E HANAKA ANA I KA LOA JESUS (e SantʻAlfonso Maria de 'Liguori)
ʻO kuʻu Iesu, Ke Keiki a ka Mea Hana o ka lani a me ka honua, i kahi grotto hau e loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hānai holoholona ma ke ʻano he wahi moe, kahi mauʻu liʻiliʻi e like me kahi moena a me nā lole ʻilihune e uhi iā ʻoe iho. Hoʻopuni nā ʻānela iā ʻoe a hoʻomaikaʻi iā ʻoe, akā ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻemi i kou ʻilihune.
E Iesu e, ko mākou Mea Hoolapanai, ʻo ka mea ʻilihune ʻoe, ʻo ka nui o kā mākou aloha iā ʻoe no ka mea ua ʻapo ʻoe i ka luʻuluʻu i mea e ʻumeʻa maikaʻi ai iā mākou i kāu aloha.
Inā hānau ʻia ʻoe i loko o ka hale aliʻi, inā he wahi moe gula kāu, inā i lawelawe ʻia ʻoe e nā aliʻi nui loa ma ka honua, e hoʻouluʻulu ʻoe i nā kāne me ka mahalo nui, akā me ke aloha liʻiliʻi. ma kahi o kēia ana kahi āu e moe ai, kēia mau lole ʻāʻī e uhi iā ʻoe, ka mauʻu e hoʻomaha ai ʻoe, ka mea hānai e lawelawe ai iā ʻoe ma ke ʻano he pēpē: ʻē! Kuhi kēia mau mea āpau i ko mākou naʻau e aloha iā ʻoe!
E haʻi wau iā ʻoe me Saint Bernard: "ʻO ka mea ʻilihune i lilo ai ʻoe noʻu, ʻo ka nui o kou aloha i koʻu ʻuhane". ʻOiai ua hoʻemi ʻoe iā ʻoe iho e like me kēia, ua hana ʻoe ia e hoʻonui iā mākou me kāu waiwai, ʻo ia hoʻi, me kou lokomaikaʻi a me kou nani.
E Iesu e, ua hoʻokomo kou ʻilihune i nā haipule he nui e haʻalele i nā mea āpau: ka waiwai, nā hanohano, nā lei aliʻi, e noho ʻilihune pū me ʻoe poʻe ʻilihune.
E kuʻu Mea Hoola, e hoʻokaʻawale iaʻu mai nā waiwai o ka honua, i hiki ai iaʻu ke lilo i kou aloha hemolele a loaʻa iā ʻoe, ka maikaʻi palena ʻole.
No laila e haʻi wau iā ʻoe me Saint Ignatius o Loyola: “E hāʻawi mai i kou aloha iaʻu a e waiwai nui au; ʻAʻole wau e ʻimi i kahi mea ʻē aʻe, ʻo ʻoe wale nō ka mea lawa iaʻu, a i ʻole i koʻu Iesū, i koʻu ola, i kuʻu mea āpau. E ka makuahine aloha, e Mary, e loaʻa mai iaʻu ka lokomaikaʻi e aloha aku iā Iesū a e aloha mau ʻia e ia ”.
No laila he.