Te ngakau nui o te ra: whakatikahia to riri

I te nuinga o te waa he he. Ko ia tangata ka mauria mai i te taiao he wairua, he ngakau, he toto ranei, e kiia ana he wairua. He mura, he koretake ranei, he riri-ngawari, he rangimarie ranei, he pouri, he taakaro ranei: he aha nau? Kia mohio ki a koe ano. Engari ko te taakaha ehara i te wairua pai, he tino taumaha te taumaha ki a tatou, me te mauiui o etahi atu. Mena kaore i pehia kaore e taea te arahi i a koe! Kaore koe e rongo i nga tawai a tou riri kino?

Whakatikahia o wairua. He mea tino uaua; engari ma te whakaaro pai, ma te whawhai, ma te awhina a te Atua, kaore e taea; St. Francis de Sales, S, Augustine, kaore i angitu? Ka roa te waa, he nui nga whakamatautau me te manawanui; engari kua timata koe ki te ako i a ia? I roto i nga tau maha, he aha te ahunga whakamua kua mahia e koe ki a koe ano? Ehara i te take mo te whakangaro, engari mo te arahi i o wairua ki te pai, te huri i to wairua ki te aroha ki te Atua, ki to riri, ki te mauahara ki te hara, aha atu.

Kei te mau te wairua o etahi atu. I te whakapiri atu ki nga tini, momo rereke me nga ahuatanga rereke, kei te mohio koe ki te tuku nama ma te manawanui ki a raatau, ma te aroha ki a raatau, ma te manawanui. He pono, he tutukitanga waewae era mo to tatou whakapehapeha, mo to taatau hianga iti; heoi, ko te whakaaro he korero ki a tatou kia whakarihariha ki etahi atu na te mea he tane ratou ehara ko nga anahera; e tohutohu ana te mahi atawhai kia huri o ratou kanohi ki te mau tonu te rangimarie me te kotahitanga; ko te tika te tikanga kia mahia e koe ki etahi atu taau e hiahia ana maau ake; e kii ana tetahi o ana hiahia: Tukua koe ka aro ki a koe. He kaupapa tenei mo te tirotiro me te mataara.

HE MAHI. - Korerohia nga Angele Dei e toru, ka tono ki etahi atu kia whakatupato ia koe ka he ana koe i te taha wairua