He aha nā mea mana e hōʻike aku ai a he aha nā makemake o ke Akua e kamaʻilio mai iā mākou?

Nā hōʻailona mana e hōʻailona ai i ke Akua a me ko mākou hopena hope me ia

Kumuhana i kākau ʻia e MARK A. MCNEIL

Me ka lā hoʻomanaʻo o kēia mau kenekulia o ka hānau ʻana o Pope John Paul II, ke hōʻike hou nei kekahi i nā hana mana i alakaʻi ʻia i kona canonization. ʻO ke poʻomanaʻo o Passionate o ka Hoʻōmaikaʻi a me nā hana mana i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ko mākou Lady of Lourdes, ʻaʻole i kuhi ʻia ka pope Polani no kahi mana he kanahiku i Lourdes e hui kūmole ʻia e ka hale pule Katolika ma 2018.

ʻAʻole i like ka lohi a me ka wīwī nui a John Paul, mahalo wau i ka luhiluhiluhi me ka nui o nā ʻaina Marian; he paʻa paha mai koʻu mau lā Protestant. No laila ua haʻahaʻa koʻu mau manaʻo i ka poʻe mau hoa a holo wau i kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei ma o nā ala o nā Pyrenees i ke kūlanakauhale maikaʻi o Lourdes. He lā nani a me kēia lā puna, a me ka ʻole o kekahi mau mākaʻikaʻi a me nā kamaʻāina, loaʻa iā mākou nā wahi āpau iā mākou iho. Ua loaʻa nō hoʻi mākou i kahi wahi kaʻa e kokoke ana i ke ana kahe kaulana.

ʻO kekahi mau mea hana mana a Lourdes he mea pōkole loa. ʻO Pedro Arrupe, SJ, ka mea iʻike ʻia ʻo Iesuit kaulana, nāna i lawelawe ma hope o ka makua kāne o ka Society a Jesus, i ʻike ai i kekahi o lākou. I kona ʻōpiopio kauka ʻōpio e hele ana i Lourdes no nā ʻohana, ua hāʻawi manawaleʻa ʻo ia e hoʻokomo i kāna ʻano lapaʻau e hoʻohana maikaʻi ai ma ka loiloi ʻana i nā kuhi ʻana o nā hana mana. Ma hope koke iho o ka hōʻike ʻana i ka hoʻolaʻa koke ʻana o kahi ʻōpio e loaʻa ana i ka polio, ua haʻalele ʻo ia i kāna ʻimi ʻana no kahi hana lapaʻau a hoʻomaka i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa e lilo i kahuna no Iesuit.

Ke neʻe nei kēia mau moʻolelo, akā ʻike kākou ʻaʻole e mana ʻia nā hana i kēlā me kēia manawa a mākou e noi ai no lākou. No ke aha ke hana nei ke Akua i nā hana mana ma nā mea ʻē aʻe a ʻaʻole i nā mea ʻē aʻe? ʻO kahi hoʻomaka maikaʻi, e like me ka hapa nui o nā nīnau e pili ana i ka hilinaʻi, ʻo ʻ Scripturelelo Hemolele.

ʻAʻole liʻiliʻi nā hana mana i ka Baibala ma mua o kou manaʻo. I loko o kekahi mau kaukani makahiki o ka mōʻaukala moʻolelo i loko o ka Baibala, aia kekahi mau manawa pōkole i hōʻike ʻia e nā hana mana he nui, ʻoiai i kekahi mau manawa he kakaikahi loa lākou. ʻIke mākou i ke au nui mua o nā hana mana i ka exodo mai ʻAigupita (Exodus 7-12), e like me ka naʻi ʻana o Kanaʻana a me nā makahiki formative i ukali ʻia (e like me Ieriko, Samesona). Hōʻike ʻia kahi manawa lua o nā hana mana me nā ʻoihana wānana a ʻElia a me ʻElisai (1 Nūhou 17-19). A hala nā kenekulia ma hope o ka puka ʻana o nā hana mana hou i loko o ka Palapala Hemolele me ke ola o Iesū a me ka lawelawe a nā lunaʻōlelo mua.

Hana pinepine nā hana mana Baibala ma ke ʻano he hōʻailona e huki ai i ka nānā i nā manawa kūikawā o ka wana akua. ʻO kā John Euanelio e akāka ai i kēia me ke kuhikuhi ʻana i nā hana mana ma ke ʻano he "hōʻailona" (eg John 2:11). I ka mālamalama o ke kū hoʻokahi o kēia mau manawa i ka mōʻaukala Baibala, nui ka manaʻo i loko o Mose a me ʻElia e hōʻike nei me Iesū i ka Transfiguration (Matthew 17: 1-8).

