Saint o ka lā no Pepeluali 5: ka moʻolelo o SantʻAgata

(ma kahi o 230 - 251)

E like me ka hihia o Agnes, he martyr puʻupaʻa ʻē aʻe o ka Halepule mua, ʻaneʻane ʻaʻohe mea i ka mōʻaukala o kēia haipule ke ʻole ia i martyred ʻia ma Sisilia i ka wā i hoʻomaʻau ʻia ka emepera Decius i 251.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Legend ʻo Agata, e like me Agnes, i hopu ʻia ma ke ʻano Karistiano, hoʻomāinoino ʻia a hoʻouna ʻia i kahi hale hoʻokamakama e hana hoʻomāinoino ʻia. Ua mālama ʻia ʻo ia mai nā hana hewa a make ʻia ʻo ia ma hope.

Ua koi ʻia ʻo ia ma ke kōkua o Palermo a me Catania. ʻO ka makahiki ma hope o kona make ʻana, ka mālie o ka pele o Mt. Hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Etna i kāna nonoi ʻana. ʻO ka hopena, ua hoʻomau ka poʻe e noi iā ia no nā pule e pale aku iā lākou iho mai ke ahi.

Hōʻikeʻike

Manaʻo ka manaʻo ʻepekema o kēia au i ka mana o kahi lua pele e ke Akua ma muli o nā pule a kahi kaikamahine Sisili. Maliʻa paha ʻoi iki ka hoʻokipa ʻia ʻana o ka manaʻo ʻo kēlā haipule ka patroness o nā ʻoihana like ʻole e like me nā mea hoʻokumu, kahu, mines a me nā alakaʻi mauna. Eia nō naʻe, i ko mākou kūlana mōʻaukala, ua nalowale paha mākou i kahi ʻano kanaka kupaianaha o ka haʻohaʻo a me nā mele, a me ko mākou manaʻoʻiʻo ua hele mākou i ke Akua ma ke kōkua ʻana i kekahi i kekahi, i ka hana a me ka pule?

ʻO SantʻAgata ke kahu o nā maʻi umauma