San Lorenzo, Saint o ka lā no 10 ʻAukake

(c. 225 - 10 ʻAukake 258)

ʻO ka mōʻaukala o San Lorenzo
ʻIke ʻia ka mahalo o ka hale pule iā Lawrence ma ke ʻano he lā hoʻomaha ka hoʻolauleʻa o kēia lā. ʻAʻoleʻike iki mākou e pili ana i kona ola. ʻO ia kekahi o nā mea i haʻalele i kona make make ʻana i kahi manaʻo hohonu a mau loa i ka Ekalesia mua. Hoʻolahalaha koke ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana o kāna lā nui.

He diakono Roma ʻo ia ma lalo o Pope San Sixtus II. ʻEhā mau lā ma hope o ka make ʻana o kēia pope, ua hoʻomāinoino ʻia ʻo Lawrence a me nā kāhuna ʻehā, a i ka wā paha i hoʻomaʻau ʻia ka Emepera Valerian.

ʻO nā ʻike kikoʻī pili o ka make ʻana o Lawrence i ʻike ʻia e Damasus, Prudentius, Ambrose a me Augustine. Ua kūkulu ʻia ka halepule ma kāna hale kupapaʻu i kekahi o nā hale pule ʻehiku nui ma Roma a kahi wahi punahele loa no nā malihini malihini Roma.

Ua ola kahi moʻolelo kaulana mai nā wā mua loa. Ma ke ʻano he diakono ma Roma, ua kuleana ʻia ʻo Lawrence no nā mea waiwai o ka hale pule a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka manawaleʻa i ka poʻe ʻilihune. I ka ʻike ʻana o Lawrence e hopu ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he pope, ua ʻimi ʻo ia i ka poʻe ʻilihune, nā wahine kāne make a me nā keiki makua ʻole o Roma a hāʻawi iā lākou i ke kālā āna i loaʻa ai, a ʻo ke kūʻai aku nō hoʻi i nā ipu laʻa o ke kuahu e hoʻonui ai i ka huina. I ka wā i ʻike ai ka luna o Roma i kēia, ua manaʻo ʻo ia e nui ka waiwai o nā Karistiano. Ua kiʻi ʻo ia e kiʻi iā Lawrence a ʻōlelo, “ʻ Youlelo ʻoukou e nā Karistiano, he hoʻomāinoino mākou iā ʻoukou, akā ʻaʻole kēlā ka mea aʻu e manaʻo nei. Ua haʻi ʻia mai iaʻu e hāʻawi aku kāu mau kāhuna i ke gula, e lawe ʻia ke koko laʻa i loko o nā kīʻaha kālā, a he mau ipukukui gula kāu i nā lawelawe ahiahi. I kēia manawa, ʻōlelo kāu aʻo ʻana e pono ʻoe e hoʻihoʻi iā Kaisara nāna. Lawe mai i kēia mau waiwai - pono ka emepera iā lākou e mālama i kona ikaika. ʻAʻole helu ke Akua i ke kālā: ʻaʻole lawe mai i kekahi mea i ka honua me ia, nā huaʻōlelo wale nō. No laila hāʻawi mai iaʻu i ke kālā a waiwai i nā huaʻōlelo ”.

Pane maila ʻo Lawrence he waiwai maoli ka hale pule. “E hōʻike wau iā ʻoe i kahi ʻāpana waiwai. Akā hāʻawi mai iaʻu i ka manawa e hoʻonohonoho i nā mea āpau a lawe i kahi papa inoa. "Ma hope o ʻekolu mau lā hōʻuluʻulu ʻo ia i kahi nui o nā makapō, nā ʻoʻopa, nā mumule, nā lepero, nā keiki makua ʻole a me nā wahine kāne make a kau iā lākou i ka laina. I ka hōʻea ʻana mai o ka prefect, ʻōlelo maʻalahi ʻo Lawrence, "ʻO ia ka waiwai o ka hale pule."

Nui ka huhū o ka prefect i haʻi aku ʻo ia iā Lawrence he makemake ʻiʻo kāna e make, akā he ʻīniha ia. He wili nui kāna i hoʻomākaukau ʻia me nā lānahu ma lalo iho ona, a ua kau ʻo ia i ke kino o Lawrence ma luna. Ma hope o ka hoʻomanawanui ʻana o ka martyr i ka ʻeha no ka manawa lōʻihi, hoʻopau ka moʻolelo, ua hana ʻo ia i kāna leka leʻaleʻa kaulana: "Ua pono. Huli iaʻu! "

Hōʻikeʻike
Eia hou kekahi ʻānela o mākou nona ka mea i ʻike ʻole ʻia, akā, ka mea i loaʻa iā ia i ka hanohano ma ka ʻekemaka mai ka makahiki XNUMX mai. ʻAkeo ʻaʻole hapa, akā ʻo ka mea nui loa o kona ola: ua make no Kristo. Ke pōloli nei mākou no nā kikoʻī e pili ana i nā ola o nā haipule e hoʻomanaʻo hou ana ko lākou hoʻāno ma hope o ka pane piha ʻana iā Kristo, i hōʻike maikaʻi ʻia e ka make like me kēia.