E noʻonoʻo i kēia lā i kāu kāhea ʻana i ke ola

I ka nānā ʻana aʻe o Iesū, ʻike akula ia i kekahi poʻe waiwai e hoʻolei ana i kā lākou mau makana i ka waihona kālā, a ʻike akula i kahi wahine kāne make ʻilihune e waiho ana i nā moni ʻelua. ʻ Saidlelo akula, "He ʻoiaʻiʻo kaʻu e ʻōlelo aku nei iā ʻoukou, ʻo kēia wahine kāne make ʻilihune, ua ʻoi aku kāna mea i ʻoi ai i ka hapa i mua o nā mea a pau. no kēlā mau mea ʻē aʻe a pau i mōhai aku ai mai kā lākou waiwai nui, akā ʻo ia, mai kona ʻilihune ʻana, ua hāʻawi ʻo ia i kāna mea ʻai āpau. Luka 21: 1-4

Ua hāʻawi maoli paha ʻo ia i nā mea i koe? Wahi a lesu, ua hana ʻo ia! No laila pehea e hiki ai kēia? Hōʻike mai kēia ʻaoʻao ʻeuanelio iā mākou i ko ke Akua ʻike ʻana i kā mākou hāʻawi i ka mahalo i ka ʻike honua.

He aha ke ʻano o ka hāʻawi a me ka manawaleʻa? E pili ana i ka nui o kā mākou kālā? A i ʻole he mea hohonu ia, kahi mea i loko o loko? ʻO ka hope loa nō ia.

ʻO ka hāʻawi ʻana, i kēia hihia, pili i ke kālā. Akā he hiʻohiʻona wale nō kēia o nā ʻano manawaleʻa a mākou i kāhea ʻia ai e hāʻawi. Eia kekahi laʻana, ua kāhea ʻia mākou e hāʻawi i kā mākou manawa a me kā mākou mau talena i ke Akua no ke aloha o haʻi, ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ka hale pule a me ka hoʻolaha ʻana o kaʻeuanelio.

E nānā i ka hāʻawi ʻana mai kēia kuanaʻike. E noʻonoʻo e hāʻawi i kekahi o nā haipule nui i ola i nā ola huna. ʻO Saint Therese o Lisieux, no ka laʻana, hāʻawi i kona ola iā Kristo ma nā ala liʻiliʻi he nui. Ua noho ʻo ia i loko o nā paia o kona hale konahiki a ʻaʻohe ona launa iki me ka honua. No laila, mai kahi kuanaʻike honua, ua hāʻawi ʻo ia i kahi mea liʻiliʻi loa a ʻokoʻa iki hoʻi. Eia naʻe, i kēia lā ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā kauka nui loa o ka Ekalesia mahalo i ka makana liʻiliʻi o kāna autobiography ʻuhane a me nā hōʻike o kona ola.

Hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia e like me ʻoe. Malia paha ʻo ʻoe kekahi e hana nei i nā mea liʻiliʻi a liʻiliʻi ʻole i kēlā me kēia lā hana. Maliʻa paha ke kuke ʻana, ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana, ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻohana a me nā mea like i ka lā. A i ʻole lawe paha kāu hana i ka hapa nui o kāu hana i kēlā me kēia lā a ʻike ʻoe he manawa liʻiliʻi kāu no nā "mea nui" i hāʻawi ʻia iā Kristo. ʻO ka nīnau maoli nō kēia: Pehea ka ʻike a ke Akua i kāu lawelawe i kēlā me kēia lā?

E noʻonoʻo i kēia lā i kāu kāhea ʻana i ke ola. ʻAʻole paha ʻoe i kāhea ʻia e hele i mua e hana i nā "mea nui" mai kahi kuanaʻike ākea a honua hoʻi. A i ʻole ʻaʻole hana paha ʻoe i nā "mea nui" i ʻike ʻia i loko o ka hale pule. Akā ʻo ka mea a ke Akua e ʻike nei i nā hana o ke aloha i kēlā me kēia lā āu e hana ai i nā ala liʻiliʻi loa. Ke komo nei i kāu hana i kēlā me kēia lā, aloha i kou ʻohana, hāʻawi ʻana i nā pule o kēlā me kēia lā, a pēlā aku. ʻIke ʻo ia iā lākou a, ʻo ka mea nui, ʻike ʻo ia i ke aloha a me ka hoʻolaʻa āu e hana ai iā lākou. No laila, mai hāʻawi i ka manaʻo wahaheʻe a me ka honua o ka nui. Hana i nā mea liʻiliʻi me ke aloha nui a e hāʻawi ʻoe i ka nui i ke Akua i ka lawelawe ʻana i kāna makemake hemolele.

E ka Haku, i kēia lā a i kēlā me kēia lā hāʻawi wau iaʻu iho iā ʻoe a i kāu lawelawe. Hiki iaʻu ke hana i nā mea i kāhea ʻia mai iaʻu e hana me ke aloha nui. E ʻoluʻolu e hoʻomau e hōʻike iaʻu i kaʻu hana o kēlā me kēia lā a kōkua iaʻu e ʻae i kēlā kuleana e like me kāu makemake hemolele. ʻO Iesū ke manaʻoʻiʻo wau iā ʻoe.