ʻO ka mana o ka pule a me nā hāneʻe i loaʻa e ia

E hoike aku ia oe i ka mana o ka pule a me na manawalea e wae mai ai ia oe mai ka lani, e hai aku au ia oe aia me ka pule wale no o ka poe pono a pau ka poe e lealea ana. Na ka pule no ko mākou uhane ka ua no ka honua. Hoʻopili i ka ʻāina e like me kou makemake, inā ʻaʻohe ua, ʻo nā mea a pau āu e hana ai, ʻaʻole ia he kumu. Pēlā, e hana i nā hana maikaʻi e like me ka mea āu e makemake ai, inā ʻaʻole ʻoe pule a pule pinepine a pololei, ʻaʻole ʻoe e ola; no ka mea, ke pule aʻe ana ka pule i nā maka o ko mākou ʻuhane, keʻike nei ʻo ia i ka nui o kāna mau pilikia, ka manaʻo nui i ka ke Akua; hoʻoili iā ia i kona nāwaliwali.

Ke helu nei ka Karistiano i nā mea āpau i ke Akua wale nō, ʻaʻohe mea ma luna ona. Ae, ma ka pule ua hoomau a pau ka poe pono. Eia kekahi, ʻike mākou i ka manawa e haʻalele ʻole ai i kā mākou mau pule, pau koke mākou i ka ʻono o nā mea o ka lani: manaʻo wale nō mākou o ka honua; a inā hoʻi mākou e pule hou, e manaʻo mākou i ka manaʻo a me ka makemake o nā mea o ka lani i hānau hou i loko o mākou. ʻAe, inā ua lawa kākou i loko o ka lokomaikaʻi o ke Akua, a e hele paha mākou i ka pule, a heʻi ʻole paha mākou e hoʻomanawanui no ka manawa lōʻihi ma ke ala o ka lani.

ʻO ka lua, ʻōlelo mākou he pono nā lawehala a pau, me ka hana mana kupaianaha iʻike pinepine ʻia, e hoʻololi wale ai i ka pule. E ʻike ʻo St. Monica, i ka mea a kāna mea e noi ai no ka huli ʻana o kāna keiki: aia ia ma ka wāwae o kāna kīpē e pule ai a uē hoʻi; ʻĀnō lā, ʻike ʻo ia iā ia me ka poʻe akamai, e noi ana i ke kōkua o kā lākou pule. E nānā iā Saint Augustine iā ia iho, i ka makemake nui e hoʻohuli ... ʻAe, ʻaʻohe hewa o ko kākou hewa, inā ua pule mākou i ka pule a inā pule pule mākou, e ʻike paʻa kākou e kala mai ka Haku maikaʻi.

Auē, e nā hoahānau, mai hilahila ʻole wau e hana ʻia ana e ka diabolō i nā mea a pau e hiki ai iā ia ke hoʻopoina iā mākou i kā mākou mau pule a hoʻohilahila iā mākou; ʻoi aku ʻo ia ke ʻike ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o mākou i ka weliweli o ka pule i loko o ke ahi, a ʻaʻole hiki i nā Haku maikaʻi ke hōʻole iā mākou i ka mea a mākou e noi ai iā ia ma ka pule ...

ʻAʻole lākou i ka lōʻihi ʻole a me nā pule nani a ke Akua maikaʻi e nānā ai, akā kēlā mau mea i hana ʻia mai ka ʻaoʻao o ka naʻau, me ka mahalo nui a me ka makemake maoli e leʻaleʻa i ke Akua eia eia kahi aʻoaʻo maikaʻi. Ua hōʻike ʻia ma ke ola o Saint Bonaventure, he kauka nui o ka Ekalesia, a ʻ religiouslelo haipule ʻoi loa iā ia: "E ka Makua, ʻo wau ka mea i aʻo ʻole ʻia, manaʻo ʻoe ua hiki iaʻu ke pule i ke Akua maikaʻi a aloha iā ia?".

ʻ sayslelo aku ʻo Saint Bonaventure iā ia: "ʻAe, e ka hoa, ʻo lākou nei ka poʻe i aloha nui ʻia e ke Akua maikaʻi a mahalo nui ʻia iā ia". ʻO kēia hoʻomana haipule maikaʻi loa, mahalo nui ʻia e kēlā lono maikaʻi, e hele i ka puka o ka pahu, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana i kēlā me kēia poʻe āna i ʻike ai e hala ana: «E hele mai e nā hoaaloha, he ʻōlelo maikaʻi kaʻu e hāʻawi aku ai iā ʻoe; Ua haʻi mai ʻo Kauka Bonaventura iaʻu e hiki iā mākou ke aloha ʻē aʻe i ke Akua maikaʻi e like me ka mea i aʻo ʻia. ʻAno hauʻoli iā mākou ke aloha i ke Akua maikaʻi a leʻaleʻa iā ia, me ka ʻike ʻole i kekahi mea! ».

Mai kēia mea, e haʻi aku wau iā ʻoe, ʻaʻohe mea maʻalahi ma mua o ka pule i ke Akua maikaʻi, ʻaʻohe mea ʻoluʻolu.

E ʻae, ʻo ka pule ka mea kiʻekiʻe o ko kākou naʻau i ke Akua, e ʻōlelo maikaʻi ʻia, he kamaʻilio ʻoluʻolu o kahi keiki me kona makuakāne, he kumuhana me kāna aliʻi, he kauā na kāna haku, he hoaaloha me kāna ka hoaaloha, ma kona puʻuwai ke waiho nei i kona mau kaumaha a me nā eha.