ʻO ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo a kēia lā 2 Kepakemapa 2020 mai Venerable Madeleine Delbrêl

ʻO Venerable Madeleine Delbrêl (1904-1964)
mikionali moe o nā kaona kaiāulu

Ka wao akua o ka lehulehu

Loneliness, e kuʻu Akua,
ʻaʻole ia ʻo mākou wale nō,
aia ʻoe ma laila,
mai mua ou lilo i nā mea āpau i ka make
a lilo nā mea āpau iā ʻoe. (...)

Nui mākou i nā keiki e noʻonoʻo i kēia poʻe āpau
ua lawa ia,
mea nui loa,
ke ola nei
e uhi i ka ʻalihi ke nānā aku mākou iā ʻoe.

E noho kaʻawale,
ʻaʻole ia i ʻoi aku i nā kāne, a i ʻole haʻalele iā lākou;
ʻo ʻoe wale nō, ʻo ia ka ʻike he nui ʻoe, e kuʻu Akua,
ʻo ʻoe wale nō ka nui,
a ʻaʻohe nui ma waena o ka pau ʻole o nā hua o ke one a me ka pau ʻole o nā ola o ke kanaka.

ʻAʻole ʻokoʻa ka ʻokoʻa i ka mehameha,
e like me ka mea e ʻikea ai ke ola kanaka
i nā maka o ka ʻuhane, ʻoi aku ka nui,
ke kamaʻilio a lākou e pili ana iā ʻoe,
ko lākou ʻano kamepiula
i ka mea wale nō ia.
Ua like ia me ka ʻaoʻao o ʻoe a me kēia ʻaoʻao
ʻaʻole hōʻeha i ka mehameha. (...)

ʻAʻole mākou e hoʻopiʻi i ka honua,
ʻaʻole mākou e hoʻopiʻi i ke ola
e pale i ka maka o ke Akua no mākou.
ʻO kēia helehelena, e ʻimi ʻo ia, ʻo ia ka mea e uhi ai, komo i nā mea āpau. (...)

He aha ka mea a ko mākou wahi i ka honua?
He aha ia mea inā ua lehulehu a i ʻole depopulated,
ma hea mākou e "Akua ai me mākou",
ma hea mākou e Emmanuel.