Lent ndi mwina nthawi yofunika kwambiri pa Mapemphero a Atumwi a Roma Katolika. Nthawi imeneyi imayamba Lachitatu Lachitatu mpaka Lachinayi Loyera, ndipo monga dzinali limanenera, Kutalika masiku makumi anayi.
Zikuyembekezeka kuti munthawi imeneyi Mkhristu wabwino alapadi machimo ake ndikuti atha kusintha kuchokera mkati mwake, kuti akhale munthu wabwinoko ndikukhala pafupi ndi Yesu Khristu, kupemphera ndi kuchita ntchito zabwino ndi zachifundo. Imawonedwa ngati nthawi yakulira ndi kulapa (yowonekera mu utoto wofiirira), komanso yowunikira ndipo koposa zonse, yakudzipereka pakusintha kwauzimu ndi chiyanjanitso cha abale.
Lenti imatenga masiku makumi anayi chifukwa nambala makumi anayi ili ndi chizindikiro chapadera m'Baibulo: panali masiku makumi anayi a Chigumula cha Padziko Lonse, zaka makumi anayi zomwe anthu achiheberi adayendayenda mchipululu potuluka ku Igupto, zomwe zidatenga zaka 400, ndi masiku makumi anayi omwe Yesu anali mchipululu asanayambe kuphunzitsa kwake.
Amati ndi nthawi yoti mofulumira ndipo kudziletsa. Komabe, monga timawerenga mu gawo lina la buku la Yesaya, "kusala kudya komwe kumakondweretsa Mulungu ndiko kugawana mkate ndi anjala, kuloleza osowa pokhala kulowa mnyumba, kuphimba amaliseche, osabwerera kubwerera kwa ena".
Pano pali mapemphero khumi ndi awiri omwe angatchulidwe pa Lent:
- Atate wathu wakumwamba, munthawi imeneyi yakulapa, tichitireni chifundo. Ndi pemphero lathu, kusala kwathu, ndi ntchito zathu zabwino, tisinthe kudzikonda kwathu kuti tikhale owolowa manja. Tsegulani mitima yathu ku Mawu anu, kuchiritsa mabala athu ku uchimo, kutithandiza kuchita zabwino mdziko lino.
- Kuwala kwanu kuli kuti Ndipatseni, Ambuye, dzanja lanu lotsogolera. Ndiuzeni komwe kuwala kwa dzuwa kumabisala. Komwe moyo weniweni. Kumene imfa yowombolera yeniyeni.
- Taonani mtumiki wanga, amene ndimchirikiza; wosankhidwa wanga, amene ndikonda. Ndaika mzimu wanga pa iye, kuti abweretse chilungamo kwa amitundu.
- Mbuye wanga, Yesu Khristu, ndikukhulupirira kuti muli pano; Mu mphindi zochepa za pemphero zomwe ndiyamba tsopano, ndikufuna ndikufunseni ndikukuthokozani. Funsani chisomo kuti muzindikire kuti muli ndi moyo, mverani ine ndikundikonda; kotero kuti mumafuna kundifera momasuka pamtanda ndikukonzanso nsembeyo tsiku lililonse ku Mass. Ndipo ndikukuthokozani ndi ntchito momwe mumandikondera: Ndine wanu, ndinabadwira inu! Mukufuna chiyani, Ambuye?
- Tisandutseni, Mulungu Mpulumutsi wathu, ndi kutithandiza kupita patsogolo mu chidziwitso cha mawu anu, kuti chikondwerero cha Lenti ichi chipereke zipatso zochuluka mwa ife. Kudzera mwa Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu, Mwana wanu, amene amakhala ndi kulamulira ndi inu mu umodzi ndi Mzimu Woyera, kwamuyaya. Amen.
- Yesu wabwino, amene adapuma pantchito masiku makumi anayi mchipululu kuti akonzekeretse ntchito yanu pakati pathu, ndiloleni kuti chitsanzo chanu chikhale kalilole momwe ndiziwonera ndekha ndikuwonetsa nthawi ya Lenti iyi. Ndikudziwanso kuti ndiyenera kudzikonzekeretsa mphindi iliyonse ya moyo wanga, ndikudziwa kuti pamodzi ndi Inu nditha kutenga mphamvu zomwe ndikufunikira kuti ndikhale momwe Atate amafunira.
- Ambuye, ndikuyembekezera Lent chifukwa ndi yokhudza moyo wanga. Ndikudziwa kuti zidzandichitira zabwino chifukwa ndi nkhondo pakati pa chibadwa ndi chabwino, thupi ndi Mzimu. Ichi ndichifukwa chake ndikukupemphani kuti, chifukwa cha ubwino wanu, nthawi ino ikhale nthawi yamoyo wanga wachisomo, mtendere ndi chisangalalo.
- Ambuye, yang'anani mwachikondi kwa anthu anu, omwe amayesa kuyeretsa mzimu wawo m'masiku awa a Lenten modekha pakugwiritsa ntchito zinthu zapadziko lapansi ndikupangitsa kuti kusadziletsa uku kulimbikitse mwa iwo chikhumbo chokhala ndi inu. Kudzera mwa Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu, Mwana wanu, amene amakhala ndi kulamulira ndi inu mu umodzi ndi Mzimu Woyera, kwamuyaya. Amen.
- Amayi a Chifundo, mtima wanu wokoma mtima ndiwodzala ndi chifundo, chifukwa chake ndikupemphani kuti mulandire chikhululukiro pazolakwa zambiri zomwe ndachita, komanso, o Amayi! Ndiphunzitseni kukhululuka monga momwe adakumana ndi zoyipa zambiri zomwe adakuchitirani, ngakhale kulanda Mwana wanu wamulungu pambali, nthawi zonse mumayankha ndikukhululuka kwakukulu. Amen.
- Ambuye, thandizani anthu anu kuti adutse moyenera tanthauzo la Lent ndikukonzekera tchuthi cha Isitala, kuti kulapa, monga nthawi ino, kuthe kutsitsimutsa okhulupilira anu onse. Kudzera mwa Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu Mwana wanu, amene ali nanu pamodzi ndi Mzimu Woyera amakhala ndi kulamulira kwamuyaya. Amen.
- Ambuye, yang'anani mokondwera ndi anthu anu, omwe amafunitsitsa kudzipereka ku moyo wopatulika, ndipo, popeza ndi zolakalaka zawo amayesetsa kuti alamulire thupi, kuti ntchito zabwino zisinthe moyo wawo. Kudzera mwa Ambuye wathu Yesu Khristu, Mwana wanu, amene amakhala ndi kulamulira ndi inu mu umodzi ndi Mzimu Woyera, kwamuyaya. Amen.
- Mulole kutembenuka kwanu kumve pa ine ndikuwunika kwanga kuchokera kumoto wanu, womwe umayaka nthawi zonse, mkati mwanga. Ndipo yambani kukhala munthu, kukhala munthu.
