St. Francis a me kāna mau pule i kākau ʻia no ka maluhia
ʻO ka pule Saint Francis kekahi o nā pule i ʻike nui ʻia a aloha ʻia hoʻi i ka honua i kēia lā. Hāʻawi ʻia ma St. Francis o Assisi (1181-1226), kiʻi ʻia ma luna, ʻo nā kumu o kēia wā i hala aku nei. Eia naʻe ke hōʻike nei i kāna kūpaʻa i ke Akua me ka nani!
E ka Haku, e hoʻolilo mai ʻoe iaʻu i mea hana o kou maluhia;
Ma kahi e inaina ai, naʻu e lūlū i ke aloha;
Ma hea kahi pōʻino, kala kala;
Ma hea kahi kānalua, ka manaʻoʻiʻo;
Kahi e lana ai ka manaʻolana, lana ka manaʻo;
Aia mahea ka pouli, ka malamalama;
A ma hea kahi kaumaha, ʻoliʻoli.
E ke Akua Kaulana,
ʻae ʻaʻole wau e ʻimi nui
e hōʻoluʻolu e like me ka hōʻoluʻolu;
Hoʻomaopopo, as to understand;
Aloha ʻia, like me ke aloha;
No ka mea, ma ka hāʻawi ʻana e loaʻa ai iā mākou,
Ke kala nei mākou ua kala ʻia mākou,
a ma ka make ʻana i hānau ʻia ai mākou i ke ola mau loa.
Amene.
ʻOiai ʻo ia i hele mai kahi ʻohana waiwai, ua ulu ʻo St. Francis mai kona wā ʻōpio i ka makemake nui e hoʻohālike i ko mākou Haku i kona aloha no ke aloha a me ka ʻilihune manawaleʻa. I kekahi manawa ua hele ʻo ia i ke kūʻai aku i kāna lio a me ka lole mai ka hale kūʻai o kona makuakāne e kōkua i ka uku no ke kūkulu hou ʻana i kahi hale pule!
Ma hope o ka hāʻawi ʻana i kāna waiwai, hoʻokumu ʻo St. Francis i kekahi o nā kauoha haipule kaulana loa, nā Franciscans. Ua ola ʻo Franciscans i kahi ola ʻilihune o ka ʻilihune i ka lawelawe ʻana i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka laʻana a Iesū a haʻi aku i ka ʻelele o ka ʻeuanelio ma Italia a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ʻEulopa.
ʻO ka haʻahaʻa a St. Francis kahi mea i lilo ʻole i kahuna. Ke hele mai nei mai kahi mea nāna i kau i nā tausani i loko o nā makahiki he ʻumi ma mua, he akahai kēia.
Ma ke kūpono, ʻo St. Francis ke kiaʻi o ka hana Katolika, a me nā holoholona, ke kaiapuni a me kona ʻāina hānau ʻo ʻItalia. ʻIke mākou i kāna hoʻoilina i ka hana pepa kupaianaha a Franciscans e hana nei i kēia lā a puni ka honua.
Ma waho aʻe o ka pule a Saint Francis (i kapa ʻia ʻo "Saint Francis Prayer for Peace") aia kekahi mau pule ʻoniʻoni ʻē aʻe āna i kākau ai e hōʻike ana i kona aloha nui i ko mākou Haku a me ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kā ke Akua hana kupaianaha.