ʻO ka ʻai ʻana a i ʻole ka hōʻole ʻana i kaʻiʻo i ka Lent?

ʻO kaʻiʻo i ka Lent
P. Ua kono ʻia kaʻu keiki e hiamoe ma ka hale o kahi hoaloha ma ka Pōʻalima i ka wā o ka Lent. Ua haʻi wau iā ia hiki iā ia ke hele inā hoʻohiki ʻo ia ʻaʻole e ʻai i ka pizza me ka ʻiʻo. I kona hōʻea ʻana i laila, ʻo ka hose a me ka pepa wale kā lākou. Pehea mākou e hoʻokele ai i ka wā e hiki mai ana? A no ke aha ka maikaʻi o ka ʻiʻo ma ka Pōʻalima ke koena o ka makahiki?

A. ʻAi a ʻaole paha ka ʻiʻo ... ʻo ia ka nīnau.

He ʻoiaʻiʻo nō ke koi e hōʻole ʻole i kaʻiʻo i kēia manawa e pili wale ana i ka Lent. I ka wā i hala ua hoʻopili ʻia i nā Pōʻalima āpau o ka makahiki. No laila hiki ke nīnau ʻia ka nīnau: “No ke aha? Aia kekahi mea hewa i ka ʻiʻo? No ke aha e maikaʻi ai no ke koena o ka makahiki akā ʻaʻole ka Lākina. He nīnau maikaʻi kēia. E wehewehe wau.

ʻO ka mea mua, ʻaʻohe mea hewa i ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻiʻo iho. Ua ʻai ʻo Iesū i ka ʻiʻo a he ʻāpana kēia o kā ke Akua hoʻolālā no ko mākou ola. ʻOiaʻiʻo ʻaʻohe koi e ʻai pū kekahi. He manuahi kekahi e lilo i mea ʻai, akā ʻaʻole koi ʻia ia.

No laila he aha ka hana me ka ʻai ʻole ʻana i kaʻiʻo ma ka Pōʻalima i ka Lent? He kānāwai maʻamau ia o ka abstinence i hoʻoholo ʻia e ka Ekalesia Katolika. ʻO kaʻu e manaʻo nei ʻike kā mākou hale pule i ka waiwai nui i ka mōhai ʻana i ke Akua. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ko mākou kānāwai o ka hale pule ma ke ao holoʻokoʻa, ʻo kēlā me kēia Pōʻalima o ka makahiki he lā hoʻokē ʻai o kekahi ʻano. Aia wale ia ma ka Lent e noi ʻia ai mākou e mōhai i ke ala kikoʻī o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka ʻiʻo ma ka Pōʻalima. He waiwai nui kēia i ka Ekalesia holoʻokoʻa ʻoiai mākou e kaʻana like nei i ka mōhai like i ka manawa o ka Lent like. Hoʻohui kēia iā mākou i kā mākou mōhai a ʻae iā mākou e kaʻana like i kahi pilina paʻa.

Eia kekahi, he rula keia i haawiia mai ia makou e ka pope. No laila, inā ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia i kekahi ʻano mōhai ma ka Pōʻalima ma ka Lent, a i ʻole kekahi lā ʻē aʻe o ka makahiki, e paʻa mākou i kēia kānāwai maʻamau a e noi ʻia e ke Akua e hāhai iā ia. He ʻoiaʻiʻo, he mōhai liʻiliʻi loa ia e hoʻohālikelike ʻia me kā Iesu mōhai i ka Pōʻalima Maikaʻi.

Akā he ʻokoʻa ʻē aʻe kāu nīnau. He aha e pili ana i kāu keiki e ʻae ana i kahi kono i ka hale o kāu hoaaloha i ka Pōʻalima i ka manawa o ka Lent ma kēia mua aku. E ʻōlelo paha wau he manawa kūpono kēia na kou ʻohana e kaʻana like i kou manaʻoʻiʻo. No laila, inā he kono ʻē aʻe, hiki iā ʻoe ke kaʻana like i kou hopohopo me ka makua ʻē aʻe, ma ke ʻano Katolika, hāʻawi ʻoe i kaʻiʻo i ka Pōʻalima ma ka Lent. E alakaʻi paha kēia i kahi kūkā maikaʻi.

A mai poina i ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana o kēia mōhai liʻiliʻi iā mākou ma ke ʻano he ala e kaʻana like aku ai i kā Iesū mōhai hoʻokahi ma ke Keʻa! No laila, hiki i kēia mōhai liʻiliʻi ke kōkua iā mākou e lilo e like me ia.