Njani kwaye kutheni ukuzila?

Kutheni kwaye kutheni ukukhawuleza - wonke umntu uzikhethele yena, uYesu Kristu ngokwakhe ugcine yonke imigaqo iintsuku ezingamashumi amane. Kwaze kube namhlanje le nkcubeko igcinwa, unyaka wonke unyaka wama-Orthodox aqala ukukhawuleza, ukukhusela umzimba kunye nomoya kwisilingo. Unyaka ngamnye I-Lent iqala emva kweveki yeShrovetide okanye, njengoko beyisebenzisa ekuthiwa yiRashiya, iVeki yeSibini. Ngeli thuba kuyafaneleka ukwenza umlinganiselo wokutya imveliso yenyama. Ngaloo ndlela, ukulungiselela isithuba kuqhubeka ngokukhawuleza.

Yintoni oyifunayo ukuba wazi ngaphambi kokuzila?
Maslenitsa uphela ngeSonto elixolelwe, ngalo mhla kubalulekile ukuxolela ngokunyanisekileyo wonke umntu, ukulibala ukucaphuka, umsindo. Musa ukuthatha indlela yokulungiswa nomthwalo entliziyweni nasengqondweni. Yingakho kufuneka ucele umbingeleli ngensikelelo kwisithuba. Oku kuya kunceda ukuthobela yonke imithetho kunye nemigqomo.

Ngo-2013, ukuzila ukutya kuthatha iintsuku ezingama-48, ezi iiveki ezingcwele zinentsingiselo enkulu. Nsuku zonke umntu odlayo, usondela uSomandla, kwaye ngeveki yokugqibela iNkosi ngokwakhe iza kudibana nendoda. Leli liveki elikhulu elinomdla - ixesha elibi kakhulu.

Imithetho yokuzila
Abaninzi bakholelwa ukuba into ephambili ekuzila ukutya kukunikela ukutya kunye notywala, kwaye oko kuya kukwanela. Enyanisweni, yonke into ibaluleke ngakumbi. Iingcinga zakho, ozibeka entliziyweni yakho, zihlambuluke. Kwaye oku kunokwenzeka ukuba unqamle ukuzonwabisa, nwabisa kwaye ufunde ukuthandaza ngokunyanisekileyo. Kukulungele ukuqala rhoqo ngemini ngomthandazo, ukuze ubabalo lukaThixo lufikelele entliziyweni yakho kwaye luhambe nawe yonke imini. Umthandazo uya kukunceda ufumane uxolo lwengqondo.

Bambalwa abantu bayazi ukuba i-Great Post iyilungiselelwa kwangaphambili, ukuqala kwiiveki ezintathu. Kwaye le nkcubeko inceda ukugxila kwangaphambili kwaye uzilungiselele isizathu esifanelekileyo.

Ziziphi iimveliso ezinokukwazi kwaye ezingenako?
Ngethuba lokuphunga kulungele ukuzinciphisa ukutya kokutya ezithile. Ubungqina obunjalo buya kukunceda ekugxileni ekuhlambulukeni, kungekhona ukwanelisa iimfuno zomntu. Ekubonweni kokuqala, kubonakala ngathi unokutya kuphela isonka namanzi. Yaye le ngcamango ephosakeleyo, kuba ngexesha leposi kukho izinto ezininzi ezivunyelweyo kunye neendlela zokupheka ezimnandi.

Yintoni ongayidla ngeLente?
Izityalo ezihlukahlukeneyo - ezivela kuzo unokupheka ukutya okutya okumnandi, kodwa ngaphandle kobisi. Iintyatyambo kunye nemifuno, ngenhlanhla, zihlala zithengiswa. Amakhowe, i-pickles, imifuno kunye neeberry. Kuyinto enhle ukuhlala nokusela itiye nge jam. Icawa yamaOthodoki inokusikelela yonke isidlo esilungiselelwe ngexesha lokuzila. Ngako oko, bulela kwaye uthandaze ngaphambi nangemva kokutya, le nkcubeko izokunika amandla kwaye iza kudla bonke abathandekayo bakho.

Ngexesha leposi kufuneka kubalulekile ukulahla ezi zinto zilandelayo:

• inyama
• ubisi
• isonka sezonka
• iifishi kunye neesekese
• maqanda
• utywala, ucuba kunye neziyobisi

Njengoko sele uqondayo, ukuzila kukukhawulelana komzimba, ingqondo kunye nomoya ovela kwiimonwabo zehlabathi kunye nezilingo. Kodwa akusiyo wonke umntu onokuthobela yonke imithetho, kunzima kakhulu ukugcina amandla okuthanda nokushiya inyaniso kwinto enokude isetyenziswe ngayo. Ngoko ke, kukho izididi eziliqela zokuzila.

Isiganga sokuqala sigcinwa ngokugqithiseleyo ngabadala kunye neentloko, banqabile ngokupheleleyo ukutya nokuthandaza imihla ngemihla. Akubona wonke umntu onokuyenza le mboleko. Kodwa ngenxa yeso sithuba, abantu abaninzi banqabisa ubabalo lukaThixo kunye namandla oMbonelelo. Abanye badla ukutya okubandayo ngaphandle kokupheka kwioli yezityalo, iqondo elinjalo luthiwa ukutya okunomileyo. Abanye banokutya ukutya okufudumele. Ungongeza kwintlanzi endaweni yokutya. Kwaye i-degree elula kukusetyenziswa kwayo yonke imveliso, ngaphandle kwenyama, yobisi.

Umntu ngamnye uyazikhethela indlela yokuzila. Kwaye ngaphambi kokuba uqale uxoxe nobawo kwaye ubonisane, njengoko kungcono ukuba wenze okuthile.

Kukho ukungabikho kubantu abakhawulezayo. Laba bantu abagula, abadala, abakhulelweyo nabamnesi. Kubo, into ekhethekileyo kukuba ufunde imithandazo eqinileyo kwaye umbulele uThixo.