Ukulungiselela ukubhapathizwa kwengane ibhizinisi elihlupha kakhulu. Ngaphandle kohlu lokuthengwa kanye nokukhethwa kwabazali bakaNkulunkulu, kubalulekile ukuqonda kusengaphambili indlela ingane yokuzalwa kaKristu idlule ngayo, ngakho-ke akukho lutho lwamasiko esonto oluba yizindaba kubazali ngosuku lolo suku lokubhapathizwa.
Amantombazane angamaKristu kanjani?
- Ngokuvamile, ngokuvumelana nemithetho yesonto, abazali akufanele babe khona lapho bebhapathizwa, kodwa njengoba le mfuneko ingekho eqinile, abazali abaningi basabona umzuzu obalulekile njengomuntu siqu.
- Kuyafaneleka ukuya esontweni kusengaphambili, ukulungiselela, nokubeka bonke abahlanganyeli kulo mcimbi.
- Uma umpristi efakazela, u-godfather kufanele alethe ingane ethempelini (le ntombazane ivame ukuthwala unkulunkulukazi, umfana unguyise). Ingane kufanele ihamba, ihlanganiswe ngendwangu emhlophe. Ubukhona be-diaper kuvunyelwe.
- Ngesikhathi se-sakramente omazi-nkulunkulu bema nezingane namakhandlela bese baphinda yonke imisho edingekayo yompristi, ethembise ukufeza imiyalo kaNkulunkulu.
- Khona-ke umpristi ubhapathiza umntwana emanzini (ungakhathazeki, kufudumele).
- Emva kwalokhu, ukugcoba kwenziwa, intombazane ibuyiselwa kumama (umfana uzobuyiselwa kumama).
- Isiphambano neshembe esikhethekile se-christening ibeke phezu kwengane.
- Khona-ke umpristi uqeda izinwele zengane ngendlela efana nesiphambano (labo abazi ukuthi i-christening yenzani ayimangalisi). Ungakhathazeki, usike izinsimbi ezincane kakhulu.
- Usana lusuke luzungeza ifonti kathathu, ngaleyo ndlela igcwalise umkhosi wokubhapathizwa.
- Emva kwalokhu, umpristi uletha umfana e-altare, bese esebenzisa le ntombazane esithombeni sikaMama kaNkulunkulu.
Ukwazi ukuthi i- christening yomntwana iyadlula kanjani, kufanelekile ukukhetha isikhathi salesi simiso, lapho umntwana enempilo futhi engamkhathazi lutho, ukuze umkhosi uphume ngokuthula ngaphandle kwe-whims.