San Vincenzo de 'Paoli, Saint o ka lā no 27 Kepakemapa

(1580-27 Kepakemapa 1660)

ʻO ka moʻolelo o San Vincenzo de 'Paoli
ʻO ka haʻi make ʻana o kahi kauā make e hāmama ana nā maka o Vincent de 'Paoli i nā pono uē uē o nā mahiʻai Palani. Me he mea lā he manawa nui kēia i ke ola o ke kāne mai kahi mahiʻai liʻiliʻi ma Gascony, Palani, ka mea i lilo i kahuna me kahi ʻano makemake hou aʻe ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ola ʻoluʻolu.

ʻO Countess de Gondi, kāna kauā āna i kōkua ai, e hoʻohuli i kāna kāne e lako a kākoʻo i kahi hui o nā mikionali mākaukau a ikaika hoʻi e hana ma waena o nā mea hoʻolimalima ʻilihuna a me nā kamaʻāina ma ka hapanui. I ka manawa mua ua hoʻohaʻahaʻa loa ʻo Vincent i ka ʻae ʻana i ke alakaʻi, akā ma hope o ka hana ʻana no kekahi manawa ma Palika ma waena o nā kauā paʻahao, ua hoʻi ʻo ia i poʻo no ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo ka Hui o ka Misiona, a ʻo Vincentians paha. ʻO kēia mau kāhuna, me nā hoʻohiki o ka ʻilihune, ka maʻemaʻe, ka hoʻolohe a me ke kūpaʻa, e hoʻolaʻa iā lākou iho i ka poʻe i nā kaona liʻiliʻi a me nā kauhale.

Ma hope iho, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo Vincent i nā hoahānau o ke aloha no ke kōkua ʻuhane a me ke kino o ka poʻe ʻilihune a me nā maʻi i kēlā me kēia pālū. Mai kēia mau mea, me ke kōkua o Santa Luisa de Marillac, hele mai nā Kaikamahine o ke aloha, "nona ka hale moe o ka lumi maʻi, nona ka hale pule ʻo ka hale pule ʻo ia nō, ʻo nā alanui o ke kūlanakauhale". Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo ia i nā wahine waiwai o Palisa e hōʻiliʻili kālā no kāna papahana mikionali, hoʻokumu i mau halemai, hōʻiliʻili kālā kōkua no nā mea i hōʻeha ʻia i ke kaua, a ua kūʻai lilo ʻia ma kahi o 1.200 kauā kauā mai ʻApelika ʻAkau. Ua ikaika loa ʻo ia e hana i nā retreat no nā kāhuna pule i ka manawa i nui ka laxity, ka hoʻomāinoino a me ka naʻaupō i waena o lākou. He paionia ʻo ia ma ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kākau a he mea kōkua i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā seminā.

ʻO ka mea kupaianaha loa ʻo ia ma ke ʻano ʻo Vincent i kahi kanaka puʻupuʻu loa, ʻoiai ua ʻae kona mau hoaaloha iā ia. ʻLelo ʻo ia inā ʻaʻole no ka lokomaikaʻi o ke Akua e "paʻakikī a inaina ʻole ʻo ia, kolohe a huhū." Akā ua lilo ʻo ia i kāne palupalu a aloha, makaʻala loa i nā pono o haʻi.

Ua kapa ʻo Pope Leo XIII iā ia i kahu no nā hui manawaleʻa a pau. Ma waena o kēia mau mea, kū i waho ka Society of St. Vincent de Paul, hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 1833 e ka mea mahalo iā Bless Frédéric Ozanam.

Hōʻikeʻike
ʻO ka hale pule no nā keiki āpau a ke Akua, waiwai a ʻilihune, nā mahiʻai a me nā ʻepekema, sophisticated a maʻalahi hoʻi. Akā maopopo leʻa ka manaʻo nui o ka hale pule no ka poʻe e pono nui ke kōkua, nā mea i mana ʻole ʻia e ka maʻi, ka ʻilihune, ka naʻaupō a me ka lokoino. ʻO Vincent de Paul kahi mākaʻi kūpono kūpono no nā Karistiano āpau i kēia lā, ke lilo ka pōloli i ka pōloli a kū ke ola kiʻekiʻe o ka poʻe waiwai i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa kino a me ka pono a kahi keiki a ke Akua e koi ai e noho. .