Ash Wednesday: Ụkọchukwu na-agba Ndị uka Kraịst ume ka ha zere ihe ọjọọ

Rev. Fr. Godfrey Gopep, onye ụkọchukwu Parish nke St Finberrs’ Catholic Church, Rayfield, Jos, dụrụ ndị Kraịst na ndị Naijiria n’ozuzu ha gbaara ihe ọjọọ ọsọ n’oge ibu ọnụ.                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Gopep nyere ndụmọdụ a n’okwuchukwu ya na ncheta nke 2023 Ash Wednesday na Jos.                                                                                                          Onye ụkọchukwu ahụ, bụ́ onye katọrọ ọtụtụ omume ọjọọ ndị Kraịst na-eme, gbara ha ume ka ha na-atụ egwu Chineke mgbe nile.                                   “Ọtụtụ n’ime anyị na-ama ụma na-eme ihe ọjọọ iji mebie ndị ọzọ; anyị na-amụ anya n’abalị ka anyị na-eme atụmatụ ihe ọjọọ kama ikpe ekpere na iche echiche nke ọma.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             “Ya mere, a na m arịọ anyị niile ka anyị jiri oge Lenten a gbaara ihe ọjọọ ọsọ ma na-emere ndị na-abịa n’ụzọ anyị ihe ọma; ị ga-atụ egwu Chineke n’echiche gị na omume gị niile.                                                                                                                                                                                                                “Anyị kwesịkwara iji oge nsọ a na-ejere Chineke ozi n’ezi obi ma gosi ịhụnanya site n’ijere ndị ogbenye ozi.                                                                         “Site n’ime nke a, anyị ga-ekpochapụ otu ndị ogbenye na obodo anyị,” ka o kwuru.                                                                                                                          Gopep dụkwara Ndị Kraịst ọdụ ka ha bụrụ ndị na-agbanwe agbanwe n’ezinaụlọ ha, ebe ọrụ na obodo n’ozuzu ha. Ash Wednesday bụ akara mmalite nke Oge Lent.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Ọ bụ oge nchegharị, ntụgharị uche, na ibu ọnụ nke na-akwado ndị Kraịst maka mbilite n’ọnwụ Kraịst na Sọnde Ista.                                                             Ka ọ dị ugbu a, na ozi Lent, Pope Francis kwuru: “Ụmụnna nwoke na ụmụnna nwanyị, ka mmụọ nsọ kwado anyị #Lent2023 a na mgbago anyị na Jizọs. Ka anyị nweta ebube Ya dị nsọ wee si otú a, kwenye n’okwukwe, nọgide na njem anyị na Ya, ebube nke ndị Ya na ìhè nke mba dị iche iche.