E lilo anei kakou i mau ʻānela a hele kākou i ka lani?

KA MOOLELO O KA KAHIKOLO ANA O KA LANI ANO

ILOU HOU
E KEKAHI JOE

E ka Makua Joe aloha: ua lohe wau i nā mea he nui a ʻike i nā kiʻi he nui e pili ana i ka lani a ke noʻonoʻo nei wau inā ʻo kēia ka hihia. E loaʻa anei nā hale aliʻi a me nā alanui o ke gula a lilo mākou i ʻānela?

He nihi koʻikoʻi kēia no kākou a pau: pili ka make iā mākou a pau a kūkaʻikaʻi ʻia a maopopo i kekahi manawa e pili wale ana iā mākou a pau. Ke hoʻāʻo nei mākou, ʻoiai he ʻohana a ʻo i loko hoʻi o ke ao nei, e wehewehe i nā manaʻo o ka make, ke ala hou a me ka lani no ka mea he mea koʻikoʻi kēia iā mākou. ʻO ka lani ka pahuhopu, akā inā hoʻopoina i ko mākou pahuhopu, nalowale mākou.

E hoʻohana wau i ka Palapala Hemolele a me kā mākou kuʻuna e pane i kēia mau nīnau, me ka nui o ke kōkua mai Kauka Peter Kreeft, koʻu akeakamai punahele a me kahi kanaka i kākau nui e pili ana i ka lani. Inā kikokiko ʻoe i ka "lani" a me kona inoa i loko o Google, e ʻike ʻoe i nā ʻatikala kōkua he nui e pili ana i kēia kumuhana. No laila me ka noʻonoʻo, e luʻu pono kākou i loko.

ʻO nā mea mua: e lilo anei mākou i mau ʻānela a make mākou?

Pane koke? Aʻole.

Ua lilo i mea kaulana i kā mākou moʻomeheu e ʻōlelo, "Ua loaʻa i ka lani kekahi ʻānela hou" ke make kekahi. Kuhi au he ʻōlelo wale nō kēia a mākou e hoʻohana ai, a i kēia pili, he mea maikaʻi ʻole paha ia. Eia nō naʻe, makemake wau e kuhikuhi aʻe, ma ke ʻano he kanaka, ʻaʻole mākou i lilo i mau ʻānela ke make mākou. Kūleʻa mākou nā kānaka i ka hana ʻana a loaʻa kahi hanohano kūikawā. Me he mea lā iaʻu ʻo ka noʻonoʻo ʻana e pono mākou e loli mai ke kanaka a i kekahi mea ʻē aʻe e komo i ka lani me ka hiki ʻole ke loaʻa nā hopena maikaʻi ʻole, nā akeakamai a me nā theologically. ʻAʻole wau e hoʻokau iā mākou i kēia mau pilikia i kēia manawa, no ka mea, e lawe paha ia i kahi ākea ma mua oʻu.

ʻO ke kī: ʻoiai he kanaka, ʻano ʻokoʻa aʻu i ʻokoʻa na ʻānela o nā ʻānela. Eia paha ka ʻokoʻa ʻokoʻa ma waena o mākou a me nā ʻānela o mākou he ʻāpana kino a ʻuhane, ʻo nā ʻānela hoʻi he ʻuhane kino. Inā e hiki i ka lani, e hui pū mākou i nā ʻānela ma laila, akā e hui pū mākou iā lākou me he kanaka.

No laila ke ʻano o ke kanaka?

Inā mākou e nānā i nā palapala hemolele, ʻike mākou ʻo ia ka mea e make ma hope o ka make ʻana o ka mākaukau no mākou.

Ke make mākou, haʻalele ka ʻuhane i ko mākou kino ke alo i ka hoʻokolokolo a ma ia manawa, hoʻomaka ke kino e pala.

ʻO kēia hopena e hopena i ko mākou hele ʻana i ka lani a i ʻole ka pō, ʻike i ka ʻenehana, ʻaʻole kaʻawale ka purgatory mai ka lani.

I kekahi manawa maopopo i ke Akua wale no, e hoi hou mai ana o Kristo, a i ka hiki ana mai, e ala hou ko kakou mau kino a hoihoi hou ia, a laila e hui hou lākou me ko mākou mau ʻuhane i kahi a lākou e noho ai. (Ma kahi e ʻike maikaʻi ai, kanu ʻia nā hale kanu Katolika nui i ka poʻe no laila e kū ana ko lākou mau kino i ka hiki ʻana mai o Kristo, e kū pono lākou i ka hikina!)

