Saint o ka lā: Aloha ʻo Antonio Franco, ke ola a me nā pule

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POMAIKAI ANTONY FRANCO

Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Archbishop Antonio Franco ma Naples i ka lā 26 Kepakemapa 1585 i loko o kahi ʻohana hanohano o Sepania, ʻo ia ke kolu o nā keiki kāne ʻeono. Mai kona wā liʻiliʻi mai, ua hōʻike ʻo ia i ka maikaʻi o ka noʻonoʻo a me ka manaʻoʻiʻo a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, hiki iā ia ke hoʻoulu i ka manawa me ka pule ikaika a me ka pule i kēlā me kēia lā. I ka iwakāluakūmākahi o kona mau makahiki, ua manaʻo ʻo ia ua kāhea ʻia ʻo ia i ka ʻoihana kahuna a ua hoʻouna ʻia ʻo ia e kona makuakāne e hoʻomau i kāna mau haʻawina ʻekalesia ma mua ma Roma a laila ma Madrid. I ka makahiki 1610, i ka 25 o kona mau makahiki, ua hooliloia oia i kahunapule. I ka lā 14 o Ianuali 1611, ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i Royal Chaplain e King Philip III o Sepania. Ua alohilohi kona mau pono kahunapule ma ke alo o Madrid, no laila, ʻo ka mōʻī ponoʻī, ka mea i mahalo nui iā ia, i ka lā 12 Nowemapa 1616 i koho ai iā ia ʻo Chaplain Major of the Kingdom of Sicily, Ordinary Prelate and Abbot of the Prelature nullius of Santa Lucia del Mela. . Ua hoʻolaʻa loa ʻia ʻo ia i ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻuhane, i ke aloha i ka poʻe ʻilihune a me ka poʻe maʻi, i ke kaua ʻana i ka uku ʻauhau a me ke kūkulu hou ʻana i ka hale pule, kahi āna i hoʻohana ai i kona ʻohana ponoʻī. a ʻo ka mihi, ka mea i hōʻike ʻia i loko o nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa kino, ua loaʻa iā ia ka inoa nui no ka hemolele e hoʻomaka ana mai kona make mua ʻana, ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā ia he kanahākūmākahi ma ka lā 2 Kepakemapa 1626.

Pule

E Antonio Pōmaikaʻi, ke kiʻi e pili ana i ka mea liʻiliʻi a me ka nele, ua hoʻololi ʻoe i ka Ekalesia i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo a me ka maluhia.

Ua hoʻonaʻauao ʻoe i nā mea a pau ma ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i nā waiwai mau loa o ka ʻeuanelio a Kristo, e noho ana me ka hilinaʻi i ka mea i hoʻolauleʻa ʻia me ka nani o nā mea huna.

Iā mākou, ka poʻe i noi aku i kāu uwao, e hoʻomaikaʻi hou i kēia lā i nā lokomaikaʻi a mākou e noi aku ai iā ʻoe: i nā ʻohana kūpaʻa, aloha hua a pau ʻole, i ka poʻe maʻi wiwo ʻole a me ka manaʻolana.

Kōkua iā ʻoe i nā hoʻāʻo, a e ʻike pono, ma ke aloha ʻana i ka Halepule, hiki iā mākou ke ukali i nā kapuwai o Iesu Kristo ko mākou Haku.

Ke noi aku nei au iā ʻoe, e ke Kauā ʻoiaʻiʻo loa a ke Akua Mons. Antonio Franco.b iā ʻoe, i loko o kona umauma i puhi ʻia ai ka lapalapa o ke aloha i ke Akua a i ka hoalauna, ʻoi aku ka ʻilihune. Ke noi aku nei au iā ʻoe e pule iā Iesū maikaʻi e aloha mai iaʻu, i loko o nā pilikia he nui aʻu i loaʻa ai iaʻu iho. Ah! E kiʻi mai iaʻu i kēia lokomaikaʻi aʻu e noi haʻahaʻa ai iā ʻoe (ua hōʻike ʻia ka lokomaikaʻi i makemake ʻia ma ka leo ʻole). Eia kekahi, ke noi aku nei au ia oukou e hoomau i ka hana maikai; inaina i ka hewa; e pakele i nā manawa maikaʻi ʻole a hope loa i ka make maikaʻi. Ina e haawi mai oe ia'u, e ke kauwa hoopono loa a ke Akua, ke haawi aku nei au i ka berena no kou hanohano i ka poe ilihune au i aloha nui ai ma ka honua nei. E Monsignor Franco, me kou lima ikaika e pale mai ia'u i ke ola a e hoopakele ia'u i ka make.

Ke noi aku nei au iā ʻoe, e ke Kauā ʻoiaʻiʻo loa a ke Akua Mons. Antonio Franco. Iā ʻoe, i loko o kou umauma i ʻā ai ka lapalapa o ke aloha i ke Akua a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, ʻoi aku ka poʻe ʻilihune. Ke noi aku nei au iā ʻoe e pule iā Iesū maikaʻi e aloha mai iaʻu, i loko o nā pilikia he nui aʻu i loaʻa ai iaʻu iho. Ah! E loaʻa iaʻu kēia lokomaikaʻi aʻu e noi haʻahaʻa nei iā ʻoe. Eia kekahi, ke noi aku nei au ia oukou e hoomau i ka hana maikai; inaina i ka hewa; e pakele i nā manawa maikaʻi ʻole a hope loa i ka make maikaʻi. Ina e haawi mai oe ia'u, e ke kauwa hoopono loa a ke Akua, ke haawi aku nei au i ka berena no kou hanohano i ka poe ilihune au i aloha nui ai ma ka honua nei. E Monsignor Franco, me kou lima ikaika e pale mai ia'u i ke ola a e hoopakele ia'u i ka make.