Ka ʻānela o ke kiaʻi a me nā ʻānela āpau: ko lākou mea nui

A hiki aku i nā'Ālio, ʻaʻohe hapa o ka poʻe e ʻakaʻaka hoʻopunipuni ana, me he mea lā e hoʻākāka a me he mea aia ke kumu o i hele aku i waho o nā kiʻi a i ʻole nā ​​mea maʻalahi loa ia he moʻolelo maikaʻi loa kēia e hoʻohau ai i nā keiki. Aia kekahi poʻe nāna ka wiwo ʻole e hilahila iā lākou me nā extraterrestrials, a hōʻole paha i ko lākou ola no ka mea "ʻaʻohe kanaka i ʻike iā lākou". Aka, o ke ola ana o na anela kekahi o na mea oiaio a ko kakou paulele Katolika.

ʻ sayslelo aku ka ʻaha puke: "ʻO ke ola o nā mea ʻuhane ʻole, ka mea a nā ʻaukā hemolele i kapa ʻia he ʻānela, he ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka hilinaʻi" (Cat 328). Nā ʻānela "he mau kauwā a he elele a ke Akua" (Cat 329). «E like me nā mea ola maoli, he naʻauao a me: ka poʻe pilikino lākou a make ʻole. Ua hoʻonui aku lākou i nā mea ʻike ʻia a pau i ka hemolele "(Cat 330).

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo St. Gregory ka Nui, i kapa ʻia ʻo "ke kauka o ka militanas lani", "ua hōʻoia ʻia ke ola ʻana o nā ʻānela i nā ʻaoʻao āpau o ka Palapala Hemolele." Ma ka mea kānalua ua piha ka palapala ʻānela a nā ʻānela. Ua pani nā ʻānela i ka Paraʻo honua (Gn 3, 24), mālama iā Lā (Gn 19) koe ʻo Hagar a me kāna keiki ma ka wao nahele (Gen 21, 17), paʻa i ka lima o ʻAberahama, i hāpai aʻe e pepehi i kāna keiki ʻo ʻIsaʻaka (Gn 22, 11 ), lawe mai i ka kōkua a me ka hōʻoluʻolu iā ʻElia (1 Aliʻi 19, 5), Isaia (Is 6, 6), Esekielu (Ez 40, 2) a me Daniel (Dn 7, 16).

I loko o ke Kauoha Hou hōʻike nā ʻānela iā lākou iho ma nā moeʻuhane iā Iosepa, e haʻi aku ana i ka hānau ʻana o Iesū i nā kahu hipa, lawelawe ʻo ia ma ka wao nahele a hōʻoluʻolu iā ia ma Getesemane. Ua hoʻolaha lākou i kona alahou ʻana a ke kū nei ma kāna piʻi ʻana. ʻO Iesū iho e kamaʻilio nui i kā lākou ma nā ʻōlelo nane a me nā aʻo. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo kahi ʻānela iā Peter mai ka hale paʻahao (Ac 12) a kōkua kekahi ʻānela i ka diakono Pilipo e hoʻohuli i ka ʻAitiopa i ke ala i Gaza (Ac 8). Ma ka puke o Wakinekala he nui nā wahi o nā ʻānela e hoʻokō nei i nā kauoha a ke Akua, a me nā hoʻopaʻi i kau ʻia ma luna o nā kāne.

He mau tausani ko lākou mau tausani a me nā tausani (Dn 7, 10 a me ʻAp 5, 11). Ke lawelawe nei lākou i nā ʻuhane, hoʻouna ʻia i ke kōkua o nā kāne (Heb. 1:14). E ku ana i ka mana o ke Akua, ua ʻōlelo ka lunaʻōlelo: "ʻO ia ka mea i hoʻoiho ai i kāna poʻe ʻānela e like me ka makani, a ʻo kāna mau minina e like me ke ahi ʻana i ka ahi" (He Heb: 1: 7).

I ka liturgy, e hoʻomaka ana ka Ekalesia i St. Michael, St. Gabriel a me St. Raphael i ka lā Kepakemapa 29 a me nā ʻānela mālama āpau i ʻOkakopa 2. ʻO kekahi poʻe kākau ʻōlelo e ʻōlelo nei iā Lezichiele, Uriele, Rafiele, Etofiele, Salatiele, Emmanuele ... akā, ʻaʻohe mea maopopo me kēia o ko lākou mau inoa he nui loa. ʻO nā mea ʻekolu wale nō i ʻōlelo ʻia ma ka Baibala: Mikaela (ʻApela 12, 7; Jn 9; Dn 10, 21), e hoʻolaha ana ʻo Kapenaila iā Maria (Lk 1; Dn 8, 16 a me 9, 21), a me Raffaele, ka mea e pili pū me Tobia i kona huakaʻi i ka puke o ia inoa like.

ʻO St. Michael ka mea i hāʻawi ʻia i ka inoa o ka hoʻokalakupua, e like me ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia ma Gd 9, ʻo ia ke aliʻi a me ke poʻo o nā pūʻali lani āpau. Ua hōʻike pū ʻia ka hoʻomana hoʻomana ʻo Christian i ke poʻo o nā kiʻi kiʻi ʻia iā Gabriele a me Raffaele. He kahiko kahiko ka ʻōlelo moʻomeheu o San Michele. Aia i ka makahiki IV i Phrygia (Asia Minor) kahi kahi hoʻolaʻa i hoʻolaʻa nona. I ka makahiki ʻelima ua kūkulu hou ʻia kekahi i ka hema o ka ʻĀpana, ma Moku Gargano. I ka makahiki 709 ua kūkulu ʻia kekahi keʻena nui ma ka mauna ʻo St Michael ma Normandy (Farani).

ʻO nā ʻānela "he mau hōkū kakahiaka a he [...] keiki a ke Akua" (Ioba 38, 7). Ke ʻōlelo nei ʻo Friar Luis de León, "Ua kapa ʻo ia iā lākou i nā wana kakahiaka no ka mea ʻoi aku ka ʻike o ko lākou ʻike ma mua o nā hōkū a no ka mea ua ʻike lākou i ke kukui i ka wana o ka honua." Ua ʻōlelo ʻo St. Gregory Nazianzeno "inā he lā o ke Akua, nā ʻānela kona mua a me kona mau maka" nui loa. Ua haʻi ʻo Saint Augustine: "Ke nānā mai nei lākou iā mākou me ke aloha ikaika a kōkua iā mākou e hiki ai i mākou ke hiki i nā ʻīpuka o ka lani" (Com al Sal. 62, 6).