San Gaetano, Saint o ka lā no 7 ʻAukake

(1 ʻOkakopa 1480 - 7 ʻAukake 1547)

ʻO ka mōʻaukala o San Gaetano
E like me ka hapa nui o mākou, ua kāhea ʻo Gaetano ma ke ola he "maʻamau": ma mua he loio, a laila ua lilo ka kahuna i ka hana a ka Roman Romia.

ʻOi kona ola i kahi manawa kūikawā i ka wā i komo ai ʻo ia i ka Oratory of Divine Love i Roma, kahi hui i hoʻolaʻa i ka hoʻomana a me ke aloha, ma hope koke o kona hoʻonohonoho ʻia ʻana i nā makahiki 36. I ka 42, hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i ka haukapila no ka mea hiki ke maʻi ma Venice. Ma Vicenza ua lilo ʻo ia i ʻāpana o kahi kaiāulu "hakakā" i loaʻa wale nō o nā kānaka haʻahaʻa loa i ke ola - a ua helu ʻia ʻo ia e kāna mau hoaaloha, ka mea i manaʻo he hana hoʻohālikeʻo kāna hana. Ua ʻimi ʻo ia i ka maʻi a me ka poʻe ʻilihune ma ke kūlanakauhale a lawelawe lākou iā lākou.

ʻO ka mea nui loa o ka manawa ʻo ia ka hoʻoponopono o kahi Ekalesia e "maʻi me ke poʻo a me nā lālā". Ua hoʻoholo ʻo Gaetano a me ʻekolu hoaaloha ʻo ke ala maikaʻi loa o ka hoʻoponopono ʻana e ola hou ai i ka ʻuhane a me ka ikaika o ka poʻe alakaʻi. Ua hoʻokumu pū ʻia lāua i kahi hui i kapa ʻia ʻo Theatines - mai Teate [Chieti] kahi i ʻike ai ko lākou pīkī mua. ʻO kekahi o nā hoa ma hope mai i lilo ʻo Pope Paul IV.

Ua lanakila lākou i pakele ma Venice ma hope o ka luku ʻia ʻana o ko lākou home ma Roma i ka wā i aihue ai nā pūʻali Emperor Charles V i Roma i 1527. He mea kaulana nā Theatines ma waena o nā piʻolua Katolika mua i hana i mua ma mua o ka Reformatantant Reformative. Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Gaetano i kahi Monte de pieta - “mauna a i ʻole ka waihona pule” - ma Naples, kekahi o nā hui hōʻaiʻē waiwai ʻole e hāʻawi ai i ke kālā no ka palekana o nā hana i hana ʻia. ʻO ke pahuhopu i ke kōkua ʻana i ka poʻe ʻilihune a pale iā lākou mai nā mea hana paʻahana. Ua lilo ʻo Cajetan hale liʻiliʻi i ka Bank of Naples, me nā loli nui i ka politika.

Hōʻikeʻike
I ka make ʻana o Vatican II ma hope o kāna hālāwai mua i ka makahiki 1962, he nui ka poʻe Katolika e manaʻo nei ua hana nui ʻia ka pā e ulu ana o ka Ekalesia. Ua like pū ko Cajetan manaʻo e pili ana i ka ʻaha ʻoihana o Trent, i paʻa ʻia mai 1545 a 1563. Akā, e like me kāna ʻōlelo ʻana, hoʻokahi like ke Akua ma Naples e like me Venice, me ka ʻole o Trent a me Vatican II. Wehe mākou iā mākou iho i ka mana o ke Akua ma nā kūlana a mākou i ʻike ai iā mākou iho, a ua hoʻopau ʻia nā manaʻo o ke Akua. ʻOkoʻa nā kūlana o ke Akua o ka kūleʻa i ko mākou mau.