E noʻonoʻo i kēia lā i kāu kāhea e hoʻohālike i ka haʻahaʻa o St. John the Baptist

“Bapetizo ʻia me ka wai; akā aia kekahi i waena o ʻoukou e ʻike ʻole ʻia, ʻo ia ka mea e hele mai ana ma hope oʻu, ʻaʻole au e pono ke wehe i nā kāmaʻa ona. Loane 1: 26–27

I kēia manawa ua piha kā mākou Octave o Kalikimaka, hoʻomaka koke mākou e nānā i ka ʻoihana e hiki mai ana a ko mākou Haku. I loko o kā mākou ʻEuanelio i kēia lā, ʻo St. John Bapetite ka mea nāna e kuhikuhi iā mākou i kēlā ʻoihana a Iesū i ka wā e hiki mai ana.

E like me kā mākou i ʻike ai i loko o kā mākou heluhelu Advent, ʻo St. John Bapetite ke kanaka hoʻohaʻahaʻa nui. ʻO kāna ʻae ʻana ʻaʻole ia e pono e wehe a hiki i nā kaula o nā kāmaʻa o Iesū e hōʻoia ai i kēia ʻoiaʻiʻo. Akā ʻo ka mea hoʻohenehene, ʻo kēia ʻae hoʻohaʻahaʻa e hana ia nui loa!

Makemake ʻoe e nui? Basically hana mākou āpau. Hele pū kēia makemake me kā mākou makemake kūlohelohe i ka hauʻoli. Makemake mākou i ka manaʻo a me ke kumu o ko mākou ola a makemake mākou e hoʻololi. ʻO ka nīnau "Pehea?" Pehea ʻoe e hana ai i kēia? Pehea e loaʻa ai ka nui maoli?

Mai kahi kuanaʻike honua, hiki i ka mea nui ke lilo pinepine i ka kūleʻa, ka waiwai, ka mana, ka mahalo mai nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, etc. Akā mai kahi kuana akua, hoʻokō ʻia ka nui ma ka hāʻawi haʻahaʻa ʻana i ke Akua i ka hanohano nui loa hiki iā mākou me ko mākou ola.

ʻO ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke Akua i ka hanohano āpau i hopena i ko mākou ola. ʻO ka mea mua, ʻae kēia iā mākou e ola e like me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ke ola. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ke Akua a ʻo ke Akua wale nō ka mea e mahalo ʻia ai mākou. No ke Akua a no ke Akua wale nō nā mea maikaʻi āpau. ʻO ka lua, hāʻawi haʻahaʻa i ke Akua i nā mea nani āpau a kuhikuhi aku ʻaʻole mākou e pono iā ia e loaʻa iā ia ka hopena pānaʻi o ke Akua e kū mai ana a hoʻokiʻekiʻe iā mākou e kaʻana like i kona ola a me kona nani.

E noʻonoʻo i kēia lā i kāu kāhea e hoʻohālike i ka haʻahaʻa o St. John the Baptist. Mai makaʻu mai ʻoe e hoʻohaʻahaʻa iā ʻoe iho ma mua o ka nui a me ka nani o ke Akua. Ma kēia ʻano ʻaʻole ʻoe e hōʻemi a pale i kou nui. Ma kahi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa wale nō ma mua o ka nani o ke Akua e hiki ai i ke Akua ke huki iā ʻoe i ka nui o kona ola a me kāna misionari.

E ka Haku, ke hāʻawi aku nei au i ka hanohano a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi iā ʻoe a iā ʻoe wale nō. ʻO ʻoe ke kumu o nā mea maikaʻi āpau; me ʻoe ʻole wau he mea ʻole. E kōkua mai iaʻu e hoʻohaʻahaʻa mau iaʻu iho i mua ou i hiki iaʻu ke kaʻana like i ka hanohano a me ka hanohano o kou ola lokomaikaʻi. ʻO Iesū ke manaʻoʻiʻo wau iā ʻoe.