Saint Sharbel Makhlouf, Saint o ka lā no Iulai 24th

(Mei 8, 1828 - Dekemaba 24, 1898)

ʻO ka moʻolelo ʻo Saint Sharbel Makhlouf
ʻOiai ʻaʻole i hele kaʻawale kēia ʻānela ma kahi mamao o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Lebanona ʻo Beka-Kafra kahi i hānau ʻia ai, ua pālahalaha aʻe kona mana.

Ua hānai ʻia ʻo Joseph Zaroun Maklouf e kahi makua kāne no ka mea ua make kona makuakāne, he mule, i ka piha ʻana o ʻekolu mau makahiki iā Iosepa. I ka makahiki 23, ua hui ʻo Joseph i ka hale mōneka o St. Maron ma Annaya, Lebanona a lawe i ka inoa ʻo Sharbel no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i kahi kenekulia kenekulia ʻelua. Ua hoʻohiki ʻo ia i kāna hoʻohiki hope loa i ka makahiki 1853 a ua hoʻolilo ʻia ʻo ia i ʻeono makahiki ma hope.

Ma hope o ka laʻana o ka 1875th kenekulia Saint Maron, noho ʻo Sharbel ma ke ʻano he hermit mai XNUMX, a hiki i kona make ʻana. ʻO kona kūlana no ka hemolele ua hoʻonāukiuki i ka poʻe e ʻimi iā ia e loaʻa kahi hoʻomaikaʻi a hoʻomanaʻo ʻia i kāna mau pule. Ua ukali kahi hoʻokēʻai koʻikoʻi a ua hoʻolaʻa nui ʻo ia i ka Sakrameta Hoʻomaikaʻi. I ka nīnau ʻana aku o kona poʻe kiʻekiʻe iā ia mai kēlā manawa a kēia manawa e lawelawe i nā sakarameta ma nā kauhale kokoke, ua hana ʻo Sharbel me ka hauʻoli.

Ua make ʻo ia ma ke ahiahi loa i ka wā Kalikimaka. Ua huli koke nā keristiano a me nā poʻe Kristiano i kāna lua kupapaʻu i kahi o kahi pilina a me ka ho'ōla. Ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻo Pope Paul VI iā Sharbel i 1965 a hoʻopaʻa ʻia iā ia i 12 mau makahiki ma hope mai.

Hōʻikeʻike
Ua ʻōlelo pinepine ʻo John Paul II he ʻelua mau māmā o ka Ekalesia - Hikina a me Komohana - a pono e aʻo i ka hanu ʻana me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea ʻelua. ʻO ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i nā haipule e like me Sharbel e kōkua ai i ka hale pule e mahalo i ka ʻokoʻa a me ka lokahi e kū nei i ka Ekalesia Katolika. E like me nā haipule a pau, kuhikuhi ʻo Sharbel iā mākou i ke Akua a kono iā mākou e hana pū me ka lokomaikaʻi o ke Akua, me ka nānā ʻole i ko mākou kūlana ola. I ka hohonu a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ko mākou ola pule, mākaukau mākou e hāʻawi i ka pane lokomaikaʻi.