NOVEMA 30 SANT'ANDREA APOSTLE. Te inoi a tenei ra

Tuhinga o mua

(Nga rautau XNUMX o nga korero "Andrea's Passion",

i maumahara a Pope Benedict XVI i te whaanui i runga i te Saint Andrew a te Apotoro)

Tena koe, e te ripeka,
ua haamanahia na roto i te tino o te Mesia
ka whakapaipai ki ona waewae,
me te mea he peara utu nui.

Kahore ano a Ihowa i aro ki a koe,
i whakahawea koe i te wehi whenua.
Na tenei, na te aroha i te rangi,
kua riro koe he taonga.

E mohio ana te hunga whakapono ki a koe,
ano te hari i a koe,
hia nga taonga e rite ana koe.

Kei te koa ahau, kei te koa hoki ahau,
he aha koe i whakamanamana ai ki ahau?
i te mea he akonga i a ia e whakahekea ana ki a koutou

E te ripeka manaaki,
kua riro ia koe he honore, he ataahua
Tuhinga o mua.

Tangohia ahau, tangohia mai i nga tangata
ka whakahoki mai ki ahau, ki te Kaiwhakaako.
na roto ia koe
tohea ahau i hokona e koe.

He mihi, he Rawhiti ranei;
āe, āe, hai!