Ke kaʻikepili iā ka Madonna del Carmine: ke koʻokoʻo, kahi hōʻailona o ka pale

ʻAʻohe mea, e like me Saint Teresa o ke Keiki ʻo Iesū, i kēia manawa he Kauka o ka Ekalesia, ua wehewehe maikaʻi aku paha i ka manaʻo e like me ka Scapular e hōʻike ai iā mākou iho ma ke ʻano he hōʻailona no ka pale ʻana o Marian. ʻO ke aʻo Marian nui a ke ʻōpio Carmelite e hāʻawi mai ai iā mākou, ʻo ia ka mea i loaʻa mai i ka lokomaikaʻi i loaʻa ma ka grotto o Saint Magdalene, kahi ʻano hermit liʻiliʻi ma kahi wahi kaʻawale i ka māla o ka monasē Lisieux. Ua mālama ʻia kēia hanana i ka mahina o Iulai 1889, a haʻi aku ʻo Teresa iā Mother Agnes o Iesū penei: Me he pale lā i kiola ʻia iaʻu ma luna o nā mea āpau o ka honua ... ... hūnā wau ma lalo o ka pale o ka Puʻupaʻa Hemolele. I kēlā manawa, ua hoʻokau lākou iaʻu i luna o ka refittorio, a hoʻomanaʻo wau ua hana wau i nā mea me he mea lā ʻaʻole wau, me he mea lā ua hāʻawi mai lākou i kino iaʻu. Ua noho wau pēlā i ka pule holoʻokoʻa. ʻIke mākou ma o kēia hoʻokumu kumu ʻana i kahi kikoʻī implicit e pili ana i ka hana a ka Scapular. Ua like ia me ka pale i uhi ʻia ma luna o nā mea āpau ma ka honua.

ʻAʻole kēia he mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka hoʻokō ʻia ʻana o kahi makemake o Teresa i hōʻike ʻia mai kona wā i hele ai i ka hale pule kaulana ʻo Parisian o ko mākou Lede o nā Lanakila ma 1887, ma mua iki o kona komo ʻana i Carmel: kiaʻi iaʻu a ʻike koke i kaʻu moeʻuhane ma ka hūnā ʻana i ka malu o kona kapa wahine! (…) Ua maopopo iaʻu aia ma Carmel e hiki ai iaʻu ke ʻimi maoli i ka ʻahu o kā mākou Lede, a i kahi mauna momona e kau ai koʻu mau makemake āpau (Ms A 57 r °). No Teresa, ma Carmel (a i ʻole pili me Carmel) ke ʻano o ka noho ʻana ma lalo o ka pale, ma lalo o ka pākū o ka Puʻupaʻa. He mea ia ma lalo o ka maʻa o kā mākou Lede, ʻo ia, e like me kā mākou i ʻōlelo ai, e ʻaʻahu ʻia me ka Scapular, ka pono ʻoihana liʻiliʻi ʻo Marian.

Ma kahi pōkole, hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Saint Teresa o ke Keiki ʻo Iesu i ka manaʻo hohonu o ka Scapular, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i hōʻike akāka ʻia, akā kamaʻāina ʻo ia iā ia. Hiki i ke aloha o ka grotto o St. Magdalene ke kōkua iā mākou e ʻike i ke ʻano o ka lole o Mary. Ma o kahi ala huna, hoʻomākaukau kēia kapa hoʻohaʻahaʻa iā mākou, i kahi ala maʻalahi a me ke kino, no ka hana lokomaikaʻi o ka pale ʻana o ka makuahine Maria. Hōʻike ʻia kēia pale iā mākou me ka noʻonoʻo nui. Akā, pono e ʻōlelo ʻia ua hōʻike ʻia ia iā mākou me ka holomua, me he mea lā na ka Makuahine o ke Akua i hoʻoliʻiliʻi maikaʻi i ka lihi o ka pale e uhi ana i ka mea pohihihi o kāna pale makuahine. ʻO ke ʻōpio Carmelite o Lisieux, kūpaʻa i ka ʻike kuʻuna o kāna Kauoha, e hoʻomanaʻo iā mākou, ma o ka hōʻike e like me ka inoa ʻole iā mākou, ʻo Mary, ma Carmel, ke hana nei ma ke ʻano he charism o ka hōʻike. Hōʻike pohihihi ʻo ia iā ia iho, i kahi ʻano o ka pilina ʻuhane, i hōʻailona ʻia e ke ana o ka māla Lisieux. ʻO ka Scapular, ka pale o Mary, hoʻokahi a like. ʻO mākou kekahi, e like me Saint Teresa, hiki ke hūnā ʻia ma lalo o ka pākū o ka Puʻupaʻa Hemolele a hana i nā mea me he mea lā ʻaʻole.

