Kuyinto inhlonipho enkulu ukwenza njengoNkulunkulu. Umuntu othile wakhetha ukuthi udlale enye yezindima ezibalulekile empilweni yengane. Ngokwesiko, imisebenzi ka-godparent isinqunywe ngokomthetho yiSonto.
Imisebenzi ka-unkulunkulukazi ayipheli ne-sakramente lokubhapathizwa, kodwa ihlala isikhathi eside. Othandana nabo bahlangabezana nemigomo ethile, njengeminyaka yobudala nesimo somzimba.
Emcimbini
Umama wengane ukhethwe ngabazali bakhe, ngoba ingane ayikwazi ukuxazulula le nkinga yedwa. Ezimweni ezingavamile, ubhapathizo lwenziwa uma umuntu esekhulile, khona-ke ingane ingakhetha unkulunkulu ngokwakhe. Lapho ukhetha unkulunkulukazi, imibhangqwana eminingi icabanga ngalabo abasondelene nomndeni wabo futhi iyakuthanda ukholo olufanayo ukuthi bona ngokwabo. Abazali bakaNkulunkulu kufanele banakekele ngempela ingane, babe yisibonelo sokuphila kwakhe konke.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yibuphi ubuKristu, lapho umkhosi ubhapathizwa khona, unkulunkulukazi ubophezelekile ukuba enze izitatimende ezithile. Ebandleni LamaRoma Katolika, ngesikhathi sokubhapathizwa, unina unkulunkulu uphendukela kuKristu ngokuphenduka kwezono futhi enqaba ububi. Ekubhapathizweni kwamaProthestani, unkulunkulukazi wenza izinkulumo ezinjalo, kodwa ngaphezu kwalokho uthi "uzoza kuKristu" futhi "uzoletha uKristu." U-godfather uvame ukumbamba ingane ezandleni zakhe bese efaka umculi wezithombe emva komkhosi wokubhapathizwa, uma ngabe ufisa. Ngesikhathi sokubhapathizwa, unkulunkulukazi nabazali bamenywa ukuphendula imibuzo egameni lomntwana. Abapristi bangacela umama ukuthi ngabe ukulungele yini ukuthandazela ingane futhi, uma kunesidingo, umnakekele. Unkulunkulukazi uzophinde amenywe ukuba azwakalise ukholo lwabo lobuKristu phakathi nesevisi. Phakathi kwabo bonke okhokho kukhona inkokhelo engavamile yokudala ingane isipho ngesikhathi sokubhapathizwa.
Ngemuva komkhosi
Izibophezelo ezisemthethweni zika-unkulunkulukazi ukuthi usebenza njengomeluleki we-godson wakhe futhi ubeka isibonelo seendlela yobuKristu zokuphila. Uma uthandaza, kufanele uthandazele u-godson futhi uthandazele ukuhlakanipha, ukuze zonke izenzo zakho zisho ukuthi ungumama omuhle nonothando. Uma abazali bomntwana bekude noma bengaphili, mema ingane ukuba ivakashele nawe esontweni. Ngokungakahleleki, indima yakho njengonkulunkulukazi iyafana nomxhasi ongokomoya noma umngane. Khumbula ngemisebenzi yakho ngezinsuku zamasonto kanye namaholidi angokwenkolo ahlotshaniswa nengane, kanye nokuzalwa kwakhe nezinye izikhathi.
Njengomhlahlandlela wokuziphatha
U-godson wakho angaza kuwe ngemibuzo ngokuphila nangokomoya. Awusoze uphendule yonke le mibuzo, kodwa indima yakho njengonkulunkulukazi idinga ukuba uthathe ngokungathí sina izinkinga zikaNkulunkulu wakho. Esikhathini sokucindezeleka ngokomzwelo nangokomoya empilweni kaNkulunkuluson, unkulunkulukazi uzomsiza njalo. Isibonelo, uma ingane inenkinga esikoleni noma ebuhlotsheni nabazali bayo, ungaxoxa naye ngenhliziyo. Uma kwenzeka abazali baka godson wakho bafa, ungaba umgcini wakhe wezomthetho.
Kuye kwaba isiko sodadewabo ukuthi banikeze izipho kubantwana babo onkulunkulu ngezinsuku zabo zokuzalwa, uKhisimusi noma amanye amaholide. Nakuba lo mkhuba uvamile, akuyona ingxenye yemisebenzi yabankulunkulukazi. Unkulunkulu kufanele abe nesithakazelo ekukhuleni okungokomoya kwengane. I-godparent isibonelo sokuphila kokuhlonipha uNkulunkulu ngomntwana futhi kufanele alungele ukwabelana naye ngokholo lwakhe.
Ukuba u-godfather akuyona isibopho esingokomthetho, kodwa singokomoya. Imisebenzi yesiphambano iqala ngokubhapathizwa futhi iqhubeke nokuphila kwayo kanye nokuphila kwengane.