Kahiki o nā Lāwa: San Policarpo, pīpeka a me ko martir

San Policarpo, ka pīpeka a me ko martir
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Pōʻalua
Liturgical color: ʻulaʻula (Violet inā ʻo ka lā o ka pule o Lent)
Patron o ka ʻeha pepeiao

ʻO ka make koʻikoʻi o kahi pīpī hoʻomaikaʻi ua hoʻopau i ka pau he luna-aposetolo

Paʻa maoli nō kahi pīpeka Katolika ma Turkey. Kahea aku la kana mea pepehi i ke "Allahu Akbar", e hooikaika mau ana i ka mea ana i ka mea i loko o ka naau, a kaomi iho la i kona poo. Aia nā mea e pili ana i ka hana. ʻO nā kāhuna liʻiliʻi a me ka makaʻu i ko lākou ola. Pihoihoi ka Pope ma Roma a pule i ka mea i make. ʻElima tausani mau kānaka e komo i loko o kahi pāʻina hoʻāno. He hanana mai kahi lōʻihi aku? Aʻole.

ʻO ka pīpī kōkā ʻāpā iā ia he kanaka Pelekania Farani e kapa ʻia ʻo Luigi Padovese, ʻo ka pope kanikau ʻo Benedict XVI a ʻo ka makahiki he 2010. ʻO Tureke kahi wahi kuʻuna no kahi pīkolika Katolika, inā he pākeke ʻo Padovese a i ʻole hoʻi he haipule i kēia lā, ʻo Bishop Policarpo. No hoʻokahi miliona makahiki, ua lilo ka penikala Anatolian ke kumu nui o ka hoʻomana Kristiano Hikina. Mai kēlā manawa mai kēia hana i pau. Hoʻokahi haneli mau mile a me hoʻokahi kaukani ʻelua haneli a me ʻewalu mau makahiki paha, a i ʻole e hui pū ʻia, ʻo ka hale pule o Paduan me ka pīpī Policarpo. ʻOiai i kikoo ʻia e ka pahi koi a ka Muslim Muslim fanatic, a i hoʻopiʻi ʻia e ka pahi kaua i hoʻokani ʻia e ka koa Roma aloha, ua kahe ʻia ke koko ʻulaʻula mai ka ʻāʻī o kahi alakaʻi Keristiano, ka mea e kahe aku i ka ʻāina maikaʻi ʻole.

ʻO ka nūhou no ka mea make a San Policarpo, pīpīpoma o Smyrna, e pālahalaha loa ana i kona manawa, e kaulana ana ʻo ia i ka hale pule maʻamau e like me ia i kēia manawa. Ua kanikau nei a puni ka 155 AD, ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea i make i ka lā mua. Ua hōʻoia ʻia ka make ʻana o nā palapala i hōʻike ʻia a make ʻia ʻo ia ma ka lā kūpono o kāna ʻahaʻaina i ka lā 23 o Pepeluali. ʻO Polycarp ka 86 i ka wā i hōʻālo ai ka hōʻino ʻana i ka halepule kūloko. Ua hoʻomanawanui ʻo ia me ka hoʻomau ʻana ma luna o ka māla ma waho o ke kaona no kona mau mea hoʻokele e kī ma ka puka. Ua lawe ʻia akula ia i mua o kahi luna Roma a kauoha ʻia e hōʻole i kāna hoʻomana. ʻO noʻonoʻo ʻoe. He kupaianaha kupaianaha! Ke hoʻopiʻi nei ka Karistiano i ka atheism e ka "hoʻomana" pagan. ʻO ia ka manaʻo Roma.

ʻO nā akua Roma he nui nā hōʻailona patriotika ma mua o nā mea e hilinaʻi nei. ʻAʻohe mea i pepehi ʻia i ka manaʻoʻiʻo iā lākou. ʻAʻohe mea i hakakā no ko lākou mau puʻupaʻa, no ka mea, ʻaʻohe ʻano oʻe. Ua hana kēia mau akua no Roma i nā hae, nā moʻomeheu a me nā lā lehulehu e hana nei no ka lāhui hou. Ua komo lāua iā ia. He mau hōʻailona āpau o ka haʻaheo lāhui. E like me nā mea āpau e hōʻike i ka hīmeni lahui, ke alo aku nei lākou i ka hae, kau ka lima i ko lākou mau puʻuwai a hīmeni nā huaʻōlelo maʻamau, no laila ua piʻi aku nā kamaʻāina Roma ma nā ala ākea o kā lākou mau hale i nā pou he nui, hana i kahi palapala noi a laila puhi i ka mea ʻala ma luna o ka kuahu o ko lākou akua punahele.

