"ʻAʻole paha e hiki i kēlā kanaka kolohe ke lilo ʻo Padre Pio" ka hālāwai me Emanuele Brunatto

I kēia lā e haʻi mākou iā ʻoe pehea ka hālāwai ma waena Emmanuel Brunatto, fashion impresario a me Padre Pio.

i 1919, Aia ʻo Emanuele Brunatto ma Napela a ma ka manawa wale nō i lohe ai ʻo ia ka haipule o Pietralcina ma San Giovanni Rotondo. No laila ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e hele e hālāwai me ia. Ua lawe ʻo ia i kahi nalowale, akā, hele hewa ʻo ia a hele wāwae 40 ei e hele ma mua o ka hiki ʻana i ka hale pule convent. I ke kakahiaka aʻe, komo ʻo ia i loko o ka sacristy a ʻike ʻo ia i ke kanaka e kukuli ana me ka manaʻo e haʻi i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo.

ʻAʻole naʻe ʻo ia i ʻike i kona helehelena, nīnau akula ʻo ia i nā hoahānau ʻē aʻe inā ʻo Padre Pio kēlā kanaka. Ua hooiaio mai na kahunapule. No laila ua hoʻoholo ʻo Emanuele e komo i ka laina a kali i kona manawa. ʻAʻole naʻe, lele koke ʻo Padre Pio a ʻike nana ia me ka nanaina piha i ka huhu. Ma hope koke iho, hoʻi ʻo ia e haʻi i ka poʻe haipule. ʻO Emanuele i kona wā i loaʻa ai i mua o kēlā hiʻohiʻona, kona mau hiʻohiʻona a me ka ʻumiʻumi ʻumiʻumi, mihi iho la oia i kona hele ana ilaila e halawai me ia.

ʻO ka manawa o ka haʻi ʻana o Emanuele Brunatto

Me he mea lā, ʻaʻole hiki i ke kanaka ʻinoʻino ke lilo i friar i kamaʻilio ʻia e nā mea a pau. Ua ʻike ʻo ia i kēlā nānā haalulu a hoonaukiukiua puni ke ahi i kona kino holoʻokoʻa. Ua holo ʻo ia i waho o ka sacristy a hoʻomaka uē e ninau ana i ke Akua. Ma hope o ka sacristy, ua haohao oia i kekahi mea hiki ole ke hoakakaia. ʻO Padre Pio wale nō kona helehelena ua alohilohi o ka u'i kupua a me kona ʻumiumi ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻeha hou.

No laila, kukuli ihola ʻo ia i lalo a haʻi aku i kāna mau hewa a pau. Me he muliwai pehu la, mihi iho la oia i na mea a pau ana i hana'i, a hiki i ka wa i hooki ai o Padre Pio iaia ma ka ka Haku ua kala ʻo ia iā ia. ʻO ka hookuuia a ia Brunatto hoopuka ana i kela mau huaolelo, he ala o nā rosa a me nā violet. Me ka minoʻaka me ka ʻoluʻolu, kū aʻela ka friar o Pietralcina a hele akula.