Whakaarohia i tenei ra me pehea te pee i te peropheta wahine a Anna i roto i to koiora

I reira tetahi poropiti wahine, ko Ana ... Kaore ia i wehe i te temepara, engari i koropiko ia i te po me te ao me te nohopuku me te inoi. A, i taua wa tonu, ka anga whakamua, ka whakawhetai ki te Atua, ka korero mo te tamaiti ki te hunga katoa e tatari ana ki te whakaoranga o Hiruharama. Luka 2: 36–38

He karanga tuuturu, tapu hoki ta tatou katoa i homai e te Atua ki a tatou. Kua karangahia tatou katoa ki te whakatutuki i taua karanga me te manaaki me te pono. E ai ki te karakia rongonui a St. John Henry Newman:

Na te Atua ahau i hanga kia mahi ki a ia. I whakawhiwhia e ia ki ahau he mahi kaore i whakawhiwhia e ia ki tetahi atu. Kei a au taku miihana. Akene kaore au e mohio i tenei ao, engari me korero e au a muri ake. He hononga ratou i roto i te mekameka, he hononga hono i waenga i nga taangata ...

I whakawhiwhia a Anna, te poropiti wahine, ki tetahi miihana tuuturu me te motuhake. I a ia e tamariki ana, e whitu nga tau i marenatia ai ia. A, i muri i te matenga o tana tahu, ka pouarutia tana wahine, a tae noa ki te waru tekau ma wha o ona tau. I roto i era tekau tau o tona koiora, e whakaatu ana te Karaipiture "Kare ia i wehe atu i te temepara, engari i koropiko i te po me te ao me te nohopuku me te inoi." Auê ïa piiraa maere mau na te Atua!

Ko te mahi motuhake a Anna ko te mahi poropiti. I tutuki i a ia tenei karanga ma te tuku i tona ao katoa hei tohu mo te mahi Karaitiana. Ko tana oranga i pau i te karakia, i te nohopuku me te mea nui, te tatari. I karangahia ia e te Atua ki te tatari, ia tau ki ia tau, tekau tau ki muri o te tekau tau, te wa motuhake me te kiko o tona koiora: tana tutaki ki te Tamaiti a Ihu i roto i te Temepara.

Ko te oranga matakite o Ana e kii mai ana kia ora taatau ake ara i runga i te ahua kia tutuki ai ta tatou whainga mutunga mo te wa e tutaki ai tatou ki to tatou Ariki atua i roto i te Temepara o te Rangi. Kaore i rite ki a Anna, ko te nuinga kaore i te karangahia kia nohopuku, kia pono hoki te inoi i nga ra katoa i roto i nga whare karakia. Engari kia rite ki a Ana, me whakatairanga katoa e taatau te noho o roto i te inoi, me te tatarahapa, me anga whakamua a tatou mahi katoa ki te ora, ki te whakamoemiti, ki te kororia o te Atua, ki te whakaoranga hoki o o tatou wairua. Ahakoa te ahuatanga e ora ai tenei mahi o te ao ka motuhake mo ia tangata, ko te oranga o Anna he tohu tohu mo ia karangatanga.

Whakaarohia i tenei ra me pehea te pee i tenei wahine tapu i roto i to koiora. Kei te whakatairanga koe i to koiora i roto i te inoi me te penihana me te rapu i nga ra katoa ki te whakatapu i a koe ki te korōria o te Atua me te whakaoranga o to wairua? Arotakehia to koiora i tenei ra i runga i te marama o te ao matakite o te ao tohu ki a tatou i homai nei e taatau te mahi whakaata.

E te Ariki, ka whakawhetai atu ahau ki a koe mo te whakaaturanga kaha o te poropiti wahine a Ana. Kia waiho tona piri tonu ki a Koe, he karakia me te patunga tapu, hei tauira, hei whakaaweawe mo au, mo nga mea katoa hoki e whai ana i a Koe. Te pure nei au ia ra, kia whakakitea mai ki ahau te huarahi motuhake i karangahia ai ahau ki te whakatutuki i taku tino oha ki a koe. Ihu whakapono ahau ki a koe.