Uzuko olukhulu ukwenza njengoothixo. Omnye ukhethe ukuba udlale enye yeendima ezibalulekileyo ebomini bomntwana. Ngokwesiko, imisebenzi ye-godparent imiselwe ngokusemthethweni yicawa.
Imisebenzi yoothixo ayipheli kunye ne-sakramente yobhaptizo, kodwa iphela yokuphila. Oothixo bahlangabezana neenqobo ezithile, ezifana nobudala kunye nesimo somzimba.
Kweso siganeko
Unina kumntwana ukhethwa ngabazali bakhe, ekubeni umntwana akanako ukuyicombulula le ngxaki. Kwiimeko ezinqabileyo, ubhaptizo lwenziwa ngexesha lobudala, ngoko umntwana unokukhetha ukothixo ngokwakhe. Xa ukhetha unina, uninzi lwezibini zicinga ngalabo abasondelene neentsapho zabo kwaye ziyamkelelwa ukholo olufanayo ukuba zona ngokwazo. Oothixo abanokwenene banokunyamekela umntwana, abe ngumzekelo kubo bonke ubomi bakhe.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuba yintoni inkolo yobuKristu, apho umkhosi wobhaptizo wenzeka khona, unkulunkulu unyanzelekile ukuba enze ingxelo ethile. KwiCawa yamaRoma Katolika, ngexesha lokubhaptizwa, unina unkulunkulu uphendukela kuKrestu ukuguquka kwezono aze alahle ububi. NgobuProtestanti Ubhaptizo, u-godfather wenza ingxelo elolo hlobo, kodwa ngaphezu koko uthi "uya kuza kuKristu" kwaye "uya kumnikela uKristu." U-godfather uvame ukumbamba umntwana ezandleni zakhe aze afake i-photographer emva komkhosi wokubhaptizwa, ukuba ufuna. Ngexesha lokubhaptizwa, oothixo kunye nabazali bamenywa ukuba baphendule imibuzo egameni lomntwana. Ababingeleli banokubuza uothixo malunga nokuba ulungele yini ukumthandazela umntwana kwaye, ukuba kuyimfuneko, uyamnyamekela. Uothixo uya kumenywa ukuba avakalise ukholo lwabo lobuKristu ngexesha leenkonzo. Phakathi kwabo bonke oothixo kukho isithethe esingaqhelekanga sokusinika isipho kumntwana ngexesha lokubhaptizwa.
Emva komkhosi
Iimbopheleleko ezisemthethweni zoothixo kukuba usebenza njengomcebisi ngokomoya wakhe othixo kwaye ubeka umzekelo wendlela yokuphila yobuKristu. Ukuba uthandaza, ufanele uthandazele u-godson uze uthandazele ubulumko, ukuze zonke izenzo zakho zithi ungunkulunkulu olungileyo nothando. Ukuba ngabazali bomntwana bakude okanye bavule, mema umntwana ukuba atyelele kunye necawa. Ngokungekho sikweni, indima yakho njengomama onokufaniswa nomxhasi womoya okanye umhlobo. Khumbula ngemisebenzi yakho ngeentsuku zeveki kunye neeholide zenkolo ezidibene nomntwana, kunye nokuzalwa kwakhe kunye nezinye izihlandlo.
Njengesikhokelo sokuziphatha
UThixo wakho unokuza kuwe ngemibuzo ebomini nangokomoya. Awunakuze uphendule yonke le mibuzo, kodwa indima yakho njengothixo uyafuna ukuba uthathe ngokungathí sina nayiphi na ingxaki ye-godson yakho. Ngethuba lokukhathazeka ngokomoya nangokomoya ebomini bukaThixo, oothixo uya kuhlala emnika inkxaso. Umzekelo, ukuba umntwana unenkinga esikolweni okanye ebudlelwaneni bakhe nabazali bakhe, unokuthetha nentliziyo yakhe ngentliziyo. Kwimeko apho abazali bakho bafa khona, unokuba ngumgcini wakhe womthetho.
Kuba yinto yokuba oothixo babanike izipho kubantwana babo onyana babo, iKrismesi okanye ezinye iiholide. Nangona lo mkhuba uqhelekileyo, akuyona inxalenye yemisebenzi yoothixo. Unkulunkulukazi kufuneka abe nomdla ekukhuleni ngokomoya komntwana. Uthixo-mzekelo ngumzekelo wobomi bukaThixo kumntwana kwaye kufuneka alungele ukwabelana naye ngokholo lwakhe.
Ukuba ngu-godfather akuyiyo imbopheleleko yomthetho, kodwa unokomoya. Imisebenzi yomnqamlezo iqala ngokubhaptizwa kwaye iyaqhubeka ebomini bayo kunye nobomi bomntwana.