ʻO ka'ōlelo aʻo o kēia lā 4 Kepakemapa 2020 o SantʻAgostino

St. Augustine (354-430)
Bishop o Hippo (ʻApelika ʻĀkau) a me ke kauka o ka Ekalesia

ʻLelo 210,5 (New Augustinian Library)
Aka e hiki mai ana na la e laweia'ku ai ke kane mare mai o lakou aku la; a laila, i kēlā mau lā, e hoʻokē ʻai lākou "
No laila e mālama mākou i "kāʻei ʻia ko mākou pūhaka a hoʻā ʻia nā kukui", a ua like mākou me kēlā mau "kauā e kali nei i ka hoʻi mai o ko lākou haku mai ka male male" (Lk 12,35: 1). Mai ʻōlelo kākou i kekahi i kekahi: "ʻAi kākou a inu hoʻi no ka mea apopo e make mākou" (15,32 Cor 16,16:20). Akā no ka maopopo ʻole o ka lā make a ʻeha ke ola, hoʻokē ʻai mākou a pule hou aku: i ka lā ʻapōpō e make mākou. "Kahi manawa iki - ʻōlelo ʻo Iesū - a ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike iaʻu i kekahi manawa iki aʻe a ʻike ʻoe iaʻu" (Jn 22:XNUMX). ʻO kēia ka manawa āna i haʻi mai ai iā mākou: "e uē ʻoe a e kanikau, akā e hauʻoli ka honua" (v. XNUMX); ʻo ia: ua piha kēia ola i nā hoʻowalewale a he poʻe malihini mākou mamao mai iā ia. "Akā e ʻike hou wau iā ʻoe - ua hoʻohui ʻo ia - a e hauʻoli kou puʻuwai a ʻaʻohe mea e hiki ke lawe i kou hauʻoli" (v. XNUMX).

Hauʻoli mākou i kēia manawa i kēia lana, ʻoiai nā mea āpau - ʻoiai ʻo ka mea nāna i hoʻohiki iā mākou he ʻoiaʻiʻo loa - i ke kali ʻana i kēlā ʻoliʻoli nui loa, ke "ʻano like mākou me ia, no ka mea e ʻike mākou iā ia e like me" (1 Jn 3,2: 16,21), a "ʻAʻole e hiki i kekahi ke kāʻili i kā mākou hauʻoli". (…) "Ke hānau ka wahine - wahi a ka Haku - ua ʻeha ʻo ia no ka mea ua hiki mai kona manawa; akā i kona hānau ʻana aia he hoʻolauleʻa nui no ka mea ua hele mai kahi kāne i ka honua "(Jn XNUMX:XNUMX). ʻO kēia ka hauʻoli i hiki ʻole i kekahi ke kāʻili mai iā mākou a mākou e piha ai i ka wā e hele ai mākou, mai ke ala e manaʻo ai i ka ola i kēia manawa, a i ka mālamalama mau loa. ʻĀnō hoʻi, e hoʻokē ʻai kākou a pule hoʻi, no ka mea, ʻo ka manawa hānau kēia.