ʻO San Lorenzo Ruiz a me nā hoa, Saint o ka lā no 22 Kepakemapa

(1600-29 a i ʻole 30 Kepakemapa 1637)

ʻO San Lorenzo Ruiz a me ka moʻolelo o kāna mau hoa
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Lorenzo ma Manila i kahi makua kāne Kina a me ka makuahine Pilipino, he Kalikiano lāua ʻelua. Pēlā ʻo ia i aʻo ai i ka ʻōlelo Pākē a me ka Tagalog mai iā lākou, a me ka Paniolo mai nā Dominicans, ka mea lawelawe ma ke ʻano he keiki kuahu a me ka sacristan. Ua lilo ʻo ia i calligrapher ʻoihana, ke kākau ʻana i nā palapala i ka kākau lima nani. He lālā piha ʻo ia o ka Confraternity of the Holy Rosary ma lalo o ka Dominican auspices. Ua male ʻo ia a hānau he ʻelua keikikāne a me hoʻokahi kaikamahine.

Ua huli aʻe ko Lorenzo ola i ka manawa i hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻo ia no ka pepehi kanaka. ʻAʻohe mea ʻē aʻe i ʻike ʻia, koe wale no ka ʻōlelo a nā Dominicans ʻelua e like me ka mea i "ʻimi ʻia e nā luna no ka pepehi kanaka i kū ʻo ia a i ʻole hāʻawi ʻia iā ia".

I kēlā manawa, ʻekolu mau mōʻī Dominican, ʻo Antonio Gonzalez, ʻo Guillermo Courtet a me Miguel de Aozaraza, e holo aku ana i Iapana me ka ʻino naʻe o ka hoʻomaʻau. Me lākou kekahi kahuna Kepani, ʻo Vicente Shiwozuka de la Cruz, a me kahi mea maʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo Lazaro, kahi maʻi lēpera. ʻO Lorenzo, ka wā i lilo ai i puʻuhonua me lākou, ua ʻae ʻia e hele pū me lākou. Akā aia wale nō ma kai lākou a ʻike ʻo ia e hele ana lākou i Iāpana.

Ua pae lākou i Okinawa. Ua hiki paha iā Lorenzo ke hele i Formosa, akā, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "Ua hoʻoholo wau e noho me nā Makua, no ka mea, ua lī ʻia wau e nā Paniolo ma laila". Ma Iapana ʻike koke ʻia lākou, hopu ʻia a lawe ʻia i Nagasaki. ʻO ke kahua o ke kahe ʻana o ke kahe nui i ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai ka pōpoki atomic ua ʻike mua ʻia kahi pōpilikia. Ua hoʻopuehu ʻia a pepehi ʻia paha e ka hoʻomāinoino nā 50.000 Katolika i noho ma laila.

Ua hoʻokau ʻia lākou i kahi ʻano hoʻomāinoino hiki ʻole ke haʻi ʻia: ma hope o ka pahu ʻia ʻana o ka wai i lalo i ko lākou ʻāʻī, hoʻomoe ʻia lākou. Kau ʻia nā papa lōʻihi ma luna o ka ʻōpū a hehi ʻia nā kiaʻi ma nā wēlau o nā papa, me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka wai e kahe ikaika mai ka waha, ka ihu a me nā pepeiao.

ʻO ka luna, Fr. Ua make ʻo Gonzalez ma hope o kekahi mau lā. ʻElua p. Ua haki ʻo Shiwozuka lāua ʻo Lazaro ma lalo o ka hoʻomāinoino, kahi i hoʻokomo ʻia i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā nila ʻohe ma lalo o nā kui. Akā ua hoʻihoʻi ʻia mai lāua i ka wiwo ʻole e kā lākou mau hoa.

I ko Lorenzo manawa pōpilikia, ua noi aku ʻo ia i ka mea unuhi ʻōlelo: "Makemake wau e ʻike inā, ma o ka hoʻowalewale ʻana, e mālama lākou i koʻu ola" ʻAʻole i hoʻokau ka mea unuhi iā ia iho, akā i nā hola aʻe, ua manaʻo ʻo Lorenzo e ulu ka manaʻoʻiʻo. Ua lilo ia i wiwo ʻole, me ka wiwo ʻole, me kāna nīnau nīnau.

Ua pepehi ʻia nā mea ʻelima e ke kau ʻana i luna i lalo o nā lua. Kau ʻia nā papa me nā puka semicircular a puni ka pūhaka a me nā pōhaku i kau ʻia ma luna e hoʻonui ai i ka pilikia. Pili loa lākou, e hoʻolohi i ke kahe a pale i ka make wikiwiki. ʻAe ʻia lākou e kau no nā lā ʻekolu. I kēlā manawa ua make ʻo Lorenzo lāua ʻo Lazaro. Ke ola nei nō naʻe, ua ʻoki ʻoki ʻia nā poʻo ʻekolu.

I ka makahiki 1987, ua kanikau ʻo Pope John Paul II i kēia mau mea ʻeono a 10 hoʻi: ʻo ʻAsia a me ʻEulopa, nā kāne a me nā wahine, nāna i hoʻolaha i ka manaʻoʻiʻo i ka ʻĀina Pilipino, Formosa a me Iapana. ʻO Lorenzo Ruiz ka make mua Pilipino make a make. ʻO ka ʻahaʻaina Liturgical o San Lorenzo Ruiz a me Compagni ma ka 28 Kepakemapa.

Hōʻikeʻike
ʻO mākou nā Karistiano maʻamau o kēia lā, pehea mākou e pale aku ai i nā kūlana i kū i mua o kēia poʻe martyrs? Aloha mākou me nā mea ʻelua i hōʻole ʻole i ka manaʻoʻiʻo. Hoʻomaopopo mākou i ka manawa weliweli a Lorenzo o ka hoʻowalewale. Akā ʻike pū mākou i ka koa - ʻaʻole hiki ke wehewehe ʻia i nā huaʻōlelo kanaka - i kupu mai kā lākou mālama o ka manaʻoʻiʻo. ʻO ka make kai make, e like me ke ola maʻamau, he hana mana o ka lokomaikaʻi.