Ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i kēia lā: Ka leo o Saint Anthony

Ma hope o ka make ʻana o kona mau mākua, haʻalele wale ʻo ia me kona kaikuahine ʻōpio ʻōpio ʻōpio, ʻo Antonio, i ka makahiki he ʻumikūmāwalu a iwakālua paha, i mālama i ka hale a me kona kaikuahine. ʻEono mau mahina i hala ʻole mai ka make ʻana o kona mau mākua, ke hele nei kekahi lā, ʻoiai e hele ana, e like me kāna hana mau, i ka hoʻolauleʻa Eucharistic, ke noʻonoʻo nei ʻo ia i ke kumu i alakaʻi ai i nā lunaʻōlelo e hele ma hope o ka Mea Hoola, ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana i nā mea āpau. Hoʻomaopopo iā mākou i kēlā mau kāne, i ʻōlelo ʻia ma nā Hana a nā lunaʻōlelo, nā lākou i kūʻai aku i kā lākou waiwai, a lawe i ke kālā i nā wāwae o nā lunaʻōlelo, e hāʻawi ʻia i ka poʻe ʻilihune. Ua manaʻo pū ʻo ia he aha a ehia mau waiwai a lākou e manaʻo ai e loaʻa i ka lani.
I ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i kēia mau mea ua komo ʻo ia i loko o ka hale pule, ʻoiai ʻo ia e heluhelu ana i ka ʻeuanelio a lohe i ka ʻōlelo a ka Haku i ua kanaka waiwai lā: "Inā makemake ʻoe e hemolele, e hele ʻoe, e kūʻai aku i kāu mea, e hāʻawi aku i ka poʻe ʻilihune, a laila hele mai a hāhai mai iaʻu a loaʻa iā ʻoe waiwai i ka lani "(Mt 19,21:XNUMX).
A laila ʻo Antonio, me he mea lā i hōʻike ʻia iā ia e Providence ka moʻolelo o ke ola o ka poʻe haipule a ua heluhelu ʻia kēlā mau huaʻōlelo nona wale nō, haʻalele koke ʻo ia i ka hale pule, hāʻawi i nā poʻe o ke kauhale i makana i nā waiwai i hoʻoilina ʻia mai kona ʻohana - nona maoli nō. ʻekolu haneli momona a maikaʻi nā māla - i lilo ʻole lākou i kumu no ka pilikia no lākou iho a no ko lākou kaikuahine. Ua kūʻai aku hoʻi ʻo ia i nā waiwai neʻe a hāʻawi ʻia i ke kālā nui i ka poʻe hune. Lawe hou i ka ʻaha lurgurgical, ua lohe ʻo ia i nā huaʻōlelo a ka Haku i ʻōlelo ai i ka ʻeuanelio: "Mai hopohopo no ka lā ʻapōpō" (Mt 6,34:XNUMX). ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻomau hou aku, ua hele hou ʻo ia i waho a ua hāʻawi manawaleʻa hoʻi i ka mea āna i koe ai. Ua hāʻawi ʻo ia i kona kaikuahine i nā puʻupaʻa i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ke Akua a laila hoʻolaʻa ʻo ia iā ia iho kokoke i kona hale i ke ola ascetic, a hoʻomaka ʻo ia e alakaʻi i kahi ola paʻakikī me ka ikaika, me ka ʻae ʻole i kekahi mea iā ia iho.
Ua hana ʻo ia me kona mau lima ponoʻī: ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua lohe ʻo ia i ka poʻe i hoʻolaha: "ʻO ka mea makemake ʻole e hana, ʻaʻole loa e ʻai." (2 Tes 3,10:XNUMX). Me kahi hapa o ke kālā i loaʻa iā ia ua kūʻai aku ʻo ia i berena nāna, ʻo ke koena hāʻawi ʻo ia i ka poʻe ʻilihune.
Ua hoʻolōʻihi ʻo ia i ka manawa i ka pule, no ka mea ua aʻo ʻo ia he mea pono e haʻalele a pule mau (cf. 1 Tes. 5,17:XNUMX). Nānā nui ʻo ia i ka heluhelu ʻana ʻaʻole i pakele kahi mea o ka mea i kākau ʻia, akā mālama ʻo ia i nā mea āpau i kona ʻuhane a hiki i ka hopena o ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā puke. ʻO nā kamaʻāina āpau o ka ʻāina a me nā kāne kūpono, nona ka maikaʻi i loaʻa iā ia iho, ke ʻike nei i kēlā kanaka i kapa ʻia ʻo ia he hoaaloha na ke Akua a aloha kekahi iā ia ma ke keikikāne, a ʻo kekahi he kaikunāne.