Ke noʻonoʻo nei ʻoe i kāu hewa, e nānā i ka nani o Iesū

Lawe ʻo Iesū iā Petero, Iakobo a me kona kaikaina ʻo Ioane a alakaʻi hoʻokahi iā lākou i kahi mauna kiʻekiʻe. Hoopahaohaoia iho la ia imua o lakou; ʻālohilohi kona helehelena e like me ka lā a keʻokeʻo kona lole e like me ka mālamalama. Matiu 17: 1-2

He aha kahi laina kupaianaha ma luna: "keʻokeʻo e like me ke kukui". Pehea ke keʻokeʻo o kekahi mea "keʻokeʻo e like me ke kukui?"

I kēia pule lua o ka Lent, hāʻawi ʻia mai iā mākou ke kiʻi o ka manaʻolana o Iesū i hoʻohuli ʻia ma lalo o nā maka o Peter, James and John. ʻIke lākou i kahi ʻono iki o kona nani mau loa a hanohano hoʻi ma ke ʻano ke Keiki a ke Akua a me ke ʻano ʻelua o ka Trinity Hemolele. Pīhoihoi lākou, pūʻiwa, pūʻiwa a hoʻopiha ʻia me ka hauʻoli nui loa. ʻAlohilohi ke alo o Iesū e like me ka lā a keʻokeʻo loa kona mau kapa, maʻemaʻe loa, ʻālohilohi e ʻōlinolino e like me ka mālamalama mālamalama a maʻemaʻe loa i hiki ʻole ke noʻonoʻo ʻia.

No ke aha i hiki ai? No ke aha i hana ai ʻo Iesū i kēia a no ke aha ʻo ia i ʻae ai i kēia mau lunaʻekolu e ʻike i kēia hanana hanohano? A no ka noʻonoʻo hou ʻana, no ke aha mākou e noʻonoʻo ai i kēia hanana i ka hoʻomaka o ka Lent?

Ma ka maʻalahi, ʻo Lent ka manawa e nānā ai i ko mākou ola a ʻike maopopo i kā mākou lawehala. He manawa ia i hāʻawi ʻia iā mākou i kēlā me kēia makahiki e kāpae iā mākou iho mai ka huikau o ke ola a e nānā hou i ke ala a mākou e hele nei. ʻO ka nānā ʻana i kā mākou lawehala hiki ke paʻakikī. Hiki ke kaumaha a hiki ke hoʻowalewale iā mākou i ke kaumaha, kaumaha a me ke kaumaha. Akā pono e hoʻokahuli ʻia ka hoʻowalewale i ke kaumaha. A ʻaʻole lanakila ʻia e ka nānā ʻole ʻana i kā mākou lawehala, akā, ua lanakila ʻia e ka hoʻohuli ʻana i ko mākou mau maka i ka mana a me ka hanohano o ke Akua.

ʻO ka Transfiguration kahi hanana i hāʻawi ʻia i kēia mau lunaʻekolu e hāʻawi iā lākou i ka manaʻolana ke hoʻomākaukau lākou e kū i mua o ka ʻeha a me ka make ʻana o Iesū. hopena.

Inā kū alo i ka lawehala me ka lana ʻole o ka manaʻolana, make mākou. Akā inā kū mākou i ka lawehala (ko mākou hewa) me ka hoʻomanaʻo o wai ʻo Iesū a me nā mea āna i hana ai no mākou, a laila ke alo ʻana i kā mākou lawehala e alakaʻi iā mākou ʻaʻole e hopohopo akā i ka lanakila a me ka hanohano.

I ka nānā ʻana a ʻike a ka poʻe lunaʻōlelo iā Iesū helehelena, ua lohe lākou i kahi leo mai ka Lani mai e ʻōlelo ana: ʻO kaʻu Keiki punahele kēia, ka mea aʻu i hauʻoli loa ai; e hoʻolohe iā ia "(Mt 17: 5b). Ua ʻōlelo ka makuakāne e pili ana iā Iesū, akā makemake pū ʻo ia e ʻōlelo no kēlā me kēia o kākou. Pono mākou e ʻike i ka Transfiguration i ka hopena a me ka pahuhopu o ko mākou ola. Pono mākou e ʻike, me ka manaʻo paʻa loa, makemake ka Makua e hoʻololi iā mākou i ke kukui keʻokeʻo loa, e hāpai ana i nā lawehala āpau a hāʻawi iā mākou i ka hanohano nui o ke keiki kāne a kaikamahine paha nāna.

E noʻonoʻo i kāu lawehala i kēia lā. Akā e hana pēlā ʻoiai e noʻonoʻo pū ana i ke ʻano i hoʻohuli a hanohano o ko mākou Haku akua. Ua hele mai ʻo ia e hāʻawi i kēia makana o ka laʻa ma luna o kākou pākahi. ʻO kā mākou leo ​​kēia. ʻO kēia ko mākou hanohano. ʻO mākou ka mea e lilo ai, a ʻo ke ala wale nō e hana ai kēia e ʻae i ke Akua e hoʻomaʻemaʻe iā mākou i nā lawehala āpau i ko mākou ola a huki iā mākou i loko o kāna ola hanohano o ka lokomaikaʻi.

E kuʻu Haku loli, ua hoʻomālamalama ʻoe i ka nani i mua o nā maka o kāu mau lunaʻōlelo i hiki ai iā lākou ke hōʻike i ka nani o ke ola a mākou a pau i kāhea ʻia ai. I kēia Lent, kōkua mai iaʻu e alo i kaʻu lawehala me ka wiwo ʻole a me ka hilinaʻi iā ʻoe a i kou mana ʻaʻole wale e kala aku akā e hoʻololi hoʻi. ʻO kuʻu make make wau i ka lawehala ʻana i kahi hohonu loa e kaʻana like piha i ka hanohano o kou ola akua. E Iesū ke manaʻoʻiʻo wau iā ʻoe.