Saint Louis o Toulouse, Saint o ka lā no 18 ʻAukake

(9 Pepeluali 1274-19 Agustus 1297)

Moolelo o St. Louis o Toulouse
I kona wā i make ai i ka makahiki 23, ua lilo ʻo Luigi i Franciscan, he bihopa a me kahi haipule!

ʻO ko Luigi mau mākua ʻo Charles II o Napela lāua ʻo Sisilia lāua ʻo Maria, ke kaikamahine a ka Mōʻī o Hungary. Ua pili ʻo Luigi iā St. Louis IX ma ka ʻaoʻao o kona makuakāne a me Elizabeth o Hungary ma ka ʻaoʻao o kona makuahine.

Hōʻike ʻo Louis i nā hōʻailona mua o ka pili ʻana i ka pule a me nā hana o ke aloha. I kona wā kamaliʻi, ua lawe ʻo ia i ka meaʻai mai ka hale aliʻi e hānai ai i ka ʻilihune. I ka wā he 14, ua lawe pio ʻia ʻo Louis a me kona mau hoahānau he mau aliʻi e ke alo o ka ʻaha aliʻi o ʻAragon me he ʻāpana hoʻokūkū pili i ka makuakāne o Louis. Ma ka ʻaha, i hoʻonaʻauao ʻia ʻo Ludovico e nā Francis Fransars ma mua o kahi i hoʻokau nui ʻia ai nā haʻawina a me ke ola kino. E like me St. Francis i hoʻomohala ʻia kahi aloha kūikawā no ka poʻe maʻi lepera.

ʻOiai ʻo ia e paʻa ana, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Louis e haʻalele i kāna inoa aliʻi a lilo i kahuna. I kona manawa he 20, ua ʻae ʻia ʻo ia e haʻalele i ka pā o ke aliʻi o Aragon. Ua haʻalele ʻo ia i ke poʻo no ka makemake o kona kaikaina ʻo Robert a ua hoʻolaʻa ʻia ʻo ia i kahuna pule i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana. Ma hope iki iho ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i bihopa o Toulouse, akā ua ʻae ka pope i kā Louis noi e lilo i Franciscan mua.

Ua puni ka ʻuhane Franciscan iā Louis. “O Iesu Kristo koʻu waiwai nui a pau; ʻo ia wale nō ka mea lawa iaʻu, ”hoʻomau mau ʻo Louis. ʻOiai ʻo ia he pīhopa ua ʻaʻahu ʻo ia i ka hana Franciscan a i kekahi manawa ua noi ʻo ia. Ua kauoha ʻo ia i kahi kahuna pule e hāʻawi i ka hoʻoponopono - i ka lehulehu inā pono - a ua hana ka fribor i kāna hana.

Ua hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻia ka lawelawe ʻana a Louis i ka dioseese o Toulouse. Ma ka manawa manawa ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia he mea haipule. Ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻo Louis i ka 75% o kāna kālā ʻoiai he komite no ka hānai ʻana i ka poʻe ʻilihune a mālama i nā hale pule. I kēlā me kēia lā kahi mea hānai iā ia i nā poʻe ʻilihune ma kāna papaʻaina.

Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo Louis i ka makahiki 1317 e Pope John XXII, kekahi o kāna mau kumu aʻo mua. Aia kona ʻatikala liturgical ma ʻAukake 19.

Hōʻikeʻike
I ka hōʻike ʻana o Cardinal Hugolino, ka Papa Gregory IX e hiki mai ana iā Francis, he mau pīkopa maikaʻi loa kekahi o nā friars, ua kūʻē ʻo Francis me ka hāʻule ʻole o kekahi mau haʻahaʻa a me kā lākou maʻalahi inā i koho ʻia i kēlā mau kūlana. Pono kēia mau lua ʻelua i nā wahi a pau a me ka Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Louis iā mākou pehea e hiki ai ke noho ʻia e nā pīpeka.