ʻO ka ʻaha kūkā o kēia lā 10 Kepakemapa 2020 o San Massimo ka mea haʻi

San Massimo Kaikuhi (ca 580-662)
monk and theologian

Centuria I ma ke aloha, n. 16, 56-58, 60, 54
He aloha ke kānāwai o Kristo
ʻO ka mea aloha mai iaʻu, wahi a ka Haku, e mālama ʻo ia i kaʻu mau kauoha. ʻO kēia kaʻu kauoha: aloha aku i kekahi i kekahi "(lf Jn 14,15.23; 15,12:XNUMX). No laila, ʻo ka mea aloha ʻole i kona hoalauna, ʻaʻole ia e mālama i ke kauoha. A ʻo ka mea mālama ʻole i ke kauoha, ʻaʻole ʻike i ke aloha i ka Haku. (...)

Inā ʻo ke aloha ke hoʻokō ʻia o ke kānāwai (cf. Rom 13,10:4,11), ka mea huhū i kona kaikaina, ka mea i kūʻē iā ia, ka mea makemake iā ia i ka ʻino, ka mea leʻaleʻa i kona hāʻule ʻana, pehea lā e hiki ʻole ai iā ia ke pale i ke kānāwai a ʻaʻole kūpono i ka hoʻopaʻi mau loa? Inā hōʻino ka mea hōʻino a hoʻokolokolo i kona kaikaina i ke kānāwai (lk. Jas XNUMX:XNUMX), a inā he aloha ke kānāwai o Kristo, ʻoiai ʻaʻole e hāʻule ka mea hōʻino mai ke aloha o Kristo a waiho iā ia iho ma lalo o ka Auamo o ka hoʻopaʻi mau loa?

Mai hoʻolohe i ka ʻōlelo a ka mea hōʻino, a mai ʻōlelo i ka pepeiao o ka mea makemake e ʻōlelo maʻi. ʻAʻole ʻoe makemake e ʻōlelo kūʻē i kou hoalauna a hoʻolohe paha i ka mea i ʻōlelo kūʻē ʻia iā ia, i ʻole e haʻalele i ke aloha akua a ʻike ʻole ʻia he malihini i ke ola mau loa (…) E hoʻopio i ka waha o ka poʻe e ʻōlelo ʻino nei i kou mau pepeiao, i ʻole e hana pālua ka hewa me ia, e maʻa i kahi mea weliweli a pale ʻole i ka mea hōʻino e ʻōlelo hewa a kūʻē paha i kona hoalauna. (...)

Inā nā charism a pau o ka ʻUhane, me ke aloha ʻole, he mea ʻole i ka poʻe nona ia mau mea, e like me ka ʻ Apostlelelo a ke Akua ʻānō (cf. 1 Cor 13,3: XNUMX), he aha kā mākou e pono ai e loaʻa ke aloha!