Saint o ka lā no Ianuali 6: ka moʻolelo o Saint André Bessette

Hemolele o ka lā no Ianuali 6
(9 ʻAukake 1845 - 6 Ianuali 1937)

ʻO ka moʻolelo o Saint André Bessette

Ua haʻi aku ʻo Brother André i ka hilinaʻi o kahi haipule me ke ola a pau iā Saint Joseph.

Ua hopohopo ka maʻi a me ka nāwaliwali iā André mai ka wā hānau. ʻO ia ka walu o nā keiki he 12 i hānau ʻia e kekahi mau kāne Palani-Kanada kokoke i Montreal. Apono ʻia ma 12, i ka make ʻana o nā mākua ʻelua, ua lilo ʻo ia i limahana mahiʻai. ʻO nā kālepa ʻē aʻe i ukali ʻia: ka mea hana kāmaʻa kāmaʻa, ka mea kahu palaoa, ka hana ʻeleʻele: nā holo pono ʻole āpau. He limahana hana ʻo ia ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ka wā boom o ke Kaua Kivila.

Ma ka 25, ua noi ʻo André e komo i ka Hui o Santa Croce. Ma hope o hoʻokahi makahiki o ka novitiate, ʻaʻole i ʻae ʻia ʻo ia ma muli o kona olakino olakino. Akā me ka hoʻolōʻihi a me ke noi a Bishop Bourget, ua loaʻa hope loa ia. Ua hāʻawi ʻia iā ia ka hana hoʻohaʻahaʻa a ka mea mālama hale ma Notre Dame College ma Montreal, me nā kuleana hou aʻe ma ke ʻano he sacristan, washerman a me ka ʻelele. "I koʻu komo ʻana i kēia kaiāulu, ua hōʻike mai nā mea kiʻekiʻe iaʻu ka puka a noho au no 40 mau makahiki," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

I loko o kāna lumi liʻiliʻi ma ka puka, ua hoʻolōʻihi ʻo ia i ka pō ma kona mau kuli. Ma ka puka aniani e kū pono ana i ka mauna Royal, kahi kiʻi liʻiliʻi o Saint Joseph, nona i hoʻolaʻa ʻia mai ka wā kamaliʻi. I ka nīnau ʻana e pili ana i ia mea, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "I kekahi lā, e hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo Saint Joseph i kahi ala kūikawā loa ma Mount Royal!"

I kona lohe ʻana he maʻi kekahi, ua hele ʻo ia e kipa iā ia e hauʻoli a pule pū me ka poʻe maʻi. Ua ʻānai māmā ʻo ia i ke kanaka maʻi me ka aila o ke kukui kukui i loko o ka hale pule o ke koleke. Ua hoʻomaka ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka mana o ka mana hoola.

I ka wā i puka mai ai kahi maʻi ahulau i ke koleke kokoke, ua manawaleʻa ʻo André e hoʻōla. ʻAʻole i make kekahi kanaka. Ua lilo ke kiʻina o ka poʻe maʻi ma kona puka i luawai. ʻAʻole hōʻoluʻolu kāna poʻe kiʻekiʻe; kanalua nā luna diocesan; kapa nā kauka iā ia he charlatan. "ʻAʻohe oʻu manaʻo," i ʻōlelo pinepine ai kēlā. "Ua hoʻōla ʻo St. Joseph." Ma ka hopena ua pono ʻo ia i ʻehā mau kākau ʻōlelo e lawelawe i nā leka 80.000 i loaʻa iā ia i kēlā me kēia makahiki.

No nā makahiki he nui e hoʻāʻo ana nā luna o ke Keʻa Hemolele e kūʻai i ʻāina ma Mount Royal. Piʻi ʻo Brother André a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i ka puʻu kiʻekiʻe a kanu i nā mekala o Saint Joseph. Hāʻawi koke maila nā mea ʻona. Ua ʻohi ʻo André i $ 200 e kūkulu i kahi hale pule liʻiliʻi a ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hoʻokipa i nā malihini kipa ma laila, e ʻakaʻaka ana i nā hola lōʻihi o ka hoʻolohe ʻana, e noi ana i ka aila o St. Ua mālama ʻia kekahi, ʻaʻole mālama ʻia kekahi. Ua ulu ka ahu o nā koʻokoʻo, nā ʻohe a me nā paʻa lima.

Ua ulu aʻe ka hale pule. I ka makahiki 1931, aia nā pā lilelile, akā ua pau ke kālā. "E kau i kahi kiʻi o St. Joseph i waenakonu. Inā makemake ʻo ia i kaupaku ma luna o kona poʻo, e loaʻa iā ia. "He 50 mau makahiki ka lōʻihi o ke kūkulu ʻana i ka Hale Aliʻi ʻoi loa ʻo Mount Royal. ʻO ke keiki maʻi i hiki ʻole ke mālama i kahi hana i make ma 92.

Kanu ʻia ʻo ia i ka Oratory. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ma ka makahiki 1982 a ua kanona ʻia ʻo ia ma 2010. I kāna canonization ma ʻOkakopa 2010, ua hōʻoia ʻo Pope Benedict XVI e "ola ʻo Saint Andrew" i ka hauʻoli o ka puʻuwai maʻemaʻe ".

Hōʻikeʻike

E hamo i nā lālā maʻi me ka aila a i ʻole he mekala? Kanu i ka mekala e kūʻai ʻāina? ʻAʻole anei kēia hoʻomanakala? ʻAʻole mākou i hoʻopau iā ia no kekahi manawa? Kaukaʻi wale ka poʻe hilinaʻi i ka "hoʻokalakupua" o kahi huaʻōlelo a hana paha. ʻO nā ʻaila a me nā mekala a Brother André he mau sacraments ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka hilinaʻi maʻalahi a piha i ka Makua nāna e ʻae iā ia e kōkua ʻia e kāna poʻe haipule e hoʻopōmaikaʻi i kāna mau keiki.