ʻOiai ua hana ʻia mākou ma ke ʻano he kino / ʻuhane, e ʻike mākou i ka lani a i ʻole ke ahi ma ke ʻano he kino / ʻuhane.

No laila he aha ia ʻike? He aha ka mea e lani ai ka lani?

He mea kēia, no nā makahiki 2000 mau makahiki, ua hoʻāʻo nā Kristiano e wehewehe a, me ka pololei, ʻaʻole wau he manaʻolana i ka hiki ke hana maikaʻi aku i ka hapa nui o lākou. ʻO ke kī i noʻonoʻo i kēia ala: ʻo ka mea a mākou e hana ai, ʻo ke hoʻohana ʻana i nā kiʻi a mākou e ʻike ai e hōʻike i kahi mea hiki ʻole ke wehewehe.

ʻO kaʻu kiʻi punahele o ka lani mai St. John mai i ka puke o Revelation. I loko o ia mea, hāʻawi mai ʻo ia iā mākou i nā kiʻi o ka poʻe i ka lani e lulu ana i nā lālā pāma. No ka mea? No ke aha nā lālā pāma? Hōʻailona lākou i ka moʻolelo moʻaukala o ko Iesu hele lanakila ʻana i Ierusalema: I ka lani, ke hoʻolauleʻa nei mākou i ka Mōʻī nāna i lanakila i ka hewa a me ka make.

ʻO ke kī kēia: ʻo ka hiʻohiʻona hiʻohiʻona o ka lani ka hauʻoli a hāʻawi ka ʻōlelo iā mākou i kahi ʻano o ka lani. Ke nānā mākou i ka huaʻōlelo "ecstasy", ʻike mākou mai ka huaʻōlelo Helene ekstasis, ʻo ia hoʻi "e pili iā ia iho". Loaʻa iā mākou nā kuhi a me ka hawanawana o ka lani a me gehena i ko mākou ola i kēlā me kēia lā; ʻo ka nui o ko mākou pono pilikino, ka nui o kā mākou hana pilikino, ʻo ka nui o ko mākou hauʻoli ʻole. Ua ʻike mākou i ka poʻe e noho wale nei no ka mea a lākou e makemake ai a me ka hiki ke hana i ke ola weliweli iā lākou iho a me nā mea a puni iā ​​lākou.

Ua ʻike a ʻike hoʻi mākou āpau i ka mea kupaianaha o ka altruism. ʻO Counterintuitive e like me ia, ke ola nei mākou no ke Akua, ke ola nei mākou no nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, loaʻa iā mākou kahi hauʻoli hohonu, kahi manaʻo e hele ma mua o nā mea āpau a mākou e wehewehe ai no mākou iho.

Manaʻo wauʻo kēia ka manaʻo a Iesū ke haʻi mai ʻo ia iā mākou e loaʻa iā mākou ko mākou ola ke lilo mākou iā lākou. ʻO Christ, ka mea ʻike i ko mākou kūlohelohe, ka mea ʻike i ko mākou naʻau, ʻike ʻo "ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻomaha a hiki i ko lākou hoʻomaha ʻana i [ke Akua]". I ka lani, ma waho o kā mākou e nānā nui ai i ka mea a ʻo wai ka mea nui: ke Akua.

Makemake wau e hoʻopau i kahi ʻōlelo mai Peter Kreeft. I ka manawa i nīnau ʻia ai inā e pōʻino mākou i ka lani, ua haʻalele kāna pane iaʻu me ka nani a me ka maʻalahi. I mai la ia:

"ʻAʻole mākou e luhi no ka mea aia mākou me ke Akua, a he palena ʻole ke Akua. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻopau i ka ʻimi ʻana iā ia. He mea hou kēlā me kēia lā. ʻAʻole mākou e luhi no ka mea aia mākou me ke Akua a mau loa ke Akua. ʻAʻole hala ka manawa (kahi kūlana no ka luhi); ʻo ia wale nō. Aia nā manawa āpau i ke ao pau ʻole, ʻoiai aia nā hanana hoʻolālā āpau i ka manaʻo o kahi mea kākau. ʻAʻohe kali. ʻAʻole mākou e luhi no ka mea aia mākou me ke Akua, a he aloha ke Akua. ʻOiai ma ka honua, ʻo ka poʻe aloha ʻole wale ka poʻe aloha.

E nā hoahānau a me nā kaikuaʻana, na ke Akua i hāʻawi mai i ka manaolana o ka lani. E hoʻolohe mākou i kona aloha a me kāna kāhea i hemolele, i hiki iā mākou ke ola i kēlā mana me ka kūlike a me ka hauʻoli!