ʻO ka ʻano a me ke kaiāulu o nā ʻānela
He helu lehulehu loa o nā ʻānela, he ʻumi tausani lākou a (Dn 7,10) e like me ka mea i hōʻike mua ʻia ma ka Baibala. he mea keu akā maoli kaʻoiaʻiʻo! Mai ka wā i noho ai nā kāne ma ka honua, ʻaʻohe i like nā ʻāpana ʻelua i waena o nā piliona o kānaka, a no laila, ʻaʻohe like ka ʻānela ma mua. ʻO kēlā me kēia ʻānela kēlā me kona ʻano ponoʻī, kāna ʻike maikaʻi a me kāna ʻano pilikino. He ʻokoʻa a ʻokoʻa kēlā me kēia ʻānela. Aia wale nō ʻo Michele, hoʻokahi wale nō ʻo Raffaele a hoʻokahi wale nō ʻo Gabriele! A hoʻokaʻawale i ka ʻānela i nā ʻānela i ʻehiku mau papa mele a ʻekolu mau mele.
Hōʻike ka hierarchy mua i ke Akua Ua aʻo ʻo Thomas Aquinas i nā ʻānela o ka hierarki mua i poʻe lawelawe ma mua o ka noho aliʻi o ke Akua, e like me ka pā o kahi aliʻi. ʻO Seraphim, nā keruba a me nā noho aliʻi he ʻāpana ia. ʻO ka seraphim ke aniani i ke aloha kiʻekiʻe o ke Akua a hoʻolaʻa loa iā lākou iho i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana o ko lākou Mea nāna. ʻO nā kerubima e hoʻohālikelike i ka naʻauao a me nā noho aliʻi, ʻo ia ka hoʻohalike ʻana o ka mana aliʻi.
Mālama ʻo ka papa luaʻi i ke aupuni o ke Akua i ka honua; ua hoʻohālikelike ʻia i nā waha o kahi aliʻi e mālama nei i nā ʻāina o kāna aupuni. I ka hopena, ua kapa ʻia ʻo ʻ Scripturelelo Hemolele iā lākou he domi-lāhui, nā mana, a me nā aliʻi.
Ua kau ʻia ka luna kahakolu ʻekolu ma ke lawelawe ʻana o nā kāne. ʻO nā ona nani, nā archangels a me nā ʻānela he hapa ia. He mau ʻānela maʻalahi lākou, nā ʻāpana o ka poʻe koa, kahi e mālama ʻia ai ko mākou kuleana. Ma kahi ʻano i kūkulu ʻia lākou e like me 'ʻupena liʻiliʻi' no mākou, no ka mea, ua like ko lākou ʻano kūlike me kā mākou, ma ke ʻano o ka palena kiʻekiʻe o ke kauoha haʻahaʻa, ʻo ia ke kanaka, ka mea kokoke i ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa. ʻoi aku ka luna o ke mele ʻeiwa ʻeiwa. He ʻānō a pau nā mele mele ʻeiwa he ʻeka e kāhea aku ai i nā kāne iā lākou iho, ʻo ia nō ke Akua.O kēia ʻano, nīnau ʻo Paulo i ka leka i ka Hebera i kēia manawa: "Ma ke ʻano he ʻuhane āpau lākou i ka lawelawe ma ke Akua. E aloha ʻia ka poʻe e pono ke loaʻa ke ola? No laila, he kākāwa manaila kēlā me kēia mana, he mana, he ʻano a ʻaʻole wale nā serafima wale nō nā ʻānela o ke aloha a i nā keruba paha ka ʻike. He ʻike a me ka naʻauao kēlā me kēia ʻānela ma mua o nā ʻuhane a nā kānaka a hiki i kēlā me kēia ʻānela ke hoʻohua i nā inoa ʻeiwa o nā poʻe mele mele ʻē aʻe. Ua loaʻa i nā mea a pau nā mea āpau, ʻaʻole naʻe like: "Ma ka lani lani i ka mea no nā mea hoʻokahi wale nō, akā he ʻoiaʻiʻo nō kekahi o kekahi mau ʻano a ʻaʻole kekahi" (Bonaventura). ʻo kēia mea ʻokoʻa a ka mea i hoʻokumu i kēlā me kēia o nā poʻe mele mele. Akā, ʻaʻole kēia ʻokoʻa i ke ʻano, ʻaʻole i ka hoʻokaʻawale, akā hoʻokumu i kahi kaiāulu kūlike o nā poʻe mele mele āpau. Ua kākau ʻo Saint Bonaventure i kēia: "ʻO kā lākou makemake e hui pū me nā hoa aloha. he mea kūlohelohe a ʻānela e ʻimi i ke hui o nā ʻano o kāna ʻano a ʻaʻole ia e noho me kēia makemake ʻole. I loko o lākou e aliʻi ai ke aloha no ka pilina a me ke aloha ".
Ma muli o nā ʻokoʻa āpau ma waena o nā ʻānela pilikino, aia i loko o kēlā kaiāulu ʻole e hoʻokūkū nei, ʻaʻohe kanaka e pani iā lākou iho i ka poʻe ʻē aʻe a ʻaʻohe hiʻohiʻona kiʻekiʻe i ka haʻahaʻa me ka haʻaheo. Hiki i nā ʻānela maʻalahi ke kāhea i ka seraphim a hoʻokomo iā lākou iho i ka ʻike o kēia mau ʻuhane nui aʻe. Hiki i ke keruba ke hōʻike iā ia iho i ka kamaʻilio me kahi ʻānela haʻahaʻa. Hiki i nā mea āpau ke kamaʻilio me ka poʻe ʻē aʻe a me ko lākou mau kūlohelohe maoli he waiwai ia no kēlā. Hoʻohui pū kekahi mau lua o ke aloha iā lākou, a ʻoiai, ma kēia, hiki i nā kāne ke aʻo i kahi ʻano nui mai nā ʻānela. Ke noi nei mākou iā lākou e kōkua iā mākou i ka hoʻouka kaua ʻana i ka super-bia a me ka hoʻonaninani, no ka mea ua kau mai ke Akua iā mākou: "E aloha i kou hoalauna e like me ʻoe iho!"