Saint o ka lā no Pepeluali 6: ka moʻolelo o San Paolo Miki a me kona mau hoa

(d. 1597)

Ua kamaʻāina ʻo Nagasaki, Iāpana, i ka poʻe ʻAmelika e like me ke kūlanakauhale kahi i hoʻokau ʻia ai ka lua o nā pōpō atomika, a ua luku koke ʻia he 37.000 mau kānaka. ʻEkolu a me ka hapa mau kenekulia i hala aku, ua kau ʻia ma ke keʻa he 26 martyrs ma kahi puʻu, i kapa ʻia ʻo Mountain Mountain, e nānā ana iā Nagasaki. Aia ma waena o lākou nā kāhuna, nā hoahānau a me nā haipule, Franciscans, Jesuits a me nā lālā o ka Secular Franciscan Order; aia nā catechist, nā kauka, nā mea hana lima maʻalahi a me nā kauā, nā ʻelemākule a me nā keiki makua ʻole, ua hui like ʻia i ka manaʻo like a me ke aloha iā Iesū a me kāna Ekalesia.

ʻO Brother Paolo Miki, he Jesuit mai Iāpana mai, ua lilo i kaulana loa o nā martyrs o Iapana. ʻOiai e kau ana i ke keʻa, ua haʻi ʻo Paolo Miki i ka poʻe i ʻākoakoa no ka make: “Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo ua hele mai kēia mau kāne i Iāpana mai Pilipine, akā ʻaʻole au i hele mai kekahi ʻāina ʻē aʻe. He Kepani maoli wau. ʻO ke kumu wale nō o ka make ʻana iaʻu no ke aʻo ʻana i ke aʻo ʻana a Kristo. Ua aʻo maoli wau i ke aʻo ʻana a Kristo. Mahalo au i ke Akua no laila wau e make nei. Manaʻo wau e haʻi wale wau i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ma mua o koʻu make ʻana. ʻIke wau ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻoe iaʻu a makemake wau e haʻi hou iā ʻoe: noi iā Kristo e kōkua iā ʻoe e hauʻoli. Hoʻolohe wau iā Kristo. Ma hope o ka laʻana a Kristo kala wau i ka poʻe hoʻomaʻau mai iaʻu. ʻAʻole au inaina iā lākou. Ke noi aku nei au i ke Akua e aloha mai i nā mea āpau a lana koʻu manaʻo e hālele koʻu koko i koʻu mau hoahānau me he ua hua lā.

I ka hoʻi ʻana o nā mikionali i Iāpana i ka makahiki 1860, ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā lākou kahi ʻano Karistiano. Akā ma hope o ko lākou noho ʻana, ua ʻike lākou he mau kaukani mau Karistiano e noho ana a puni Nagasaki a ua mālama malū lākou i ka manaʻoʻiʻo. Pōmaikaʻi ʻia i ka makahiki 1627, ua kanona ʻia ka poʻe martyrs o Iapana i 1862.

Hōʻikeʻike

I kēia lā ua hōʻea mai kahi wā hou no ka Ekalesia ma Iapana. ʻOiai ʻaʻole kiʻekiʻe ka nui o nā Katolika, mahalo ʻia ka hale pule a ʻoliʻoli i ke kūʻokoʻa hoʻomana. Lohi a paʻakikī hoʻi ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka hoʻomana Kalikiano ma ka Hikina Hikina. ʻO ka manaʻoʻiʻo e like me ka 26 martyrs e pono ai i kēia lā e like me ia i 1597.