ʻO Santa Rita o Cascia, ke kahu mālama o nā male
ʻO Margherita Lotti, i kapa ʻia ʻo Santa Rita, ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia i ka makahiki 1381. ʻOiai i loko o ke kapa ʻaʻahu, ua hana ʻo ia i kāna mau hana mana mua. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia, i kekahi lā, ʻoiai ua paʻa nā mākua o Rita i ka hana ʻana i ka mahiʻai, ua haʻalele lākou i ka pēpē i loko o ka moena ma lalo o kahi kumulāʻau. Kūleʻa kekahi mau nalo keʻokeʻo a puni iā ia. Ua ʻike ʻia e kekahi kanaka mahiʻai, ka mea i hōʻeha i kona lima, a hoʻāʻo e kipaku iā lākou me ka lālā ʻeha. I kēlā manawa ua hoʻōla ʻo ia me he hana mana lā a nalowale loa ka ʻeha.
Nā hana mana o Santa Rita
Ua ulu ʻo Rita. He keiki moʻomeheu a haipule ʻo ia. I ka makahiki o 16 makahiki, aka nae, ua hooholo kona mau makua e mare iaia me ke kane kolohe, nona mai 2 keiki. Ua pepehi ʻia ke kanaka e kekahi poʻe pōā a ma hope mai ua make pū kāna mau keiki i ka maʻi.
Ua haʻalele wale ʻo Rita, ʻimi i ka hōʻoluʻolu ma ka manaʻoʻiʻo ma ka hele ʻana e noho ma hale mōneka. Ma ka monastery ua mālama ʻo Rita i kekahi meakanu i ka wa i hiki mai ai he wahi laau maalahi. Ma hope o ka manawa a mahalo i kāna mālama ʻana, ua lilo ia i kumu waina nani i hānau ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki Hua waina keʻokeʻo.
I nā makahiki i hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo Santa Rita no ʻO Kristo Ua ulu aʻe ʻo ia a hiki i ka makemake e ʻike i kona mau ʻeha ponoʻī. A pēlā nō. I kekahi lā e noʻonoʻo ana i ke kea a nānā i ka lei kalaunu, paa kekahi ma kona lae. Ua halihali oia me ka ehaeha no 15 makahiki, a hiki i kona la i make ai.
He mau lā ma mua o kona make ʻana, ua noi ʻo ia i kona hoahānau e lawe mai iā ia rose a me na fiku elua. Ua ʻano kānalua ka hoahānau no ka mea he hoʻoilo a ʻaʻole i mohala ka pua. Akā, i kona hiki ʻana i ke kula ʻo Rocca Polena, ʻike ʻo ia i kahi rose a me 2 fiku i ka hau. Mai ia manawa mai ka nonono lilo i hōʻailona o Santa Rita.
Ma hope o kekahi mau mahina ua make ʻo ia a ma kona wahi moe i ʻike ai mākou i ka hiki ʻana mai o nā pi ʻeleʻele. ʻO kahi kamanā haʻahaʻa i hoʻolaʻa i ka Saint makemake e hana i pahu nona, akā naʻe, ua nalowale ʻo iahoohana lima. ʻO ia lā e kokoke ana i kona wahi moe e haʻi aku ai i kāna mau aloha hope, me ka hana mana hoolaia a hiki iā ia ke kūkulu i ka pahu haʻahaʻa āna i hoʻohiki ai iā ia.