Nā ʻĀina Kupa: pehea lākou e lawe ai iā mākou i ka lani a pehea lākou e pale ai iā mākou ma ka Honua

Hoʻohui pū ʻia nā ʻānela ma waena o lākou iho i kahi aloha palupalu a aloha pū kekahi. He aha e pili ana i kā lākou mau mele a me kā lākou kuikahi? ʻO St. Francis o Assisi, ke loaʻa nei iā ia iho i kahi kūlana o ka ʻehaʻeha nui, hoʻokahi wale nō mele o ke mele i lohe iā ia e kahi ʻānela e ʻike hou ʻole i ka ʻeha a hoʻāla iā ia i kahi hauʻoli nui o ka hauʻoli.

I ka lani e loaʻa iā mākou i loko o nā ʻānela nā hoa aloha aloha ʻole a me nā hoa haʻaheo ʻole e kaupaona iā lākou i ko lākou kiʻekiʻe. ʻO Angela pōmaikaʻi ʻo Foligno, ka mea i loko o kāna ola honua i ʻike pinepine i nā hihiʻo a ʻike iā ia i nā manawa he nui e launa pū me nā ʻānela, e ʻōlelo: ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke noʻonoʻo he ʻoluʻolu a ʻano ʻoluʻolu nā ʻānela. - No laila e hauʻoli loa kā lākou noho pū ʻana iā mākou a ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke noʻonoʻo i ka hoihoi momona a mākou e leʻaleʻa ai i ka hoʻokipa ʻana me lākou ka puʻuwai i ka puʻuwai. Ua aʻo ʻo St. Thomas Aquinas (Qu. 108, a 8) "ʻoiai e like me ke kūlohelohe hiki ʻole i ke kanaka ke hoʻokūkū me nā ʻānela, akā e like me ka lokomaikaʻi hiki iā mākou ke kūpono i ka hanohano nui e pili pū me kēlā me kēia ʻānela ʻānela. papa hīmeni ". A laila e hele nā ​​kāne e noho i nā wahi i waiho wale ʻia e nā ʻānela kipi, nā diabolō. No laila ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke noʻonoʻo i nā hui hīmeni ʻānela me ka ʻike ʻole ʻana iā lākou i kau pū ʻia me nā mea ola kanaka, kūlike i ka hemolele a me ka hanohano a hiki i nā Cherubim a Seraphim kiʻekiʻe loa.

Ma waena o mākou a me nā ʻānela e loaʻa ka pilina aloha aloha, me ka ʻole o ka ʻū like ʻole o ke ʻano i ka mea i liʻiliʻi loa. ʻO lākou, ka poʻe e hoʻokele a mālama i nā ʻano āpau āpau, e hoʻokō i kā mākou makewai no ka ʻike ʻana i nā mea huna a me nā pilikia o nā ʻepekema kūlohelohe, a hana lākou me ka hoʻokūkū ikaika loa a me ka cordialal fraternal maikaʻi loa. E like me nā ʻānela, ʻoiai ua pipiʻi ʻia i ka hihiʻo beatific o ke Akua, e loaʻa a hoʻouna ʻia kekahi i kēlā, mai luna aʻe o ka mea haʻahaʻa, nā kukui o ka mālamalama e aniani mai ana mai ka Ehiola, pēlā nō mākou, e pālolo ana i ka hihiʻo beatific, e ʻike ʻia ma o ʻānela ʻaʻole hapa ʻokoʻa o nā ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻole e pālahalaha ana i ka honua.

ʻO kēia mau ʻānela, e ʻālohilohi ana e like me nā lā he nui, nani loa, hemolele, aloha, aloha, e hoʻolilo iā lākou iho i kumu aʻo aloha na lākou. E waiho wale i kā lākou huhū o ka hauʻoli a me nā hiʻohiʻona o ko lākou aloha aloha ke ʻike lākou i nā mea āpau a lākou i hana ai no ko mākou hoʻōla kalaunu ʻia me kahi hopena hauʻoli. Me ka hoihoi hoihoi e lohe ai mākou iā mākou iho i ka kikoʻī, e kēlā me kēia e kāna Guardian Longing, ka moʻolelo ʻoiaʻiʻo o ko mākou ola me nā pilikia āpau i pakele, me nā kōkua āpau i loaʻa iā mākou. Ma kēia mea, ua hōʻike ʻoluʻolu ʻo Pope Pius IX i kahi ʻike mai kona wā kamaliʻi, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i ke kōkua kupaianaha o kāna Angel Guardian. I ke keikikāne, i ka wā o ka Mass Hemolele, he keiki kuahu ʻo ia i loko o ka hale pule pilikino o kona ʻohana. I kekahi lā, ʻoiai ʻo ia e kukuli ana ma ka ʻāpana hope loa o ke kuahu, i ka wā o ka mōhai-torio ua hopu koke ʻia ʻo ia me ka makaʻu a me ka makaʻu. Ua hauʻoli loa ʻo ia me ka maopopo ʻole o ke kumu. Ua hoʻomaka kona puʻuwai e kuʻi ikaika. ʻO ka ʻimi ʻimi ʻana i ke kōkua, ua huli kona mau maka i ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe o ke kuahu. Aia kekahi ʻōpio uʻi i hoʻoluli i kona lima e ala koke a hele i ona lā. Huikau loa ke keikikāne i ka ʻike ʻana i kēlā hiʻohiʻona i ʻaʻa ʻole e neʻe. Akā ua hana ikaika ke kiʻi luminous i hoʻokahi hōʻailona hou aʻe. A laila ala koke ʻo ia a hele i ke kanaka ʻōpio i nalo koke. I ka manawa like i hina iho ai kahi kiʻi kaumaha o kahi haipule ma kahi pono o kahi keiki kuahu liʻiliʻi. Inā ʻo ia i noho iki ma kona wahi ma mua, ua make ʻo ia a ʻeha ʻeha ʻia paha e ke kaumaha o ke kiʻi i hāʻule.