06 HEI WHAKAHUI KI TE KARAKI. Inoi

Na ka whakaahua ke ia i to ratou aroaro; ko tona ahua ka rite ki te ra ka rite ona kakahu ki te ma o te marama (Mt 17,2).
Ihu: kia kite koe, ka korero ki a koe! Kia noho tonu, kia whakaaroaro koe, kia totoro atu koe ki te tino ataahua o to ataahua, kia kore rawa, kia kaua e raru i tenei whakaaro! E Ihu, pea kite ahau ia koe! Mahalo kua kite au ia koe e whara ana i te aroha ki a koe!
Na ko tetahi reo e mea ana, Ko taku Tama tenei i aroha ai, ko taku i ahuareka ai. Whakarongo ki a ia (Mt 17, 5).
To matou Ariki, kei konei matou, e pai ana kia whakarongo ki nga mea e hiahia ana koe ki te korero mai ki a matou. Korerotia mai ki a matou; whakarongo matou ki tou reo. Whakaritehia o kupu, ka uru ki roto i o maatau wairua, kia whakakotahi i ta maatau hiahia kia tere ai te whakarongo ki a koe.
Vultum tuum, Domine, requiream (PS 26, 8), tou mata, e te Ariki, e rapu nei au. Ka whakakiia ahau kia tumanako ka kati aku oku kanohi ka whakaaro ka haere mai te wa, e pai ana te Atua, ka taea e ahau te kite ia ia, kaore i roto i te whakaata, i runga i te ara whakama ... engari he kanohi ki te kanohi (1 Cor. 13:12). Ae, kua matewai toku wairua ki te Atua, ki te Atua ora: ahea ahau e haere ai kia kite i te mata o te Atua? (Sl. 41: 3).