Ua hōʻike mai nā hana mana a Iesū i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e hoʻololi ana i ke ola o ka poʻe i ʻike a lohe paha iā lākou. ʻO ke kanaka ʻoʻopa i hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia ma ka hale ma ke alo o Iesū kahi laʻana nui loa (Mareko 2: 1-12). Nīnau akula ʻo Iesū i kāna poʻe loiloi: "ʻO ka mea maʻalahi ka ʻōlelo aku i ka mea maʻi palemaleka, 'Ua kala ʻia kou hewa, a i ka ʻōlelo paha," E ala, e lawe i kāu pāpale, a hele? "" ʻOi aku ka paʻakikī e ʻōlelo, "e lawe i kāu pale hele wāwae ”ʻoiai e ʻike koke ka poʻe nānā inā he mana maoli kou e hoʻōla i nā maʻi o haʻi. He paʻakikī ke kū i mua o ka lehulehu o nā poʻe a haʻi aku: "Hiki iaʻu ke hāpai i 5.000 paona me kuʻu mau lima." Hiki i kaʻu poʻe hoʻolohe ke manaʻo iaʻu! Inā hiki iā Iesū ke hana i ka mea ʻoi loa e ʻōlelo, aia ia ma ke kumu maikaʻi ke manaʻoʻiʻo hiki iā mākou ke hana i ka mea maʻalahi e ʻōlelo.

"Akā, i ʻike ai ʻoe he mana ko ke Keiki a ke kanaka ma ka honua e kala aku i nā hala, ke ʻōlelo aku nei au iā ʻoe, E ala aʻe, e lawe i kāu pāpale, a hoʻi i kou home." Ua hōʻike aku kēia hoʻōla i ka mana o Iesū e kala i nā hala. Ua ʻaʻa ʻia ka poʻe i ʻike i ka hana mana e ʻike iā Iesū ma ke ʻano he kumu kala o ke kala.

E noʻonoʻo pū kekahi i nā manawa like ʻole i ka pale ʻana o Iesū i ka poʻe i hoʻōla mai i ka haʻi ʻana i nā mea i hiki iā lākou (e.g. Mareko 5:43). No ka mea hiki ke maopopo i ke ʻano o ka hana a Kristo ma ka ulia o kona makemake, ka make a me ke alahou ʻana, ka ʻōlelo ʻana i kāna mau hana mana me ke ʻole o ia ʻano he kumu i manaʻo ʻole ai nā kuhi hewa ʻole ʻAʻole kuhi ʻia nā hōʻailona.

ʻO ka hoʻi ʻana i kēia wā, ʻo nā hana mana e like me ka Lourdes, ʻaʻole he hana maʻamau a ke Akua, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomaopopo i loko o kahi ʻano i hiki ʻole ke alakaʻi i ka hopena i makemake ʻia. ʻO ke Akua, ke kumu o nā hana mana, e hoʻoholo ana inā a hea lākou e hiki ai.

ʻO ka mea hope loa, ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole e hana ʻia nā hana mana i kēlā me kēia hihia e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo paʻakikī akā koʻikoʻi ʻaʻole kēia honua kā mākou pahuhopu: hōʻike ia i kahi "lani hou a me ka honua hou" i loli. Ke nalowale nei kēia ao. "ʻO nā ʻiʻo āpau e like me ka mauʻu a me ka nani o ke kanaka e like me ka pua o ka mauʻu" (ʻIsaia 40: 6, 1 Peter 1:24). Inā ʻaʻole mākou e ʻānai hohonu i kēia ʻoiaʻiʻo, e lilo paha ka ao i ka ʻōpua a e makehewa mākou e manaʻo i kēia ao e hāʻawi iā mākou i ka hauʻoli a me ke olakino hiki ʻole ke hāʻawi.

ʻO ke komo ʻana i ka grotto o Lourdes i kēlā lā hoʻoilo, ua hopu ʻia kahi mana ʻole ʻole. Ua piha wau i kahi manaʻo o ka maluhia a me ke alo o ke Akua. Mau makahiki ma hope, makemake wau i kēlā manawa. No kēia kumu, ua aʻo wau e aloha iā Lourdes. ʻOiaʻiʻo, pīhoihoi ke Akua iā mākou. I kekahi manawa ʻano kupanaha ke Akua.

Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka wai Lourdes, e hoʻohana pono ia me ke hoʻomaikaʻi nei iā ʻoe iho a me kāu poʻe i aloha ai. Inā hoʻōla ke Akua iā ʻoe, e hoʻomaikaʻi aku iā ia. Inā ʻaʻole, aloha nō ia. Koke, e lawe mai ke Akua i ka hoʻōla holoʻokoʻa ke kūʻai ʻia no kahi e ʻikea ai ke kaniʻuhū a pau o ka hana (Roma 8: 22-24).