E noʻonoʻo i kēia lā i ke kāhea ʻana o nā haumāna iā Iesū
A i kona hele ʻana aʻe, ʻike akula ia iā Levi, ke keiki a ʻAlepaio, e noho ana i ka hale dute. ʻ akula ʻo Iesū iā ia, E hāhai mai ʻoe iaʻu. Ku ae la ia iluna, a hahai aku la ia Iesu, Mareko 2:14
Pehea ʻoe e ʻike ai i ka makemake o ke Akua i kou ola? I loko o kāna moʻomeheu ʻuhane, The Spiritual Exercises, St Ignatius o Loyola i hōʻike ʻekolu mau ala e ʻike ai mākou i ka makemake o ke Akua. He manawa ia e ʻike ai ke kanaka i ka "mōakāka ma mua o ke kānalua" ma muli o kahi lokomaikaʻi kūikawā mai ke Akua mai. I ka wehewehe ʻana i kēia ʻike, ua ʻōlelo ʻo St. Ignatius i ka paukū i ʻōlelo ʻia ma luna aʻe ma ke ʻano he hiʻohiʻona o kēia ʻike.
ʻAʻole ʻōlelo iki ʻia e pili ana i kēia kāhea ʻana o Levi ma ka ʻeuanelio a Mareko, a i hoʻopaʻa ʻia hoʻi i loko o ka ʻeuanelio a Mataio (Matiu 9: 9). ʻO Levi, ʻo Matteo kekahi, ʻo ia ka luna o ka ʻohi ʻana i nā ʻauhau ma kāna dute. Me he mea lā ua ʻōlelo wale ʻo Iesū i kēia mau ʻōlelo maʻalahi ʻelua iā Levi: "E hāhai mai ʻoe iaʻu". Ma muli o kēia mau huaʻōlelo ʻelua, ua haʻalele ʻo Levi i kona ola ma mua a lilo i mea ukali na Iesū. No ke aha ʻo Levi e hana ai i kēlā mea? He aha ka mea i hōʻoiaʻiʻo iā ia e hahai iā Iesū? ʻIke loa he nui aʻe ma mua o kahi kono ʻelua mau ʻōlelo mai iā Iesū mai e pane iā ia.
ʻO ka mea i hōʻoia iā Levi kahi lokomaikaʻi kūikawā o ke Akua nāna i hana i loko o kona ʻuhane he "mōakāka ma mua o nā kānalua āpau". Maopopo paha maopopo iā Levi e kāhea ana ke Akua iā ia e haʻalele i kona ola ma mua a ʻapo i kēia ola hou. ʻAʻohe kūkā lōʻihi, ʻaʻohe loiloi i nā pōmaikaʻi a me nā hōʻino ʻole, ʻaʻohe noʻonoʻo lōʻihi e pili ana iā ia. Ua ʻike ʻo Levi i kēia a pane akula.
ʻOiai he kākaʻikahi kēia ʻano o ke akāka i ke ola, he mea nui e makaʻala i kekahi manawa e hana ke Akua i kēia ala. I kekahi manawa kamaʻilio ke Akua me ka mōakāka i ka paʻa o ko mākou kūpaʻa a ʻike mākou pono mākou e hana. He makana maikaʻi loa kēia ke kū! A ʻoiai ʻo kēia hohonu o ka mōakāka koke ʻaʻole ia ke ala a ke Akua e ʻōlelo mai ai iā mākou, he mea nui ia e ʻike ua ʻōlelo mai ke Akua iā mākou i kēia ala i nā manawa.
E noʻonoʻo i kēia lā ma kēia kāhea mai a Levi. E noʻonoʻo i kēia ʻike i loko i hāʻawi ʻia iā ia i kēlā manawa. E hoʻāʻo e noʻonoʻo i ka mea āna i ʻike ai a me ka manaʻo o haʻi e pili ana i kāna koho e hahai iā Iesū. E wehe i kēia lokomaikaʻi like; a inā ʻoe e manaʻo e ʻōlelo ana ke Akua iā ʻoe me ka akāka, e mākaukau a mākaukau e pane me ka hopohopo ʻole.
E kuʻu Haku aloha, mahalo i kou kāhea ʻana mai iā mākou āpau e ukali iā ʻoe me ke kānalua ʻole. Mahalo no ka hauʻoli o kou lilo ʻana i haumāna. E hāʻawi mai iaʻu i ka lokomaikaʻi e ʻike mau i kou makemake no koʻu ola a kōkua iaʻu e pane aku iā ʻoe me ka haʻalele loa a me ka hilinaʻi. ʻO Iesū ke manaʻoʻiʻo wau iā ʻoe.