Ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa o ka lā: e noʻonoʻo kākou i nā lawehala liʻiliʻi

Kāhea ka honua iā lākou he mea liʻiliʻi. ʻAʻole wale ka poʻe maikaʻi ʻole i maʻa i ka lawehala, ke ola me ka nui ʻole o ka scruples, e like me kā lākou e ʻōlelo nei; akā ʻo nā mea maikaʻi iā lākou iho me kahi maʻalahi e kala ai a ʻae lākou iā lākou iho i nā lawehala noʻonoʻo liʻiliʻi. Kāhea lākou i ka wahaheʻe, ka ahonui, a me nā lawehala liʻiliʻi, he mea liʻiliʻi; e makaʻala i nā hana ʻino liʻiliʻi, mai ka ʻōhumu ʻana, mai nā mea hoʻoluhi ... A he aha kāu e kapa ai iā lākou? Pehea ʻoe e nānā ai iā ia?

Hoʻohewa ʻo Iesū iā lākou he hewa. ʻO ka hana hewa ʻana o ke kānāwai, ʻoiai he ʻuʻuku, akā no ka makemake ʻole, ʻaʻole hiki ke nānā ʻole i ke Akua. Ua hoahewa o Iesu i ka manao hewa o ka poe Parisaio; I mai la o Iesu, Mai hoahewa, a hoahewaia oukou; me kahi huaʻōlelo waha ʻole ʻoe e hōʻike ai i ka hoʻokolokolo. ʻO wai kā mākou e manaʻoʻiʻo ai, i ka honua a iā Iesū paha? E ʻike ʻoe ma nā unahi o ke Akua inā he mea liʻiliʻi, scruples, melancholies.

ʻAʻole lākou i komo i ka Lani. Ua kākau ʻia ʻaʻole e piʻi aʻe kahi mea i pisia i laila. ʻOiai heʻuʻuku lākou, a ʻaʻole hoʻopaʻi ke Akua i nā lawehala liʻiliʻi i Gehena, ʻo mākou, ua komo i loko o Purgatory, e noho ma laila a hiki i ka wā e ola ai ka mea hope loa, i waena o kēlā mau ʻāʻā, i waena o kēlā mau ʻehaʻeha. He aha ka helu a mākou e hana ai i nā lawehala liʻiliʻi? E kuʻu ʻuhane, e noʻonoʻo i kāu Purgatory kāu manawa, a ʻo wai ka mea ʻike no ka lōʻihi… A makemake ʻoe e hoʻomau i ka hana hewa? A e ʻōlelo anei ʻoe he mea hewa ʻole i hoʻopaʻi ʻia e ke Akua me ka ikaika?

HALAWAI. - Hana i kahi hana o ka mihi maoli; noi e pale aku i nā lawehala makemake ʻole.