ʻO GEERTGEN tot Sint Jans, 1490
WE E noʻonoʻo i loko o ka Mystery Mystery ʻEkolu ʻo Iesū i hānau ʻia ai i loko o kahi haukapila sterilized a i ʻole kahi hale aliʻi. Ua hoʻomoe ʻia ko mākou Mōʻī i loko o kahi hānai holoholona "no ka mea, ʻaʻohe lumi no lākou ma ka hale hoʻokipa."
A ʻaʻole koi ʻo Iosepa lāua ʻo Maria i ka hōʻoluʻolu. ʻAʻole lākou i ʻimi i ka mea ʻoi loa, ʻoiai hiki iā lākou ke koi. Ua māʻona lākou i ka maʻalahi.
ʻO ke ola Karistiano pono maoli kekahi o ka maʻalahi. Hiki i kekahi ke waiwai, a ke noho nei i kahi nohona maʻalahi. ʻO ia ka noho ʻana me ka mea e pono ai, ma mua o ka makemake (ma waena o ke kumu). ʻO kā mākou lumi lole nā thermometer mua o ka maʻalahi.
ʻAʻole hoʻi i ka maʻalahi ka manaʻo e noho i ka squalor. ʻIke maopopo wau ua hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻo Iosepa i ka hale hānai, a ua kapi ʻo Maria me ka lole maʻemaʻe, a ua hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia ko lākou wahi liʻiliʻi e like me ka hiki no ka hiki ʻana mai o Kristo. Pēlā nō hoʻi e hoʻomākaukau ai ko mākou naʻau no ka hiki ʻana mai o ka Hoola. ʻO ka ʻilihune o ka maʻalahi ka mea e hoʻomāhuahua iā ia.
He helehelena pū kekahi: ʻoluʻolu.
I have learned the secret of being well fed and of going hungry, of living in abundance and being in need. I have the strength for everything through him who empowers me.
(Phil 4: 12-13)