SantʻAlfonso Rodriguez, Saint o ka lā no 30 ʻOkakopa
Hemolele o ka lā no ʻOkakopa 30
(1533 - ʻOkakopa 30, 1617)
ʻO ka moʻolelo o Saint Alfonso Rodriguez
ʻO ka ulia pōpilikia a me ka hoʻowahāwahā ka mea haipule o kēia lā i nā makahiki mua o kona ola, akā ua loaʻa ʻo Alphonsus Rodriguez i ka hauʻoli a me ka ʻoluʻolu ma o ka lawelawe maʻalahi a me ka pule.
Hānau ʻia ma Sepania i 1533, ua hoʻoilina ʻo Alfonso i ka hui lole ʻohana ma ka makahiki 23. I loko o ʻekolu mau makahiki, ua make kāna wahine, kāna kaikamahine a me kāna makuahine; ʻoiai, maikaʻi ʻole ka ʻoihana. Ua hele ʻo Alfonso i kahi wāwae a nānā hou i kona ola. Ua kūʻai aku ʻo ia i ka ʻoihana a me kāna keiki ʻōpio i neʻe aku ai i ka hale o kona kaikuahine. Ma laila ʻo ia i aʻo ai i ke aʻo ʻana o ka pule a me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana.
I ka make ʻana o kāna keiki he mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua hoʻāʻo ʻo Alfonso, i kēia manawa kokoke he kanahā, e hui pū me ka Jesuits. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i kōkua ʻia e kāna aʻo maikaʻi ʻole. Ua noi ʻo ia i ʻelua mau manawa ma mua o kona ʻae ʻia. No nā makahiki 45, lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he hoʻomaʻemaʻe ma ke koleke ʻo Jesuit ma Mallorca. I ka wā ʻaʻole ma kona wahi, ua aneane mau ʻo ia i ka pule, ʻoiai ua ʻike pinepine ʻo ia i nā pilikia a me nā hoʻowalewale.
ʻO kāna hemolele a me kāna pule i ʻumeʻume i nā mea he nui iā ia, e like me St. Peter Claver, a laila he seminarian Jesuit. He mea maʻamau paha ko Alfonso ola ʻana ma ke ʻano he kahu hale, akā he mau kenekulia ma hope ua ʻumeʻume ʻo ia i ka manaʻo o ka poete Jesuit a me ka hoa Jesuit ʻo Gerard Manley Hopkins, nāna i hoʻolilo iā ia i kumuhana o kāna mau mele.
Ua make ʻo Alfonso i ka makahiki 1617. ʻO ia ka mea mālama o Mallorca.
Hōʻikeʻike
Makemake mākou e noʻonoʻo e uku ke Akua i ka maikaʻi, ʻoiai i kēia ola. Akā ua ʻike ʻo Alfonso i nā pohō o nā ʻoihana, nā kaumaha kaumaha a me nā manawa ke lōʻihi loa ke Akua. ʻAʻole kekahi o kāna mau ʻeha i koi iā ia e haʻalele i loko o kahi pūpū o ke aloha pilikino a i ʻole ka ʻawaʻawa. Akā, ua hoʻopili aku ʻo ia i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e noho ana i ka ʻeha, e like me nā kauā ʻApelika i hoʻokauwā ʻia. Ma waena o nā mea koikoi i kona hoʻolewa kahi poʻe maʻi a me ka poʻe ʻilihune i hoʻopā aku ʻo ia i ko lākou ola. E loaʻa paha iā lākou kahi hoa aloha i loko o mākou!