E noʻonoʻo i kēia lā i ke kāhea hea i loaʻa iā ʻoe e ola i kēia ao

"Inā makemake ʻoe e hemolele, e hele ʻoe, e kūʻai aku i kāu mea a hāʻawi aku i ka poʻe ʻilihune, a loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi waiwai ma ka lani. No laila e hele mai a hāhai mai iaʻu. "I ka lohe ʻana o ua ʻōpio nei i kēia ʻōlelo, hele akula ʻo ia me ke kaumaha, no ka mea, he nui kāna mau waiwai. Matiu 19: 21-22

Laki ʻaʻole i haʻi aku ʻo Iesū i kēia iā ʻoe a me aʻu! Akau? A i hana paha ia? Pili kēia iā kākou āpau inā makemake mākou e hemolele? Pīhoihoi paha ka pane iā ʻoe.

He ʻoiaʻiʻo, kāhea ʻo Iesū i kekahi poʻe e kūʻai maoli aku i kā lākou waiwai a hāʻawi aku. No ka poʻe e pane i kēia kāhea, ʻike lākou i ke kūʻokoʻa nui i kā lākou kaʻawale ʻana mai nā waiwai waiwai āpau. ʻO kā lākou hana ka hōʻailona no kākou āpau o ke kāhea kūwaho i loaʻa i kēlā me kēia o kākou. Akā, pehea e pili ana i ke koena o mākou? He aha kēlā kāhea kūwaho i hāʻawi ʻia mai iā mākou e ko mākou Haku? He kāhea ia i ka ʻilihune ʻuhane. Ma ka "ʻilihune ʻuhane" ke manaʻo nei mākou ua kāhea ʻia kēlā me kēia o mākou e hoʻokaʻawale iā mākou iho mai nā mea o kēia ao a like ka nui me ka poʻe i kāhea ʻia i ka ilihune maoli. ʻO ka ʻokoʻa wale nō he kūloko a kūwaho hoʻi kekahi kāhea, a ʻo kahi ʻē aʻe ma loko wale nō. Akā he radical like paha ia.

Pehea ke ʻano o ka ʻilihune o loko? He hauʻoli. "Pōmaikaʻi ka poʻe ʻilihune i ka ʻuhane", e like me kā Saint Matthew i ʻōlelo ai, a "Pōmaikaʻi ka poʻe ʻilihune", e like me kā Saint Luke i ʻōlelo ai. ʻIke ka ʻilihune ʻuhane ʻike mākou i ka pōmaikaʻi o ka waiwai ʻuhane i kā mākou kaʻawale mai nā mea hoʻowalewale waiwai o kēia au. ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole hewa nā "mea" waiwai. ʻO ia ke kumu e maikaʻi ai ka loaʻa ʻana o nā waiwai pilikino. Akā he mea maʻamau ia iā mākou e pili paʻa i nā mea o kēia ao. Makemake pinepine mākou i nā mea hou aʻe a hāʻule i loko o ka pahele o ka noʻonoʻo ʻoi aku nā "mea" e hauʻoli ai mākou. ʻAʻoleʻoiaʻiʻo kēlā a ʻike hohonu mākou iā ia, akā hāʻule mau mākou i ka pahele o ke ʻano me he mea lā e māʻona ke kālā a me nā waiwai. E like me ka ʻōlelo ʻana a ka catechism Roma kahiko, "ʻO ka mea loaʻa kālā ʻaʻole lawa kāna kālā".

E noʻonoʻo i kēia lā i ke kāhea kikoʻī āu i loaʻa ai e noho i kēia ao me ka pili ʻole i nā mea o kēia ao. He waiwai wale nō ka waiwai e ola i kahi ola laʻa a hoʻokō i kāu kumu i ke ola. ʻO kēia ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mea āu e pono ai, akā ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea e hōʻaʻo ai e hōʻalo i nā mea nui a, ma mua o nā mea āpau, e hōʻalo i ka hoʻopili o loko i nā waiwai honua.

E ka Haku, haʻalele wau i kaʻu mau mea a pau. Hāʻawi wau ia iā ʻoe i ʻālana ʻuhane. E kiʻi ʻoe i nā mea āpau a e kōkua iaʻu e hoʻohana ia me ke ʻano o kou makemake. Ma kaʻu detactment ʻike wau i ka waiwai maoli ʻoe iaʻu. ʻO wau manaʻoʻiʻo iā ʻoe.