ʻO Padre Pio a me kāna pilina lōʻihi me Joe Peluso
Joe Peluso, he koa ʻAmelika i hoʻonoho ʻia ma Foggia, kipa ʻo Padre Pio no ka manawa mua ma ʻOkakopa 6, 1944. ʻO kēia hui i hōʻailona i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kahi pilina lōʻihi ma waena o lāua a hiki i ka hoʻoneʻe ʻia ʻana o ka hui o Joe i Farani. I loko o kekahi o kēia mau hālāwai, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Padre Pio iā Joe e haʻi aku i ka poʻe ʻAmelika ua ʻae ʻo ia i nā poʻe āpau ma ke ʻano he keiki uhane, ʻoiai lākou e ola ana i ke ola o nā Katolika maikaʻi a loaʻa mau i ka ʻahaʻaina.
Makuakane Augustine, kekahi o na kahunapule e noho nei, ua hai aku ia Joe he aloha nui ko Padre Pio iaia. I kekahi manawa, ua komo ʻo Joe i kahi kūkākūkā ma waena o nā friars e pili ana inā pono ʻo Padre Pio a ʻaʻahu hou a me ka ʻaʻahu. Manaʻo ʻo Joe e kiʻi iā lākou i nā lole e pono ai, ʻoiai he hale kūʻai lole kāna ma ʻAmelika. A laila palapala ʻo ia i kona kaikaina ma ʻAmelika, e noi ana iā ia e hoʻomākaukau i kona ʻaʻahu a e hoʻouna iā lākou i ka halepule.
I ka loaʻa ʻana o ka pūʻolo me nā ʻaʻahu, ua hele koke ʻo ia i ka halepule e hāʻawi aku i nā friars. Ua uluhua kēia ʻano ʻoliʻoli a me ka mahalo iā Padre Pio a i loko o nā hoahānau.
Nā mekala no Padre Pio
I kekahi manawa, kākau ʻo Joe ma kahi leka Ua waiho ʻia ʻo Padre Pio me ka ʻole o nā mekala e hāʻawi aku i ka poʻe haipule, akā paʻakikī ke loaʻa hou aku i ka wā kaua. No laila ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e hele i Rome e ho'āʻo e kiʻi like iā ia. Ua loaʻa iā ia kekahi mau lā hoʻomaha a hele pū me kekahi hoa koa.
I ka manawa like, ua loaʻa iā lākou kaa me Benedictine nuns, ua wehewehe lakou i ke noi a Padre Pio. Hāʻawi nā nuns iā lākou i hoʻokahi ka nui o nā mekala, rosaries a me kahi relic o Santa Rita. Ma hope mai, ua komo lākou i ka lehulehu o Pope Pius XII, i ka manawa o ka Pope hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo ia na mea haipule a pau o ka poe haipule e noho nei.
Il Dekemaba 17 hele hou aku la oia i ka halepule e hai aku i kana huakai i ka Helu Telfner, nana i unuhi ke kamailio ana no ka haipule. Ma hope o ka nui, lawe ʻo Padre Pio iā Joe i kahi lumi pilikino, kahi i ʻike ai lākou iā lākou iho. Mahalo i ke kōkua oʻĀnela kiaʻi ʻO Padre Pio, ua hiki iā lāua ke kamaʻilio a hoʻomaopopo pono kekahi i kekahi.
Ua hōʻike ʻo Joe Peluso i ka haipule i nā mea i loaʻa ma Roma a noi aku iā lākou pomaikai. Ma hope o ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā mekala, ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e hāʻawi iā lākou ʻelua hoʻomaikaʻi kūikawā, hauʻoli ʻo Joe. ʻAʻole i nīnau ke kāne i ke kumu o kēia pālua hoʻopōmaikaʻi a hiki i kēia lā ke haohao ʻo ia i ke kumu.