ʻO Pope Francis ma ka ʻahaʻaina o ka hōʻike: e aʻo mai ke ahonui o Simeona lāua ʻo Anna

Ma ka ʻahaʻaina o ka Hōʻikeʻike a ka Haku, ua hōʻike ʻo Pope Francis iā Simeona lāua ʻo Anna ma ke ʻano he hiʻohiʻona o ke "ahonui o ka puʻuwai" i hiki ke mālama i ka manaʻolana i nā manawa paʻakikī.

"Ua ʻoluʻolu ʻo Simeona lāua ʻo Anna i ka manaʻolana i hoʻolaha ʻia e nā kāula, ʻoiai inā lohi e hoʻokō ʻia a ulu mālie i waena o nā infidelities a me nā wahi i hōʻino ʻia o ko kāua honua. ʻAʻole lākou i namunamu e pili ana i ka hewa o nā mea, akā ua ʻimi ahonui lākou i ka mālamalama e ʻālohilohi nei i ka pouli o ka mōʻaukala, ”i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Pope Francis i kāna homili ma Pepeluali 2.

"E nā kaikaina, e noʻonoʻo kākou i ke ahonui o ke Akua a noi aku i ke ahonui kūpaʻa o Simeona a me Anna pū kekahi. Ma kēia ala e hiki ai i ko mākou mau maka ke ʻike i ka mālamalama o ke ola a lawe mai i ka honua holoʻokoʻa ”, i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka Pope ma Basilica o St. Peter.

Ua mōhai ʻo Pope Francis i ka lā ma Pepeluali 2 ma ka hanana o ka World Day of Consortated Life, no 25 mau makahiki i hoʻolauleʻa ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma ka ʻahaʻaina o ka hōʻike a ka Haku.

ʻO ka Mass no ka ʻahaʻaina o ka hōʻike a ka Haku, i kapa ʻia ʻo Candlemas, i hoʻomaka me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia o nā ihoiho a me ka huakaʻi i loko o kahi Basilica o St. Peter i ka pouli.

Hoʻā ʻia ke kuahu o ka noho me nā ihoiho kukui he nui, a ʻo nā kāne a me nā wahine hoʻāno e noho ana i loko o ke anaina e paʻa ana i nā ihoiho liʻiliʻi.

No ka hoʻolauleʻa Candlemas, lawe pinepine nā Katolika i nā ihoiho i ka hale pule e hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻomālamalama i kēia ihoiho ma ka home i ka wā pule a i nā manawa paʻakikī i hōʻailona no Iesū Kristo, ka mālamalama o ka honua.

I kāna homily, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pope Francis ʻaʻole ke ahonui ka "hōʻailona o ka nāwaliwali, akā ʻo ka ikaika o ka ʻuhane e ʻae iā mākou e" hāpai i ke kaumaha "... o nā pilikia pilikino a me nā kaiāulu, e ʻae i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ʻokoʻa iā mākou iho, i hoʻomanawanui i ka maikaʻi ke nalowale nā ​​mea āpau, a hoʻomau i ka holomua ʻoiai ke luhi ʻia e ka luhi a me ka molowa.

“E nānā pono kākou i ke ahonui o Simeone. Ua kali ʻo ia i kona ola āpau, me ka hoʻomanawanui ʻana i kona puʻuwai, "i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

"I loko o kāna pule, ua aʻo ʻo Simeona ʻaʻole i hele mai ke Akua i nā hanana kupaianaha, akā hana ʻo ia i waenakonu o ka monotony maopopo o ko mākou ola i kēlā me kēia lā, i ke mele monotonous o kā mākou mau hana, i nā mea liʻiliʻi, e hana pū ana me ka lohi a me ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa, hiki iā mākou ke hana i kāna makemake. Me ka hoʻomanawanui ʻole, ʻaʻole luhi ʻo Simeone i ka hala ʻana o ka manawa. I kēia manawa he ʻelemakule ia, akā naʻe, ua wela ka lapalapa o ke ahi i loko o kona puʻuwai.

Ua ʻōlelo ka pope he "mau pilikia maoli" i loko o ke ola hoʻolaʻa e koi ʻia "ke ahonui a me ka wiwo ʻole e hoʻomau i ka holomua ... a pane i nā ʻuhane a ka ʻUhane Hemolele."

"Aia kekahi manawa i pane mākou i ka leo kāhea a ka Haku a me ka hoihoi a me ka lokomaikaʻi ua hāʻawi mākou iā ia i ko mākou ola. Ma ke ala, a me nā hōʻoluʻolu, ua loaʻa iā mākou kā mākou ʻāpana o nā mea hōʻeha a me nā mea hōʻeha, ”i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

"I ko mākou ola ma ke ʻano he kāne a he wahine hoʻolaʻa ʻia, hiki i ka hopena ke neʻe mālie ma muli o nā mea i hoʻokō ʻole ʻia. E hoʻomanawanui mākou iā mākou iho a kali me ka lana o ka manaʻo no nā manawa a me nā wahi a ke Akua, no ka mea mau ʻoiaʻiʻo i kāna mau ʻōlelo hoʻohiki.

Ua hoʻokūpaʻa ka pope i ka nohona kaiāulu e koi pū ana i ka "ahonui like" i mua o nā nāwaliwali a me nā hemahema o kekahi mau hoahānau.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "E noʻonoʻo ʻaʻole kāhea ka Haku iā mākou e lilo i poʻe soloist ... akā e lilo i ʻāpana o kahi hui hīmeni i hiki i kekahi manawa ke nalo i kahi memo a ʻelua paha, akā e hoʻāʻo mau e hīmeni lōkahi."

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pope Francis ʻo ke ahonui o Simeona mai ka pule a me ka mōʻaukala o ka lāhui Iudaio, ka mea i ʻike mau i ka Haku ma ke ʻano he "Akua lokomaikaʻi a lokomaikaʻi, lohi i ka huhū a piha i ke aloha naueue ʻole a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo".

Ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo ke ahonui a Simeona e like me ke ahonui o ke Akua ponoʻī.

"Ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka Mesia, ʻo Iesū, ka mea a Simona i paʻa ai i kona mau lima, hōʻike mai iā mākou i ke ahonui o ke Akua, ka Makua lokomaikaʻi e hoʻomau nei i ke kāhea ʻana iā mākou, a hiki i ko mākou hola hope loa," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

"ʻO ke Akua, ka mea e koi ʻole i ka maikaʻi akā ka pīhoihoi maoli, nāna e wehe i nā mea hou ke nalowale nā ​​mea āpau, ka mea e makemake e wehe i kahi naha i loko o ko mākou puʻuwai paʻakikī, nāna e ʻae i ka hua maikaʻi e ulu aʻe me ka huki ʻole i ka nāhelehele."

"ʻO kēia ke kumu o ko mākou manaʻolana: ʻaʻole e luhi ke Akua i ke kali ʻana iā mākou ... Ke huli aʻe mākou, hele ʻo ia e ʻimi iā mākou; ke hina mākou, hāpai ia iā mākou i ko mākou wāwae; ke hoʻi mākou iā ia ma hope o ka nalowale ʻana o ke ala, ke kali nei ʻo ia iā mākou me nā lima hāmama. ʻAʻole kaupaona ʻia kona aloha ma nā unahi o kā mākou helu kanaka ʻana, akā hāʻawi ia iā mākou i ka wiwo ʻole e hoʻomaka hou ", wahi a Pope Francis.