Ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa o ka lā: ka lana o ka lani

Ka manaolana o ka Lani. I waenakonu o nā pilikia, nā luʻuluʻu mau, ua like ia me kahi kukuna ʻoluʻolu a me ka ʻoluʻolu o ka lā ma hope o ka ua, ka manaʻo e kū mai ana ka Makua Lani ma luna o mākou i kona noho hanohano, e holoi iā mākou mai ka waimaka iā ia iho, e hāpai iā mākou i nā hopohopo āpau, e uku nui iā mākou me ʻo nā ʻehaʻeha a pau, ʻehaʻeha ʻia nona, a kau i nā lei o kā mākou pono liʻiliʻi me kahi Eternity pōmaikaʻi. ʻO ʻoe kekahi, inā makemake ʻoe, hiki i laila ...

Loaʻa iā Paradise. Ke komo wau i ka lani, e hauʻoli wau ... He aha ka manaʻo! I kēia manawa makemake nui wau i ka hauʻoli, holo wau ma hope o ia, ʻaʻole loa wau e loaʻa; i ka Lani e loaʻa iaʻu ia hemolele, a no ka wā pau ʻole ... He aha ka hauʻoli! I ka hui o nā haipule he nui, e like me ka ʻānela pū kekahi, i ke alo o Maria, a Iesu e lanakila lanakila ana, e ʻike wau i ke Akua i kona hanohano aliʻi a me kona nani; E aloha wau iā ia, e loaʻa iaʻu me kāna mau waiwai, e lilo wau i ʻāpana o kāna hauʻoli ponoʻī ... He aha ka hanohano! Makemake wau e hele i laila ma kēlā me kēia kumu kūʻai.

Aia ka lani i ko mākou lima. ʻAʻole hana ka Haku i kekahi e hōʻino iā ia: makemake ʻo ia e hoʻōla ʻia nā mea āpau, wahi a Saint Paul; ua hāʻawi ʻia ke ola a me ka make mau i loko o kuʻu mau lima; inā makemake ʻoe, wahi a St. Augustine, nou ka lani. ʻAʻole kūʻai ʻia me ke kālā, ʻaʻole me ka ʻepekema, ʻaʻole me ka hanohano; akā me ka makemake, pū me nā hana maikaʻi. E like me ka nui e makemake ai, loaʻa i kēlā me kēia. A makemake ʻoe me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo a pololei ʻole? Manaʻo ʻoe no ka lani kāu hana? E noʻonoʻo, a hoʻonā.

HALAWAI. - E heluhelu i kahi Salve Regina i ka Puʻupaʻa, a ʻekolu Pater i nā Haipule a pau, e loaʻa ai ka lani.