-parish ingasebenzisa ukukhanya okuningi njengokuthanda kwayo futhi nanganoma uluphi uhlobo), kepha kunokuningi mayelana namakhandlela e-altare. Ukuze ikhandlela likhanyiswe e-altare kuchazwa ukumela uKristu. Ilangabi ngaphezulu kwalo limelela ubunkulunkulu baso; ikhandlela uqobo, ubuntu balo; nentambo, umphefumulo wakhe.
Isizathu esikhulu sokusetshenziswa kwamakhandlela sitholakala emithandazweni yosuku lwamakhandlela (ngendlela eyisimanga yomkhosi wamaRoma), lapho iSonto linxusa khona uNkulunkulu ...
... Ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ngenkathi amakhandlela ekhanya ngomlilo obonakalayo ahlanza ubumnyama bobusuku, ngendlela efanayo izinhliziyo zethu, zikhanyiselwe umlilo ongabonakali, okungukuthi, ngokukhanya koMoya oNgcwele, zingadedelwa kunoma yikuphi ukungaboni kwesono kanye amehlo ahlanziwe omoya avumelekile ukubona ukuthi yini emthokozisayo futhi efanelekile ekusindisweni kwethu, ukuze kuthi, emuva kokulwa nokubi futhi okuyingozi kwalokhu kuphila kwasemhlabeni, sifinyelele ekutholeni ukukhanya okungafi.
Ilambu lokukhanya liyimfihlakalo (lokhu kungabonakala ngokujulile kwi-Vigil ye-Ista, lapho kusetshenziselwa kuphela isibani sekhandlela engxenyeni yokuqala yolwazi), umsulwa, muhle, uqhakazile futhi ugcwele ukukhanya nokufudumala.
Ngakho-ke, uma uthambekele ekuphazamiseni noma unenkinga yokufaka engaphansi kolwazi lwakho, khanyisa isibani ukuze uthandaze. Kuyawenza umehluko impela.