I-Lent lixesha lokubuyela ngokucinga njengoko amaKhristu ehlanganisana emthandazweni kunye nokucamngca ukulungiselela umoya wokwamkelwa kukaYesu Krestu ephila kwaye wavuka ngeCawa yePasika. Ke, ukuthatha izinto zokomoya, ngokomfuziselo umKristu uzelwe ngokutsha, njengoKristu. Oku kucamngca kunokwenziwa yonke imihla emsebenzini, ekhaya, ecaweni yakho okanye kwindawo othanda kuyo. Funda enye Umthandazo obolekayo yenza ngeli xesha lokubonisa.
Umbala we-litological ngeli xesha yimisonto, nto leyo ethetha ukuba ukohlwaywa, ukudakumba nokukhula. Kodwa ngexesha leLente, umbala awuthethi ukuzila, kodwa abonisa ukuba icawa ilungiselela ngokomoya ukulungiselela itheko elikhulu le-Ista, uvuko lukaYesu Krestu.
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Lixesha lokuba siphinde sizivuselele, sitshintshe imeko yethu yokucinga ukusuka kwesokuqinisekileyo ukuya kwelokulungileyo, sibulale okungalunganga ngaphakathi kuthi, okusishenxisayo, sizale ngokutsha, sicoceke kwaye sicoceke kwizimo zethu. Thetha umthandazo obolekileyo kwaye ufezekise iinjongo zakho.
U-St. Ephrem umSyria wazama ukudlulisela oku kwimithandazo yakhe.
Isalathiso semixholo
Umthandazo onamandla weLent
«Nkosi nenkosi yobomi bam,
Susa kum umoya wobuvila
ukucutha, ukulawula
Mnike umkhonzi wakho umoya wentembeko,
yokuthobeka, umonde nothando.
Ewe mnumzana nenkosi
Ndivumele ndibone izono zam kwaye ungabagwebi abantakwethu
Kuba usikelelekile ngonaphakade kanaphakade. Amen.
Kodwa khumbula, akunamsebenzi ukubuza nje. Omnye kufuneka enze kwaye enze eyakhe indawo kwibali lonke. Xa ucamngca, landela omnye umthandazo ukuze uqinisekise intliziyo.
Umthandazo obolekelweNceba
Utata wethu,
abasezulwini
ngeli xesha
yokuzisola
Yiba nenceba kuthi.
Ngomthandazo wethu
ngokukhawuleza kwethu
kunye nemisebenzi yethu emihle
jika
ukuzingca kwethu
ngesisa
Vula iintliziyo zethu
ngelizwi lakho
Philisa amanxeba ethu esono,
Sincede senze okuhle kweli lizwe.
Masiguqule ubumnyama
kunye nentlungu ebomini kunye noyolo.
Siphe ezi zinto
ngeNkosi yethu uYesu Krestu.
Amen "
ILente lixesha lokubonakalisa, ukwenza umva wokomoya. Sidibana ngokucamngca, ukuthandaza nokuzisola. Olona hlaziyo luqhelekileyo kukuzila, kodwa abantu abaninzi bacinga ukuba ukuzila lidini elikhulu kuba bengakuqondi ukuba iBandla yinto elula. Ayilambi, kodwa ingqeqesho, njengokutya isidlo sakusasa nokutshintsha isidlo esipheleleyo, isidlo sasemini okanye isidlo sangokuhlwa kunye nesonka esilula, kwaye "ungancami" nantoni na phakathi kokutya. Ukuba ukuzila ukutya kubonakala kunzima kakhulu, zama ukwenza umthandazo weLenten yonke imihla kwaye uthathe ixesha lokucinga ngezenzo zakho. Utshintsho lwenene lwenzeka ngaphakathi ngaphakathi!
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