Ke komo nei i ka maʻamau o kā mākou Lede e ʻae nei iā Mary e uhi i ka pouli o ko mākou inoa inoa ʻole, maʻalahi, hāmau a me ka monotonous me kāna pale makuahine ... a laila ʻaʻohe mea e poʻokela. ʻO ka mea a Teresa i ʻōlelo ai e pili ana i ka pale o Mary e pili pono ana i ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana o ka Scapular, ma ke ʻano he hōʻailona no ka pale ʻana o Marian. I loko o kahi mele i haku ʻia i ka makahiki 1894 (ʻelima mau makahiki ma hope o ka ʻike nui o ke ana), manaʻo ʻo ia ʻo ka Mōʻī Wahine o ka Lani, e kamaʻilio ana i kekahi o kāna mau keiki o ka honua, e ʻōlelo aku iā ia: E hūnā wau iā ʻoe ma lalo o koʻu pale / kahi a ka Mōʻī o ka Lani. / ʻO ka hōkū wale kaʻu Keiki / e ʻālohilohi mai kou alo i kēia manawa. - Akā no laila e hoʻokipa mau wau iā ʻoe / kokoke iā Iesū ma lalo o koʻu pale, / e noho liʻiliʻi ʻoe / kāhiko ʻia me nā pono pēpē (Poem 15). ʻOi aku ka Scapular ma mua o kahi insignia Marian. ʻO ia ka hōʻailona o ka pale maoli a me ka pono. ʻAʻole ʻoluʻolu ʻo ia i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana iā mākou iā Mary. ʻO ia kahi mea hoʻomanaʻo o nā lokomaikaʻi a pau i hāʻawi ʻia e ka Makuahine o ke Akua iā mākou pākahi. Hōʻoluʻolu kāna ʻike iā mākou. I ka weliweli a i ʻole ʻehaʻeha, hana maikaʻi iā mākou e hoʻopā iā ia: i kēia ala ʻike mākou ʻaʻole mākou wale.

Ke loaʻa nei kēia ʻāpana o nā lole ʻeleʻele i loko, ke heʻe nei ia ma lalo o ka pale pale o ko mākou Lede. ʻO ka Scapular, e hōʻike nei i ka pale o Mary, i loaʻa i ko mākou hilinaʻi, i ko mākou hilinaʻi haʻalele ʻana i kona mau lima makuahine. Hāʻawi ia iā mākou i ka hōʻoia e ukali ʻia kēia pale e ka lokomaikaʻi o ke aloha o ke Akua, no ka mea ʻoiai ka makuahine o ke Akua e pale aku i kāna mau keiki, e hāʻawi iā lākou i nā hana pono a ka Haku. ʻO kēia ke kumu o ka hana maʻamau a Maria, ma ke ʻano he Sakramenta, hana i ka lokomaikaʻi o ka Haku. ʻO ka pale Marian e hōʻike nei ia i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka mea i ʻaʻahu ʻia me ia, ʻoiai ke kiʻi nei i ka Scapular he lole Mary, ke hoʻokipa nei iā ia a loaʻa iā ia ma ke ʻano he hoʻoilina; he mea e hoʻokau ai iā ia iho e hoʻohālike i kāna mau ʻano maikaʻi a e kāhea aku ai, me ke kāula ʻo ʻIsaia: Hauʻoli wau i ke Akua, ʻoliʻoli koʻu ʻuhane i kuʻu Haku. ʻOiai ua hōʻaʻahu ʻo ia iaʻu me nā kapa o ke ola, ua wahī ʻo ia iaʻu i ka ʻahu o ka hoʻopono (IS 61,10).

Ma o ke ʻano o ke aloha i uhi ʻia e hoʻāʻo e hūnā i kona kumu, kōkua mai ko mākou Māmā iā mākou a alakaʻi i ko mākou ulu ʻuhane e hoʻolauna iā mākou i ka waiwai piha o ke Akua. ʻO kāna pale makuahine a haʻalele iā mākou i kahi hōʻailona kupaianaha o ia: ʻo ka Scapular, kāna lole ponoʻī.