ʻO Pope Francis: ʻO ka Advent ka manawa e hoʻomanaʻo ai i ka pili o ke Akua '

Ma ka Lāpule mua o Advent, ua paipai ʻo Pope Francis i kahi pule Advent kuʻuna e kono i ke Akua e hoʻokokoke i kēia makahiki liturgical hou.

"ʻO ka Advent ka manawa e hoʻomanaʻo ai i ka pili loa o ke Akua i iho mai e noho i waena o mākou," i ʻōlelo ʻo Pope Francis ma St. Peter's Basilica ma Nowemapa 29.

"Hana mākou i kā mākou i ka pule Advent kuʻuna: 'E hele mai, e ka Haku, e Iesu. ... Hiki iā mākou ke ʻōlelo ia i ka hoʻomaka o kēlā me kēia lā a hana hou pinepine ia, ma mua o kā mākou mau hālāwai, kā mākou aʻo ʻana a me kā mākou hana, ma mua o ka hoʻoholo ʻana, i kēlā me kēia manawa koʻikoʻi a paʻakikī paha o ko mākou ola: 'E hele mai, e ka Haku Iesu' ", ka ʻ papalelo ʻo papa i kāna homily.

Ua hoʻokūpaʻa ʻo Pope Francis ʻo ka Advent kahi manawa o ka "pili loa i ke Akua a me ko mākou makaʻala".

"He mea nui e makaʻala, no ka mea ʻo kahi kuhi hewa nui i ke ola ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana iā ia iho e nā mea he tausani a ʻike ʻole i ke Akua. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Saint Augustine:" Timeo Iesum transeuntem "(makaʻu wau e hala wau iā Iesu e ka ʻike ʻole ʻia). ʻImi ʻia e kā mākou mau pono ponoʻī ... a hoʻohuli ʻia e nā mea lapuwale he nui, makaʻu mākou i ka nalo ʻana i nā mea nui. ʻO ia ke kumu o kēia lā e ʻōlelo hou ai ka Haku: 'I kēlā me kēia mea aʻu e ʻōlelo nei: e akahele' ”, i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

“E akahele naʻe, eia naʻe, eia ka pō i kēia manawa. ʻAe, ʻaʻole mākou e noho nei i ke ao ākea, akā ke kali nei no ka wanaʻao, ma waena o ka pouli a me ka luhi. E hele mai ka mālamalama o ka lā ke hui pū mākou me ka Haku. Mai hōʻalo i ka puʻuwai: e hele mai ka mālamalama o ke ao, e hoʻopau ʻia ke aka o ka pō a ʻo ka Haku, i make no mākou ma ke keʻa, e ala aʻe i luna hoʻokolokolo no mākou. ʻO ka makaʻala i ke kakali ʻana i kona hiki ʻana mai, ʻaʻole ia e ʻae iā ʻoe e hoʻokahuli ʻia. Ke lana nei ka manaʻo. "

Ma ke kakahiaka Sabati ua hoʻolauleʻa ka pope i ka nui me 11 o nā cardinal hou i hana ʻia i ka mea paʻa lehulehu i kēia hopena pule.

I loko o kāna homily, ua aʻo ʻo ia i ka makaʻu o ka mediocrity, leʻaleʻa a me ka nānā ʻole i ke ola Karistiano.

"Me ka ʻaʻa ʻole e aloha i ke Akua i kēlā me kēia lā a ke kali nei no ka mea hou e lawe mau ai, lilo mākou i mediocre, mehana, honua. A hoʻopau mālie kēia i ko mākou manaʻoʻiʻo, no ka mea ʻo ka hilinaʻi ka ʻaoʻao kūlike o ka mediocrity: he makemake nui i ke Akua, kahi hana wiwo ʻole e loli, ka wiwo ʻole e aloha ai, ka holomua mau, "i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

“ʻAʻole ka manaʻoʻiʻo ka wai e kinai i ke ahi, ʻo ke ahi ka mea e ʻaʻā; ʻaʻole ia he tranquilizer no ka poʻe ma lalo o ke koʻikoʻi, he moʻolelo aloha ia no nā ipo. ʻO kēia ke kumu e inaina ai ʻo Iesū ma luna o nā mea āpau i ka lukewarmness.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pope Francis ʻo ka pule a me ke aloha ke antidotes i ka mediocrity a me ka palaka.

