ʻO Saint Louis Martin lāua ʻo Zélie Guérin, Saint o ka lā no 25 Kepakemapa

(22 ʻAukake 1823 - 29 Iulai 1894; 23 Kekemapa 1831 - 28 ʻAukake 1877)

ʻO ka moʻolelo o Saints Louis Martin lāua ʻo Zélie Guérin
Hānau ʻia i loko o kahi ʻohana pūʻali koa ma Bordeaux, ua aʻo ʻia ʻo Louis e lilo i kahu wati. ʻAʻole i māʻona kona makemake e komo i kahi kaiāulu hoʻomana no ka mea ʻaʻole ia i ʻike i ka Lākina. Ke neʻe nei i Normandy, ua launa ʻo ia me ka mea akamai lima lacemaker, ʻo Zélie Guérin, a ua hoʻohoka ʻia hoʻi i kāna hoʻāʻo ʻana e komo i loko o ke ola haipule. Ua male lāua ma 1858 a ma luna o nā makahiki ua hoʻopōmaikaʻi ʻia me ʻeiwa mau keiki, ʻoiai he ʻelua mau keikikāne a ʻelua mau kaikamahine i make i ka wā kamaliʻi.

Ua holo ʻo Louis i ka hana lace a Zélie i hoʻomau ai ma ka home ʻoiai e hānai ana i nā keiki. Ua make ʻo ia i ka maʻi ʻaʻai umauma i 1877.

Ua neʻe ʻo Louis i ka ʻohana iā Lisieux e pili kokoke i kona kaikaina a me kona kaikoʻeke, nāna i kōkua i ke aʻo ʻana o kāna mau kaikamahine ʻelima e ola nei. Ua hoʻomaka ka maikaʻi o kona olakino ma hope o ke komo ʻana o kāna kaikamahine he 15 mau makahiki i ka mōneka o Mount Carmel ma Lisieux i ka makahiki 1888. Ua make ʻo Louis i ka makahiki 1894, he mau mahina ma hope o kona ʻae ʻia ʻana i kahi sanatorium.

ʻO ka hale a Louis lāua ʻo Zélie i hana ai i hānai i ka laʻa o kā lāua mau keiki āpau, akā ʻoi aku ma mua o ko lākou muli muli loa, ka mea i ʻike ʻia iā mākou ʻo Saint Teresa o ke Keiki ʻo Iesū. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Louis lāua ʻo Zélie i ka makahiki 2008 a ua hoʻokano ʻia e Pope Francis ma ka lā 18 ʻOkakopa 2015. ʻO ka ʻahaʻaina liturgical o ka poʻe haipule ʻo Louis Martin lāua ʻo Zélie Guérin ʻo Iulai 12.

Hōʻikeʻike
I ke ola, ua ʻike ʻo Louis lāua ʻo Zelia i ka hauʻoli nui a me ka ʻehaʻeha loa. Ua manaʻo paʻa lākou me ke Akua pū me lākou i nā pilikia āpau i ke ola male, ka makua a me kā lākou hana.