Yini oLwesihlanu bokuqala benyanga?
"ULwesihlanu wokuqala" wuLwesihlanu wokuqala enyangeni futhi uvame ukumakwa ngokuzinikela okukhethekile eNhliziyweni Engcwele kaJesu. Njengoba uJesu wasifela futhi wanqoba ukusindiswa kwethu ngoLwesihlanu. Njalo ngoLwesihlanu lonyaka, hhayi nje ngoLwesihlanu lweLent, usuku olukhethekile lokuzisola njengoba kubekiwe kuMthetho we-Canon Law. “Izinsuku nezikhathi zokuzisola eSontweni lomhlaba wonke kungoLwezihlanu unyaka wonke nesikhathi seLente” (Canon 1250).
USaint Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690) ubike imibono kaJesu Kristu emqondise ekukhuthazeni ukuzinikela eNhliziyweni Engcwele kaJesu. Ngokulandelana ekuhlawuliseni izono nasekukhombiseni uthando kuJesu. Esenzelweni salesi senzo sokuzinikela, esivame kufaka phakathi imisa, isidlo, ukuvuma izono. Ngisho nehora lokudumisa uMthendeleko ngosuku olwandulela uLwesihlanu wokuqala enyangeni. UMsindisi wethu obusisiwe ngabe wathembisa uSt. Margaret Mary lezi zibusiso ezilandelayo:
"Ngokweqa umusa weNhliziyo yami, ngiyakuthembisa ukuthi uthando lwami olunamandla onke luzonika bonke labo abathola iSidlo ngoLwesihlanu lokuqala, izinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye ezilandelanayo, umusa wokuphenduka kokugcina: ngeke bafe ngosizi lwami, futhi ngaphandle kokuthola amasakramente; neNhliziyo yami iyoba yisiphephelo sabo kulo lelo hora lokugcina “.
La ukuzinikela kuvunyelwe ngokusemthethweni, kepha ekuqaleni bekungenjalo. Ngempela, uSanta Margherita Maria wahlangabezana nokuphikiswa nokungakholelwa kusukela ekuqaleni emphakathini wakhe wezenkolo. Iminyaka engama-75 kuphela ngemuva kokufa kwakhe kwaba ukuzinikela enhliziyweni Engcwele okwaziwa ngokusemthethweni. Cishe eminyakeni engama-240 ngemuva kokufa kwakhe, uPapa Pius XI uthi uJesu wabonakala kuSanta Margherita Maria. Encwadini yakhe yokwahlukanisa iMiserentissimus Redemptor (1928), eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili ngemuva kokugcotshwa ngokusemthethweni njengongcwele nguPapa Benedict XV.