Ke koi nei i ka wiwoʻole a Polycarp a me mau tausani o nā Karistiano mua, ʻaʻole e hoʻolei i kekahi mau huaʻala o ka mea ʻala i loko o kahi ahi e ʻā ʻia ana i mua o kahi akua pagan. No ka poʻe Roma, ʻaʻole puhi ʻole i ka mea ʻala e like me ke kaʻe ʻana o kahi hae. Akā, hōʻole ʻole ʻo Polycarp e hāʻawi i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o nā mea āna i lohe ai mai ka waha o St. John i kona wā ʻōpio, ʻo ia mea kālai ka inoa iā Iesu, ua noho i hoʻokahi hebedoma i hema a ʻo Smyrna, ua ala ʻia mai ka make mai ma hope o kona hoʻowalewale ʻana i ke kino. ua kau ʻia ma ka hale kupapaʻu i kiaʻi ʻia. A ua hana hou kēia i nā lā, i nā lā o nā kupuna kāne o Polycarp!

Haʻaheo ʻo Polycarp no ka make no kaʻiʻo āna i hāpai a ma o ka manaʻo kūpono kūpono. ʻAʻole hiki i kāna ʻikahi ke ʻano he alakaʻi Kristiano. Ua aʻo ʻia ʻo ia i ka hilinaʻi mai kekahi o nā lunaolelo a ka Haku. Ua hālāwai ʻo ia me ua pīkoi kaulana o ʻAnetioka, ʻo St. Ignatius, i ka wā i hele ai ʻo Ignatius ma Smyrna i ke ala e hōʻea ai i Roma. ʻO kekahi o nā leka kaulana ʻehiku o Saint Ignatius e kamaʻilio ʻia ana ʻo ia i Polycarp. ʻO Polycarp, Saint Irenaeus o Lyon e haʻi iā mākou, ua huakaʻi aku hoʻi iā Roma e hālāwai me ka Pope ma ka nīnau no ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka Easter. Ua ʻike ʻia a ʻike ʻia ʻo Irenaeus mai ka Polycarp i ko wā Irenaeus i keiki ma Asia Minor. ʻO ka palapala pono a Polycarp i ko Pilipo i heluhelu ʻia i loko o nā hale pule ma Asia e like me ka mea he māhele ia ma ka Palapala Hemolele, a hiki i ka ʻehā kenekulia.

ʻO ia ke kanaka hina hina, ʻo ka mea ola hope loa o ka wā lunaʻolelo, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā lima ma hope o kahi kumu i kū ʻia ai a kū ʻo ia "e like me ka hipa kāne ikaika" aʻo ka mau tausani no kona koko. Ua hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻo Bishop Polycarp i nā mea i ʻimi ʻole ʻia e ia. Ua puhi ʻia kona kino ma hope o kona make ʻana a mālama ʻo ka mea pono i kona mau iwi, ʻo ke ʻano mua o nā relics ka nui. ʻO kekahi mau makahiki ma hope iho o ka make ʻana o Policarpo, i pepehi ʻia kekahi kanaka mai Smyrna i kapa ʻia ʻo Pionio no ka nānā ʻana i ka make a San Policarpo. Hoʻohui maoli ʻia ma kēia ʻano, kekahi i kekahi, kekahi i nā loulou me ke kaulahao o ka manaʻo e lele nei i nā kenekulia a hiki i kēia lā, kahi a mākou e mahalo ai iā San Policarpo me he mea lā e noho nei mākou i loko o ka hana ma ke kahua o lā weliweli.

ʻO martyr San Policarpo nui, e hoʻolilo iā mākou i mea hōʻike paʻa o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo i nā huaʻōlelo a me nā hana, e like me kāu i hōʻike i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo i kou ola a me ka make. Ma o kāu hoʻomālamalama, ke hana nei mākou i ko mākou kuleana i kā mākou hoʻomana mau loa, kahi papahana ola, e mau ana a hiki i ko mākou ola manaʻoʻiʻo me ka make o kaʻiʻo.