Ko te kaunihera o tenei ra 10 Mahuru 2020 a San Massimo te kaiwhakaatu

San Massimo te Kaitirotiro (ca 580-662)
monk me te tohunga

Centuria I runga i te aroha, n. 16, 56-58, 60, 54
Ko te ture a te Karaiti he aroha
Na, ko te tangata e aroha ki ahau, e ai ta te Ariki, ka pupuri i aku whakahau. Ko taku ture tenei: kia aroha tetahi ki tetahi "(tirohia te Jn 14,15.23:15,12:XNUMX; XNUMX:XNUMX). Na, ko te tangata e kore e aroha ki tona hoa, e kore e pupuri i te ture. Na ko te tangata e kore e pupuri i te ture, kahore e mohio ki te aroha ki te Ariki. (...)

Mena ko te aroha te whakatutukitanga o te ture (tirohia Rom 13,10:4,11), e riri ana ki tana tungane, e whakaaro kino ana ki a ia, e hiahia ana kia kino ia, e koa ana ki tana hinganga, me pehea e kore ai e takahi i te ture me e kore e tau mo te whiu mutunga kore? Mena te tangata e kohukohu ana, e whakawa ana i tona teina, e korero kino ana, e ngakaukore ana i te ture (tirohia. Jas XNUMX:XNUMX), ana he aroha te ture a te Karaiti, ina hoki ko te tangata korero kino e kore e taka mai i te aroha o te Karaiti ka waiho ia i raro i te ioka o te whiu mure ore?

Kaua e whakarongo ki te reo o te kaitukino, kaua hoki e korero ki te taringa o te tangata hiahia ki te korero kino. Kaore koe e pai ki te korero kino mo to hoa tata, ki te whakarongo ranei ki nga korero mo ia, kia kore ai e taka mai i te aroha o te atua kia kaua e kitea he tauhou ki te ora tonu. (...) Tutakina te mangai o te hunga e whakaparahako ana ki o taringa, kia kore ai e mahi rua i a ia, kia waia ki tetahi mea kino, kia kore ai e aukati i te tangata kohukohu kia korero kino, kia tino kino ki tana hoa tata. (...)

Mena ko nga manaakitanga katoa o te Wairua, kaore he aroha, kaore he painga ki te hunga kei a raatau, e ai ki te Apotoro mo te Atua (tirohia. 1 Kor 13,3: XNUMX), he aha te kaha o te ngakau ki te whiwhi aroha!