Ka Hoʻoikaika Pono o ka Lā: ​​E lawe i kahi laʻana o ke gula i hāʻawi ʻia e nā kāne akamai ʻekolu

Mea gula. Ua hele lākou i o Iesū lā me nā makana, nā hōʻike no ka mahalo a me ke aloha. ʻO Iesū ke Aliʻi, a hāʻawi ʻia ka Mōʻī i gula, ʻo ia ka waiwai o ka honua. ʻO Iesū ke Aliʻi, akā makemake hune wale ia; a hoʻonele ka poʻe Magoi iā lākou iho i kā lākou gula, hoʻokaʻawale iā lākou iho i kā lākou waiwai no ke aloha iā Iesū a pili mau paha mākou i ke gula, i nā waiwai o ka honua? No ke aha mākou e hāʻawi ʻole aku ai i ka poʻe ʻilihune me ka hoihoi nui?

Gula kāpili. ʻOiai ke kau nei ka lima i ke gula iā Iesū, kūlou ko lākou kino me ke kuli i ka honua i mua o Iesū, ʻaʻole hilahila e hoʻohaʻahaʻa iā lākou iho i mua o ke alo o kahi keiki, ʻoiai he aliʻi, akā ʻilihune a ma luna o ka mauʻu; ʻo kēia ka mālama ʻana i ko lākou kino. No ke aha mākou e makaʻu ai i ka honua i ka hale pule, i ka home, i nā hana a ka Karistiano? No ke aha mākou e hilahila ai e hahai iā Iesū? e hōʻailona iā mākou iho me ka hōʻailona o ke Keʻa? e kukuli i ka hale pule? E haʻi i ko mākou mau manaʻo?

Gula ʻuhane. ʻO ka puʻuwai kā mākou mea waiwai nui a makemake ke Akua i nā mea āpau nona: Praebe mihi cor tuum (Prov. 23, 26). Ua ʻike ka Magi ma ka wāwae o ka moe i kahi mana pohihihi e ʻaihue i ko lākou mau puʻuwai; a haawi lakou me ka olioli ia Iesu; akā kūpaʻa a kūpaʻa hoʻi i kā lākou mōhai, ʻaʻole lākou i lawe ia mea maiā ia aku. Iā wai ʻoe i hāʻawi ai i kou puʻuwai a mamao loa a iā wai ʻoe e hāʻawi aku ai ia i ka wā e hiki mai ana? E kūpaʻa mau anei ʻoe i kā ke Akua lawelawe?

HALAWAI. - E hāʻawi manawaleʻa i ka defer i ke Keiki, a hāʻawi iā ʻoe iho iā Iesū.