Ka moolelo o ka Medal Kupanaha
La Medal kupanaha he mekala me ke ano uhane. Ma kona ʻano maʻamau, hoʻomaka ia i ka makahiki 1830, i ka wā i ʻike ʻia ai ka Virgin Mary iā Saint Catherine Labouré ma ka hale pule o nā Daughters of Charity ma Paris, e hōʻike ana i ka mekala iā ia ma ka moeʻuhane.
Caterina i kāna noi i kā mākou Lede e ʻimi i kahi ala e hoʻolaha ai i kāna haipule, a ua noi ka Virgin iā ia e hana i kahi mekala kūikawā. ʻElua ʻaoʻao ka hihiʻo: ma ke alo ka Madonna Immaculate, e ku ana maluna o ka puliki, me ka uhiia o kona poo i ka paku o na hoku, me ka hamama o kona mau lima me na mea maikai a me ka nahesa malalo o kona mau wawae. Ma ka aoao hope, ua hookiekieia ke kea a me ka huapalapala M e na hoku he umikumamalua a hoopuniia e na puuwai elua, he lei kakalaioa kekahi, a o kekahi me ka pahikaua e hou ana.
Ua haʻi aku ʻo St. Catherine makuakāne ʻo ʻAladel, kana mea hooiaio uhane, no ka hihio, aole nae oia i manaoio koke. Nowemapa 27th 1830ʻO ia Pope Gregory XVI ua ʻae ʻia ka mekala a i loko o kekahi mau makahiki, ua laha ka mekala kupanaha a puni ka honua.
Ma ka ʻike lua o ka Madonna, ua ʻike ʻo Catherine i ka mekala e hana ʻia. Ua hahai nā ʻike i kekahi i kekahi a hiki i ka hana ʻana o ka mekala, a laila hoʻolaha ʻia a puni ka honua.
ʻO ke ʻano o ka mekala kupanaha
Ua loaʻa i ka mekala ʻekolu manaʻo.
ʻO ka hana mana: hoike i na hana mana, na hihia o ka hoola ana a me ka hoohuli ana i kumu. I ka wā i puka mai ai kahi maʻi kolera ma Paris i Pepeluali 1932, ua hāʻawi nā Daughters of Charity i nā mekala 2000 a ua hoʻomaka koke ka hoʻololi ʻana a me nā ho'ōla.
ʻO ka mālamalama: hōʻike kēia i ka Mary wahine me nā lima hāmama a me nā kukuna māmā e puka mai ana mai kona mau lima mai. He hōʻailona ia i kona kukui e like me ka makuahine o ke Akua a me kona hiki ke hoʻomālamalama i ko mākou ola.
ʻO ka ʻeha: hōʻike kēia i ka Virgin Mary i ka waimaka me kona mau lima i ka pule. He hōʻailona ia i kona ʻeha i ka wā o ke kaumaha o Kristo a me kona ʻeha no ka hewa o ke ao nei.