ʻO kā mākou Lede o Lourdes: Pepeluali 2, ʻo Mary kahi ʻāpana o ke ola o Kristo i loko o mākou

"ʻO ke kumumanaʻo o ke ola, i hōʻike piha ʻia iā mākou me ka hiki ʻana mai o Kristo, he mea mau loa ia. Pili mau loa ia iā Kristo. Aia i loko o nā kāne āpau, akā mālama kahi wahi kūikawā no ka "wahine" ʻo ia ka makuahine o ka mea a ka Makua i hāʻawi ai i ka hana o ke ola. (…) ʻO Mary, i wānana ʻia ma loko o ke Kauoha Kahiko, i hōʻike maopopo loa ʻia i loko o ka mea pohihihi a Kristo ma o ka hanana o ka Hoʻolaha ʻana (RM).

Mai ia manawa ʻo Mary kahi ʻāpana o ke ola o Kristo i loko o kēlā me kēia kāne, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ia ke "ala maʻalahi" e alakaʻi iā ia a kōkua i ka hele ʻana i ke ala o ke ola pilikino a me ke ao holoʻokoʻa.

ʻOiaʻiʻo, hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka nui palena ʻole a me ka hanohano o ke Akua, ʻo Maria wale nō kahi mea ola. ʻAʻole i loaʻa i ke Akua a ʻaʻole pono iā ia e hoʻokō i kāna makemake a hōʻike i kona nani. Akā ua koho ka Haku e hoʻohana iā ia, makemake ʻo ia e waiho i kāna mau waiwai a pau o nā lokomaikaʻi i loko o kona mau lima a ua hana ʻo ia pēlā mai ka hoʻomaka, ke hoʻomau ʻo ia e hana pēlā no ka wā pau ʻole, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki ke loli kāna makemake.

Makemake ke Akua ka Makua e hāʻawi i kāna Keiki ʻo Iesū i ko ke ao nei ma o Maria lā. Ua hiki iā ia ke hana i hoʻokahi mau tausani ʻano ʻē aʻe, akā ua koho ʻo ia i kēia, ua koho ʻo ia iā ia, ʻo ka Puʻupaʻa! Ua ʻōlelo ʻo St. Augustine ʻaʻole pono ka honua e lawe pololei i ke Keiki a ke Akua mai ka lima o ka Makua: Ua hāʻawi iā ia iā Maria, i hiki i ka honua ke hoʻokipa iā ia ma ona lā. Pēlā i lilo ai ke Keiki a ke Akua i kanaka no ko mākou ola ma Maria a ma o Maria lā. Ua hana ka ʻUhane Hemolele i kēia prodigy ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻae o ka Puʻupaʻa o Nazareta.

Pēlā i pili pili loa ai ʻo Iesū iā ia, kaukaʻi iā ia e like me kēlā me kēia keiki, hui pū me ka naʻau i kona makuahine e like me kēlā me kēia keiki, no laila e hoʻonani nei i ke Akua nāna i manaʻo i kēia i kāna papa o ke aloha. ʻo ia ke kumu, e pili ana i ka laʻana o Iesū, ko mākou kumu hoʻohālike hoʻokahi, hāʻawi mākou iā Maria, huli mākou iā ia, hāʻawi mākou iā mākou iā ia iho a hoʻolaʻa iā mākou iā ia iho, hāʻawi mākou i ka hanohano nui loa i ka Makua Lani!

Eia kekahi, ʻo ka nui o ka ʻUhane Hemolele i loaʻa iā Maria kāna wahine i loko o kahi ʻuhane, ʻo ka nui o kāna hana ma laila me ka mana e hiki ai ke hana iā Iesū. A laila pono mākou e kāhea iā Maria e komo i loko o ko mākou ola i hiki iā ia ke hoʻokō i kāna hana makuahine me ka ʻole o nā mea keakea, ka mea a ka Haku āna i hāʻawi mau ai iā ia e hoʻohālikelike iā mākou me Iesū i ke aloha a me nā pono āpau. ʻIke ʻo ia i ka hana ʻana e like me ka hiki ʻole i kekahi mea ʻē aʻe a ʻike ʻo ia pehea e hana ai. ʻO kāna mau helehelena mau, kāna mau leka i kāhea ʻia iā mākou e ola, alakaʻi iā mākou i kēia: e ola e like me nā keiki maoli, e aloha i ka ʻōlelo a ke Akua a hana i ka hana, e nānā i ka lani a ʻike i ke ala e hiki ai.

Hoʻohiki: E haʻi lohi mākou i ka Magnificat, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka puʻuwai ma mua o ka noʻonoʻo, a mahalo mākou i ka Haku nāna i hāʻawi mai iā mākou i kēia Māmā kahi e hiki ai iā mākou ke helu mau i ka huakaʻi o ke ola.

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