ʻO wai ka mea i hele mai ma ʻō aku? - Ua ʻike ʻia kahi ʻelemakule iā Padre Pio
ʻO wai ka mea i hele mai ma ʻō aku? - Ua ʻike ʻia kahi ʻelemakule iā Padre Pio
Ma ke kauwela o 1917 ke kaikuahine o Makua Paolino, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hale ʻaha ʻo Capuchin, ʻo Assunta di Tommaso, i kēlā manawa ma S. Giovanni Rotondo (Foggia), i hele mai e kipa i kona kaikunāne a e hiamoe ana i ka hale hoʻokipa. I kekahi ahiahi, ma hope o ka ʻaina ahiahi, ua hele ʻo Padre Pio lāua ʻo Padre Paolino e aloha i ko lāua kaikuahine e noho kokoke ana i ka luaahi. Iā lākou ma laila i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Pāpā Paolino: E Pāpā Pio, hiki iā ʻoe ke noho ma aneane o ke ahi, ʻoiai mākou e hele nei i ka hale pule no kekahi manawa e heluhelu i nā pule. - Noho ʻo Padre Pio, ua māluhiluhi, noho ʻo ia ma luna o kahi moe me ka lei aliʻi maʻamau i kona lima, i ka wā i hopu ʻia ʻo ia e kahi hiamoe e hala koke ana, hāmama kona mau maka a ʻike i kahi ʻelemakule i wahī ʻia i ke kapa liʻiliʻi e noho kokoke ana i ke ahi. . E ʻike ana ʻo Padre Pio iā ia, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: Auē! O wai 'oe? a heaha hoi kau e hana? - Pane ka ʻelemakule: ʻO wau ..., ua make wau i kuni ʻia i loko o kēia hale konene (i ka lumi 4, e like me kā Don Teodoro Vincitore i haʻi mai ai iaʻu ...) a eia wau e lawelawe i kaʻu purgatory no kēia hewa oʻu ... - Ua hoʻohiki ʻo Padre Pio i kēlā lā ma hope e hoʻopili ʻo ia i ka Mass iā ia a ʻaʻole ʻo ia e hōʻike hou iā ia iho ma laila. A laila hele pū ʻo ia me ia i ka lāʻau (ka elm e kū nei i kēia lā) a kipaku iā ia ma laila.
Ua ʻike ʻo Pāpā Paolino iā ia ma mua o hoʻokahi lā me ka makaʻu iki, a nīnau iā ia i ka mea i loaʻa iā ia i kēlā ahiahi. Pane maila ʻo ia ua maikaʻi ʻole ʻo ia. I ka hopena i kekahi lā ua hōʻoia ʻo ia i nā mea āpau. A laila ua hele ʻo Makua Paolino i ke Kaona (keʻena kākau inoa) a loaʻa maoli i loko o nā papa inoa ua make kahi kāne ʻelemakule i kapa ʻia ʻo Di Mauro Pietro (1831-1908) i puhi ʻia i ka hale konikula i ka makahiki x. Ua kūlike nā mea āpau me kā Padre Pio i ʻōlelo ai. Mai ia manawa ʻaʻole hōʻike hou ʻia ke kāne make.
Punawai: Fr. Alessandro da Ripabottoni - Fr. Pio da Pietralcina - Franciscan Cultural Center, Foggia, 1974; pp. 588-589