Saint Thomas ka lunaolelo, Saint o ka lā no Iulai 3th

(1st kenekulia - 21 Kekemapa 72)

ʻO ka moʻolelo o St. Thomas ka lunaʻōlelo

Aloha ʻEulopa! Ua hana ʻo ia i kahi ʻōlelo a ua kapa ʻia ʻo "Doubting Thomas" mai ia manawa. Akā inā kānalua ʻo ia, manaʻoʻiʻo nō nō hoʻi ʻo ia. Ua hana ʻo ia i ka mea i hōʻike akāka loa o ka manaʻoʻiʻo i ka New Testament: "E kuʻu Haku e kuʻu Akua!" a, no laila e hōʻike ana i kona manaʻoʻiʻo, ua hāʻawi ʻo ia i nā Karistiano i kahi pule e pule ʻia a hiki i ka hopena o ka manawa. Ua hāʻawi pū ʻo ia i kahi mahalo iā Iesū i nā Kalikiano a pau ma hope: “Ua manaʻoʻiʻo anei ʻoe no ka mea ua ʻike ʻoe iaʻu? Pōmaikaʻi ka poʻe i ʻike ʻole a manaʻoʻiʻo hoʻi ”(Ioane 20: 29).

E kaulana like ʻo Thomas ma muli o kona koa. Malia paha he ikaika ʻole kāna mea i ʻōlelo ai - ʻoiai ʻo ia e holo ana, e like me ke koena, i ke kūʻē ʻana - akā ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke lilo i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo i kona hōʻike ʻana i kona makemake e make pū me Iesū. ʻO ka manawa i noi ai ʻo Iesu e hele i Betania ma hope o ka make ʻana o Lazaro. ʻOiai kokoke ʻo Betania i Ierusalema, ʻo kēia ka hele ʻana i waena o kona poʻe ʻenemi a kokoke e make. ʻIke i kēia, ua ʻōlelo aku ʻo Toma i nā lunaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe: "E hele pū kākou e make pū me ia" (John 11: 16b).

Hōʻikeʻike
Hāʻawi ʻo Thomas i ka hopena o Peter, James a me John, ka "keiki o ka hekili", ʻo Pilipo a me kāna noi huhū e ʻike i ka Makua, ʻoiai nā lunaʻōlelo āpau i ko lākou nāwaliwali a me ka ʻike ʻole. ʻAʻole pono mākou e hoʻonui i kēia mau ʻike, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i wae ʻo Christ i nā kāne me ka waiwai ʻole. Akā hōʻike hou ko lākou nāwaliwali kanaka i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka hoʻāno kahi makana mai ke Akua mai, ʻaʻole kahi hana a ke kanaka; hāʻawi ʻia i nā kāne a me nā wahine maʻamau me nā nāwaliwali; ʻo ia ke Akua nāna e hoʻolōʻihi i nā nāwaliwali i ke ʻano o Kristo, ka mea wiwo ʻole, kūpaʻa a aloha hoʻi.