Lourdes: ma 15 ho'ōla iā ia i ka wā o ka huakaʻi

"E hoʻokaʻawale iaʻu mai kēia hale make!"

ʻO Esther BRACHMANN, Hānau ʻia ma Palisa i ka makahiki 1881 (Palani). Maʻi: peritonitis TB. Ua hoʻōla ʻia ma Lourdes ma ka lā 21 ʻAukake 1896, i ka makahiki 15. ʻO ka hana mana i ʻike ʻia ma Iune 6, 1908 e Mons. Léon Amette, ʻekepihopa nui o Palisa. ʻAʻole alakaʻi hou ʻo Esther i kahi ola ʻōpio. Ma 15, loaʻa iā ia ka manaʻo he hale make wai maoli ka haukapila ʻo Villepinte. ʻAʻole mamao kēia manaʻo mai ka kaʻana like ʻia e nā hoa hele he ʻumikūmālua, a me ka tubercious hoʻi, e like me ia, e hana i kēia huakaʻi o ka manawa hope loa. Aia mākou i ʻAukake 1896. Ma ke kakahiaka o ʻAukake 21, nā mea hoʻokipa o Notre Dame de Salut, nā kauā kūpaʻa o nā maʻi o ka National Pilgrimage, lawe iā ia mai ke kaʻaahi a lawe iā ia i Grotto a, mai laila, a i nā ʻauʻau ʻauʻau. Puka ʻo ia me ka maopopo o ka hoʻōla ʻia. Ua pau nā ʻeha ... Ua nalowale ka ʻōpū o kona ʻōpū. Hiki iā ia ke hele wāwae ... ua pololi ʻo ia. Akā hoʻokahi nīnau i nīnau iā ia: "No ke aha iaʻu?". I ke awakea, hāhai ʻo ia i nā hana huakaʻi e like me ke kanaka olakino. ʻElua mau lā ma hope mai, hele pū ʻo ia me ka Bureau of Medical Findings kahi o nā kauka, ma hope o ka hoʻokolokolo pono ʻana, e hōʻoia i kona ola ʻana. Hoʻi i Villepinte, haʻohaʻo, haʻohaʻo, haʻalulu nā kauka mālama. Mālama lākou iā ʻEsetera ma lalo o ka nānā ʻana no hoʻokahi makahiki! Ma 1897 wale nō, e hoʻi ana mai ka huakaʻi o ka hoʻomaikaʻi, ua manaʻo lākou e kiʻi i kahi palapala i ʻike ʻia ai ʻo ia "ua hoʻōla ʻia i kona hoʻi mai Lourdes i 1896". I ka makahiki 1908, ua nānā hou ʻia ʻo ia a me ke olakino maikaʻi loa, i ka manawa o ka hoʻokolokolo i wehe ʻia e ka Archbishop o Palisa, ʻo Mons. Leon Amette, i ka ʻike ʻia o kēia hoʻōla a me Clementine Trouvé lāua ʻo Marie Lesage a me Lemarchand, heroine hanauna ʻole o kahi "puke" na Zola!