Lourdes: i ka lā hope o ka huakaʻi, kokoke i kona mau ʻeha

Lydia BROSSE. I ka manawa i ho'ōla ʻia, koho mākou i ka poʻe maʻi… Hānau ʻia i ka lā 14 ʻOkakopa 1889, e noho ana ma Saint Raphaël (Palani). ʻO ka maʻi: ʻO nā fistula tuberculous he nui me ka wehe nui ʻana ma ka ʻāpana gluteal hema. Ua ho'ōla ʻia i ka 11 ʻOkakopa 1930, i ke 41 o kona mau makahiki. Ua ʻike ʻia ka hana mana ma ka lā 5 ʻAukake 1958 e Mons. Jean Guyot, pīhopa o Coutances. I Kepakemapa 1984, ua nalowale ʻo Lourdes i kekahi o kāna mau kahu hānai kūpaʻa loa: ʻo Lydia Brosse, ka mea i make i ka makahiki 95. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia i ka poʻe maʻi me kona ikaika a pau a me kona ʻuhane a pau. No ke aha ia hoole ana? He maʻalahi ka pane: makemake ʻo ia e hoʻihoʻi i kekahi o nā mea i loaʻa iā ia. No ka mea, me ka ʻole o nā manaʻo a pau, i kekahi lā i ʻOkakopa 1930, ua hoʻōla ke Akua, ka mea āna i hilinaʻi pono ai, i nā ʻeha o kēia wahine liʻiliʻi he 40 paona. Ua loaʻa mua iā Lydia nā maʻi iwi he nui, no ka maʻi ʻōpū. Ua hana ʻia ʻo ia i kekahi mau ʻokiʻoki ʻana no nā abscesses he nui. Ua luhi ʻo ia, wiwi a maʻemaʻe mai kēia mau koko. I loko o kāna huakaʻi hele ma ʻOkakopa 1930, ʻaʻohe mea i ʻike ʻia ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana o kona kūlana. I ka lā hope, haʻalele i ka ʻauʻau ʻana i nā loko. Ma ka huakaʻi hoʻi i Saint Raphaël i loaʻa iā ia ka makemake a me ka ikaika e ala aʻe. Paʻa kona mau ʻeha. I kona hoʻi ʻana mai, ua ʻike ke kauka e hele nei i "kahi kūlana olakino maikaʻi, ʻili piha ...". I nā makahiki a pau e hiki mai ana, e hele ʻo Lydia i Lourdes me ka huakaʻi o ka Rosary e hoʻolaʻa iā ia iho i ka poʻe maʻi. ʻO 28 mau makahiki wale nō ma hope o kona hoʻōla ʻana, ua hoʻolaha kūkala ʻia ka hana mana, ʻaʻole no ka pilikia o nā kauka, akā no ka lohi o nā kaʻina hana ʻike.