OKATOP 16 XNUMX SAN GERARDO MAIELLA. Te tono ki te tono waimarie

E St. Gerard, me to manaakitanga, to atawhai, he maha nga ngakau i a koe ki te Atua, kua riro mai i a koe nga mamae o te hunga ngakaukore, te tautoko a te hunga rawakore, te awhina a te hunga mate.
E mohio ana koe ki taku mamae, e arahi ana i oku mamae. Ko koe e whakamarie i o roimata i nga roimata ka whakarongo ki taku inoi haehaa.
Panu i roto i toku ngakau, tirohia te maha o oku mamae. Panui i roto i toku wairua me te whakaora i ahau, whakamarie i a au, whakamarie i ahau. Gerardo, haere mai ki te awhina i ahau! E Gerardo, meinga ahau kia rite ki tetahi o te hunga whakamoemiti me te whakawhetai ki te Atua i waenganui ia koe: Me whakaputa e ahau tana mahi tohu ki te hunga e aroha ana ki ahau, ka mamae hoki.
He aha te utu hei whakaae i taku inoi? E kore e mutu taku karanga ki a koe kia oti ra ano koe. E tika ana kaore au e tika ki a koe mo te manaakitanga, engari whakarongo mai ki ahau mo te aroha e kawea ana e koe ki a Ihu, mo te aroha e mau ana koe ki a Meri, he tino tapu. Amene.