I-Great Post ibonisa iintsuku ezingama-40 zokuzila kukaYesu Kristu kwintlango engenakuphila. Iintsuku ezisixhenxe zokubandezeleka kukaKristu zalandelwa - Iveki eNgcwele, xa yamkela ngokuzithandela izono zabantu.
Kulabo bafuna ukuchitha ixesha eli, kungekhona nje ukuyeka ukusetyenziswa kwenyama, nokuphila ngokuqonda, kuya kuba luncedo kakhulu ukufunda indlela yokulungiselela i-Great Post.
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Ukuzila ukudla, ngaphezu kwakho konke, ukuyeka ukuzidla, ukukhanuka, ububi, ukuhlambalaza, ubuxoki, ukunyelisa, njl njl. Kodwa isithuba sakho asinalutho ukuba ulinganiselwe kuphela kwisidlo sokutya, uqhubeka ukukopela, umona, umonakalo, kwaye ude ucinge nje ngomntu othile. Ukuzila ukutya kukugqibeleleyo kwengcinga kunye nomzimba.
Ukususela ekusebenziseni ukutya ngokugqithiseleyo, ngokutsho kweBhayibhile, intliziyo yomntu iba nzima, iyayeka ukukwazi uxolo kunye novelwano. Ngako oko, ukutya kwiLent kufanele kuthobe kakhulu. Unqamle kwisidlo esinye ngosuku (ezimbini kwieholide), ungadli ukutya kwesilwanyana (intlanzi kunye ne caviar - ngeeholide kunokwenzeka), ungazikhohlisi, ubeke endaweni yonke nge soy.
Apha, isitshixo siyi-abstinence, kungekhona ukulahlwa kwiprotheni yezilwanyana.
Ukulungiselela i-Great Post kuthetha ubumsulwa beengcinga, iiminqweno nezenzo. Ngokuthinteka komzimba, umntu uhlambulukile iingcamango ezimbi, izifiso kunye neenkohlakalo.
Xa uzila ukudla, akudingeki ubeke isigxina somntu ogulayo. Abantu bavame ukwenza oku kubangela abanye ukuba bazive banomdla, inhlonipho, uvelwano, kwaye banomona. Kodwa ukuba uhlala, kwaye, ngokufanelekileyo, ngokukhawuleza ngokwemiqathango yeBhayibhile, mhlawumbi uyazi ukuba ukuzila akufanele kube phambi kwabantu, kodwa phambi kukaThixo.
Kwaye, ke, izinto ezingenakunqandwa zokuzila ukutya yimithandazo kunye nokuvuma. Emva koko, ukuyeka ukutya, ukukhanukela komzimba kuqhutywe kukukhokelela ekubeni umntu uyancwina umzimba kwaye utyhila umphefumlo wakhe emithandazweni kuThixo.