ʻO Pope Francis: ʻo ka bapetizo ʻana ka pae mua ma ke ala o ka haʻahaʻa

I ke noi ʻana e bapetizo ʻia, ua hoʻohālikelike ʻo Iesū i ke kāhea Karistiano e hāhai i ke ala o ka haʻahaʻa a me ke akahai ma mua o ka hele wāwae ʻana a lilo i mea hiʻona, wahi a Pope Francis.

I ka ʻōlelo ʻana i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ma St. Peter's Square ma Ianuali 12, ka ʻahaʻaina o ka Bapetizo a ka Haku, ua hōʻoia ka hana haʻahaʻa a Kristo e hōʻike ana "ke ʻano o ka maʻalahi, ka mahalo, ke akahai a me ka hūnā e pono ai nā haumāna a ka Haku i kēia lā."

"Ehia mau mea - kaumaha ke ʻōlelo - o nā haumāna a ka Haku e hōʻike ana he mau haumāna na ka Haku. ʻO ka mea hōʻikeʻike ʻaʻole ia he haumana maikaʻi. ʻO kahi haumāna maikaʻi he haʻahaʻa, akahai, hana maikaʻi me ka haʻalele ʻole a ʻike ʻole iā ia iho, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Francis i kāna kamaʻilio awakea ʻana iā Angelus.

Ua hoʻomaka ka pope i ka lā ma ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana iā Mass a me ka bapetizo ʻana i nā keiki he 32 - 17 keikikāne a me 15 mau kaikamahine - i ka Sistine Chapel. I loko o kāna homily pōkole ma mua o ka bapetizo ʻana i nā keiki, ua haʻi aku ka pope i nā mākua he waiwai ka sakrameta e hāʻawi i nā keiki i "ka ikaika o ka ʻUhane".

"ʻO ia ke kumu nui o ka bapetizo ʻana i nā keiki i ulu lākou me ka mana o ka ʻUhane Hemolele," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

“ʻO kēia ka ʻōlelo aʻu e makemake ai e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kēia lā. I kēia lā ua lawe mai ʻoe i kāu poʻe keiki i ʻaneʻi i hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa ka ʻUhane Hemolele i loko o lākou. Mālama e ulu me ka mālamalama, me ka mana o ka ʻUhane Hemolele, ma o catechesis, e kōkua ana iā lākou, e aʻo iā lākou, ma o nā hiʻohiʻona āu e hāʻawi ai iā lākou ma ka home, "i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

No ka hoʻopiha ʻana o nā ʻōlaʻi i nā keiki i ka hale pule frescoed, ua ʻōlelo hou ka pope i kāna ʻōlelo maʻamau i nā makuahine o nā keiki, e paipai ana iā lākou e hōʻoluʻolu i kā lākou keiki a mai hopohopo inā hoʻomaka lākou e uwē ana i loko o ka hale pule.

"Mai huhū ʻoe; e uē nā keiki a ʻuwā. Akā, inā uē kāu keiki a ʻū, ma muli paha o ko lākou wela nui, ”i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia. “Wehe i kahi mea, a inā pololi paha lākou, hānai iā lākou; ma aneʻi, ʻae, i ka maluhia mau. "

Ma hope, ma mua o ka pule ʻana i ka ʻĀnela me ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Francis ʻo ka ʻahaʻaina o ka bapetizo ʻana a ka Haku "e hoʻomanaʻo mai ai iā mākou i ko mākou bapetizo ʻana", a noi aku i ka poʻe huakaʻi e ʻike i ka lā a lākou i bapetizo ʻia ai.

"E hoʻolauleʻa i ka lā o kou bapetizo ʻana i kēlā me kēia makahiki i kou puʻuwai. E hana ana nō. He hana pono nō hoʻi ia i ka Haku nāna i hana maikaʻi mai iā mākou, ”i ʻōlelo ai ka pope.