Isakramente sokubhapathizwa kwezinsana namuhla lizungezwe inqwaba yenkolelo-ze. Abazali abaningi, ukulalela abangane babo nezihlobo zabo, bafinyelela esiphethweni sokuthi ngosizo lwale nkambo bazosindisa ingane yabo ekuguleni, uzolala kangcono futhi abe nokuthula. Empeleni, isakramente lokubhapathizwa kwengane iyingane engena eSontweni. Lo mkhosi uvumela ingane ukuba yamukele kuNkulunkulu umusa kaMoya oNgcwele. Futhi, ubhapathizo kusiza ingane ukuba ikhule ngokomoya, iqinise okholweni lwakhe nothando ngoNkulunkulu nomakhelwane.
Ngeshwa, abazali abaningi babhapathiza izingane zabo, bakhokhela imfashini. Ngaphandle kokungena ebusweni obusondelene ne-sakramente yobhapathizo lwezingane, abazali bayakwazi, ngokuhlukumezekayo, ukwephula imithetho ethile yomkhosi, okubaluleke kakhulu kumntwana. Futhi njengoba isakramente yobhapathizo lomntwana ukuzalwa kwakhe okungokomoya, kufanele alungiselelwe kahle.
Ukulungiselela iSigramente Sokubhapathizwa
Okokuqala, abazali nabazali bomama esizayo kufanele bavakashele isonto lapho kubhapathizwa khona. Ngomkhosi uqobo oyowudinga: isiphambano somntwana wakho, ihembe lesikristini, ithawula namakhandlela. Zonke lezi zimfanelo zingathengwa esitolo sesonto. Ngokwesiko, isiphambano nesithombe esinesithombe somphathi sinikwe ingane ngunkulunkulukazi wakhe. Ngaphambi kokubhapathizwa kwabazali kanye nonkulunkulu, umuntu kufanele avume esontweni futhi athathe isidlo.
Abazali kufanele bazi ukuthi njengabaqashi abangakwazi ukukhetha: amakholi, abantu abangaphansi kweminyaka engu-13, abashadile.
Isakramente sokubhapathizwa kanjani?
Umkhosi wanamuhla wokubhapathizwa usekelwe embhalweni weBhayibheli, lapho uJohane uMbhapathizi abhapathiza khona uJesu Kristu. Isakramente sokubhapathizwa kwezinsana ukucwiliswa kwezintathu zezingane emanzini nokuphindaphinda imithandazo ethile. Kwezinye izimo, kuvunyelwe ukuthulula umntwana kathathu ngamanzi. Nakhu okushiwo umthetho we-sakramente wobhapathizo obusana kubonakala sengathi:
- abazali nabazali bakaNkulunkulu kufanele babe ngamakholwa angamaKristu;
- onkulunkulukazi kufanele baxoxe amazwi amfihlo;
- ingane kumele ibhapathizwe kathathu emanzini.
Ezikhathini zasendulo, abantwana babhapathizwa ngosuku lwesishiyagalombili lokuzalwa. Emphakathini wanamuhla, ukuhambisana nalo mthetho akudingekile. Kodwa abazali abafuna ukubhapathiza ingane ngosuku lweshumi nane, khumbula ukuthi owesifazane akavunyelwe ukuvakashela isonto izinsuku ezingama-40 ngemuva kokubeletha. Kulesi simo, ingane isesandleni sikaNkulunkulu, futhi umama umi emnyango wesonto.
Ngesikhathi sokubhapathizwa, umntwana unikezwa igama elikhona kwabangcwele. Ngaphambili, kwakungokwesiko ukunikeza ingane igama likaSanta, owazalwa ngosuku olufanayo. Namuhla, ingane ingabhapathizwa nganoma yiliphi igama. Uma igama abazali abanikeza abantwana babo ekuzalweni alikho kumababa, khona-ke umpristi ukhetha igama eliqaphela ukubhapathizwa.
Izingane ezingaphansi kweminyaka engu-7 yokubhapathizwa zidinga kuphela imvume yabazali bazo. Uma uneminyaka engama-7 ukuya kwengu-14 ukubhapathizwa, imvume yomntwana nayo iyadingeka. Emva kweminyaka engu-14, imvume yabazali ayidingi.
Kanye nesigramente sokubhapathizwa, isakramente sokukhriswa senziwa. Ukukhishwa kwe-Chrismation kuyisidingo sokuphoqeleka ngaphambi kokudla, okwenzeka ngosuku lokubhapathizwa, noma emva kwesikhathi esilandelayo.
Isakramente sokubhapathizwa kwezinsana kuyisisusa esibaluleke kakhulu futhi esingcwele, okufanele abazali baphathwe ngayo yonke imithwalo yemfanelo. Ubhapathizo luvula umnyango wengane ezweni elingokomoya, futhi kulokhu udinga ukusekelwa kwabazali bakhe.