Ka hoʻolaʻa kūpono: ke ala e hōʻoluʻolu ai i ka Virgin Mary of Sorrows

ʻO nā ʻeha o Maria. ʻUhane kaumaha a ʻeha hoʻi, e noʻonoʻo i ke ola o Maria. Mai ka makahiki ʻekolu a ʻekolu paha, i kona kaʻawale ʻana mai nā wīwī a kona makuahine, a hiki i kona hanu hope loa, pehea kona ʻehaʻeha. Ma Kalvary, ma lalo o ke Keʻa, i kēlā hanana o ke koko a me ka make, he aha ka pahi kaua i hou i kona puʻuwai. Mirala pale, neoneo; ʻo nā mākaʻi hoʻi, ke ʻike aku iā ia, kāhea aku lākou; i Ka makuahine hune! ". A anuanu ʻoe, nū, ʻaʻole ʻoe e noʻonoʻo iā ia?

No ka mea ʻehaʻeha loa ia. Hiki i kahi puʻuwai pīhoihoi, ke ʻike nei i kona makuahine e luliluli ana i kahi moena, a noho mau me ka nānā ʻole? Akā, inā ʻeha kou makuahine no kou kumu, ehia mau waimaka āu e loaʻa ʻole ai, pehea ka nui o ka mihi! Pehea ʻoe e hana ʻole ai iā lākou e hoʻokū a i ʻole ma ka liʻiliʻi e hoʻomāmā i ka ʻeha! - ʻĀ, ʻo ʻoe nō me kāu mau lawehala, ka mea i hou i ka puʻuwai o Maria, e kau ana iā ia ma ke keʻa iā Iesū. Ma kahi o ke aloha iā ia, a me ka hōʻoluʻolu ʻana iā ia me nā hana maikaʻi, e hoʻomau hou i ka ʻeha me nā hewa.

Nā ʻano o ka hōʻoluʻolu ʻana iā Maria. E hoʻolaʻa i ka Addolorata. He mea hōʻoluʻolu no ka makuahine ke ʻike i nā keiki mahalo a puni ka moena o ka ʻeha. Akā, ʻoiai ʻo Mary e hōʻoluʻolu iā ia iho i loko o kā mākou ʻehaʻeha, he wai ʻoluʻolu ia i ka puʻuwai i ka uē ʻana a me ka pule ʻana ma nā wāwae o ko kāua Lede Wahine kaumaha. ʻO Pius VII a me ka Venerable Clotilde i ʻike iā ia. E ahonui i nā pilikia, haʻalele ʻia; mai ʻōhumu, no ke aloha o Mary. He ala maikaʻi loa ia e hōʻoluʻolu ai iā ia ma ka hoʻohālike ʻana i kāna ʻano maikaʻi! Hana ʻoe i kēia manawa?

HALAWAI. - E ʻeha i kēia lā me ka hoʻopiʻi ʻole, e haʻi i nā ʻeha ʻehiku o Mary