"E hoʻāla mai ka pule iā mākou mai ka mehana o kahi noho ākea wale nō a e nānā iā mākou i nā mea kiʻekiʻe loa; hana ia iā mākou e laulima me ka Haku. ʻAe ka pule i ke Akua e pili mai iā mākou; hoʻokuʻu ia iā mākou mai ko mākou mehameha a hāʻawi iā mākou i ka manaʻolana, "i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

"He mea nui ka pule no ke ola: e like me ka hiki ʻole iā mākou ke noho me ka ʻole o ka hanu ʻana, no laila ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke lilo i poʻe Karistiano me ka pule ʻole".

Ua haʻi aku ka pope i ka pule hoʻomaka no ka Lāpule mua o Advent: "Grant [iā mākou] ... ka hoʻoholo e holo e hālāwai me Kristo me nā hana kūpono i kona hiki ʻana mai."

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"Ke hele mai nei ʻo Iesū, a ʻo ke ala e launa ai me ia, ʻike maopopo ʻia: hele ia i nā hana aloha," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

"ʻO ke aloha ka puʻuwai kuʻi o ka Kalikiano: e like me ka hiki ʻole i kekahi ke noho me ka ʻole o kahi puʻuwai, no laila ʻaʻole hiki i kekahi ke lilo i Karistiano me ke aloha ʻole".

Ma hope o ka Mass, ua haʻi ʻo Pope Francis i ka ʻānela mai ka puka aniani o ka Hale ʻAtopolo Vatican me nā huakaʻi i ʻākoakoa ma ke kahua o St. Peter.

"I kēia lā, ʻo ka Lāpule mua o Advent, kahi makahiki liturgical hou e hoʻomaka ai. I loko o ia mea, hōʻailona ka hale pule i ka hala o ka manawa me ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i nā hanana nui i ke ola o Iesū a me ka mōʻaukala o ke ola. I ka hana ʻana pēlā, ma ke ʻano he Makuahine, hoʻomālamalama ʻo ia i ke ala o ko mākou ola, kākoʻo iā mākou i kā mākou hana i kēlā me kēia lā a alakaʻi iā mākou i ka hui hope loa me Christ, 'i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

Ua kono ka Pope i kēlā me kēia e noho i kēia manawa o ka manaʻolana a me ka hoʻomākaukau me ka "sobriety nui" a me nā manawa maʻalahi o ka pule ʻohana.

"ʻO ke kūlana a mākou e ʻike nei, i kaha ʻia e ka maʻi ahulau, e hoʻoulu i ka hopohopo, makaʻu a me ke kaumaha ʻole i nā mea he nui; aia ka makaʻu o ka hāʻule ʻana i ka pessimism ... Pehea e pane ai i kēia mau mea āpau? Paipai ke mele a kēia lā iā mākou: 'Ke kali nei ko mākou ʻuhane i ka Haku: ʻo ia nō ko mākou mea kōkua a me ko mākou pale kaua. Iā ia e hauʻoli ai ko mākou naʻau, '"i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

"He kāhea mau ʻole ʻo Advent i ka manaʻolana: hoʻomanaʻo ia iā mākou aia ke Akua i ka mōʻaukala e alakaʻi iā ia i kona hopena hope loa, e alakaʻi iā ia i kona piha, ʻo ia ka Haku, ka Haku ʻo Iesū Kristo", wahi a Pope Francis.

"ʻO Mary Hemolele Hemolele, ka wahine o ke kali ʻana, hele pū me kā mākou mau ʻanuʻu i ka hoʻomaka o kēia makahiki liturgical hou a kōkua iā mākou e hoʻokō i ka hana a nā haumāna a Iesū, i hōʻike ʻia e ka lunaʻōlelo Petero. A he aha kēia hana? E hōʻike i ka manaolana i loko o mākou "