Hemolele o ka lā no Ianuali 18: ka mōʻaukala o San Carlo da Sezze
(19 ʻOkakopa 1613-6 Ianuali 1670)
Ua manaʻo ʻo Charles e kāhea ana ke Akua iā ia e lilo i mikionali ma India, akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hiki aku i laila. He mea maikaʻi aʻe kā ke Akua no kēia hope o ke kenekulia 17 iā Brother Juniper.
Hānau ʻia ma Sezze, ma ka hikina hema o Roma, ua hoʻoikaika ʻia ʻo Charles e nā ola o Salvator Horta a me Paschal Baylon e lilo i Franciscan; ua hana ʻo ia pēlā ma 1635. Haʻi ʻo Charles iā mākou i kāna autobiography: "Ua kau ka haku i loko o koʻu puʻuwai e hoʻoholo e lilo i kaikaina lay me ka makemake nui e ʻilihune a noi i kāna aloha".
Ua lawelawe ʻo Carlo ma ke ʻano he kuke, mea lawe hale, sacristan, māla a me nā mea ʻaihue i nā ʻaha like ʻole ma Italia. I ke ʻano, he "ulia ia e kakali ana e hiki mai ana". Hoʻā ʻia kekahi ahi nui i loko o ka lumi kuke ke ʻaila ʻo ia e palai i nā ʻakaʻaka i ke ahi i paʻa ʻia.
Hōʻike kekahi moʻolelo i ka nui o ko Charles lawe ʻana i ka ʻuhane o St. Francis. Ua kauoha aku ka luna iā Carlo, a laila he mea lawe hale hānai, e hānai wale i nā mōneka huakaʻi i hōʻike aʻe ma ka puka. Ua hoʻolohe ʻo Charles i kēia ʻōlelo aʻo; i ka manawa like i emi iho ai nā manawaleʻa i nā mākua. Ua hōʻoia ʻo Charles i ka mea ʻoi aku ka pili o nā ʻike ʻelua. I ka wā i hoʻomaka hou ai nā poʻe pule i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka waiwai i ka poʻe i noi ma ka puka, ua māhuahua pū ka manawalea i ka poʻe pule.
Ma lalo o ke alakaʻi a kāna mea hōʻoia, ua kākau ʻo Charles i kāna autobiography, The Grandeurs of the Mercies of God. Ua kākau pū ʻo ia i nā puke ʻuhane ʻē aʻe. Ua hoʻohana maikaʻi ʻo ia i kāna mau alakaʻi ʻuhane like ʻole i loko o nā makahiki; Ua kōkua lākou iā ia e ʻike i ko Charles manaʻo a me kāna mau moemoeā na ke Akua mai. Ua ʻimi ʻia ʻo Charles iho no ka ʻōlelo aʻo ʻuhane. Ua kāhea aku ka pope make ʻo Clement IX iā Charles i ka ʻaoʻao o kona wahi moe no ka hoʻomaikaʻi.
He ʻano paʻa ko Carlo i ko ke Akua mālama ʻana mai. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Makua Severino Gori: "Me ka ʻōlelo a me ka laʻana ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ia i kēlā me kēia i ka pono e alualu wale i nā mea mau loa" (Leonard Perotti, San Carlo di Sezze: A autobiography, p. 215).
Ua make ʻo ia ma San Francesco a Ripa ma Roma a ua kanu ʻia ʻo ia ma laila. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Pope John XXIII iā ia i 1959.
Hōʻikeʻike
ʻO ka hana keaka i nā ola o ka poʻe haipule ma luna o nā wahi āpau. He mea kupaianaha wale ko Charles ola i kāna hana pū ʻana me ka lokomaikaʻi o ke Akua. Ua pīhoihoi ʻo ia i ka hanohano o ke Akua a me ke aloha nui iā mākou āpau.