Ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa o ka lā: hakakā i ka hoʻowalewale

Nā hoʻowalewale ʻino. He hoʻowalewale ko mākou ola. kākau ʻo Ioba. Koe ʻole ʻo Mary, ʻaʻohe mea haipule e uē ana e like me St. Paul, ʻaʻole i kāhea aku: "E hauʻoli wau, na wai e hoʻokuʻu iaʻu mai kēia kino o ka make?". Pālahalaha ka ʻiʻo, hoʻowalewale: mai nā huna ahi liʻiliʻi e hopu i ka lapalapa e hoʻowalewale iā mākou, e hoʻonāukiuki iā mākou i ka ʻino, e haʻalele iā mākou mai ka maikaʻi Uē nō paha ʻoe i nā hoʻowalewale he nui, makaʻu i ka hāʻule. Kāhea nui: E ka makua, mai alakaʻi iā mākou i ka hoʻowalewale ʻole.

Nā hoʻowalewale o ka honua. He mea hōʻino nā mea āpau i ka honua, weliweli, kono ʻana i ka hewa; ke kono aku nei ka honua iā ʻoe e leʻaleʻa: a ʻo ʻoe, e hoʻopunipuni ʻia e nā hoʻohiki wahaheʻe, e ʻae; I kēia manawa haʻalele ʻo ia iā ʻoe mai ka maikaʻi me ka makaʻu i ka mahalo kanaka, o ka leʻaleʻa o haʻi: a ʻo ʻoe, hilahila, hoʻomaʻa i kāna mau makemake; i kēia manawa ke hoʻomāinoino nei iā ʻoe, hōʻino iā ʻoe a alakaʻi iā ʻoe i ka ʻino ... ʻO kāu kuleana ia e heʻe i ka honua a me nā manawa kokoke o ka lawehala, i ʻole e hāʻule; akā ʻaʻole lawa ia: pono ʻoe e pule i ke Akua ʻaʻole e waiho iā ʻoe iho i loko o ka hoʻowalewale.

Nā hoʻowalewale a ka diabolō. ʻO St. Anthony i ka Thebaid, St. Jerome i Betelehema, St. Francis de Sales. ʻO St. Teresa, he aha nā hoʻowalewale a lākou i hoʻomanawanui ai mai ka ʻenemi, ka mea i like mau me ka liona, i ka ʻimi ʻana i kahi pio! ʻO wai ka mea hoʻowalewale i kou ʻuhane me ka impetus, ka pō a me ke ao, hoʻokahi a i ʻole i ka hui? ʻO wai ka mea e maʻalahi i nā mea maʻalahi, nā manawa hala ʻole nui weliweli nāu? - Ke diabolo e hana mau i kou luku. E ka ʻuhane nāwaliwali, e pule i ke Akua ʻaʻole e ʻae iā ʻoe e ʻae i ka hoʻowalewale.

HALAWAI. - I nā hoʻowalewale āpau, e nānā hilinaʻi i ke Akua; heluhelu ʻekolu Pater no ka mea e make ana