ʻO ka Bapetizo a me nā Hōʻike ʻElua

Ua lawe ʻia ʻo ʻElia i loko o ke kaʻa ahi, na Giuseppe Angeli, c. 1740


I ka lawe ʻia ʻana aku o ke kāula ʻo ʻElia i luna
i ka lani i loko o kahi kaʻa ahi,
hāʻawi akula ʻo ia i kona ʻaʻahu ma luna o ke kāula ʻo ʻElisai,
kāna haumāna ʻōpio.
Ua nīnau ʻo ʻElisai me kona wiwo ʻole
no ka "ʻāpana pālua"
o ka ʻuhane o ʻElia.
(e nānā iā 2 Nā Aliʻi 2:9-11)

I ko kākou manawa, ʻo kēlā me kēia haumāna a Iesū
ua kāhea ʻia e hōʻike i ka wānana
e kūʻē i ka moʻomeheu o ka make,
he ʻāpana liʻiliʻi paha o ka ʻaʻahu a he ʻāpana nui paha.
 
—Michael D. O'Brien

 

I e pule ana ma mua o ka Sakrameta Hemolele i loko o ka hale pule ponoʻī o kuʻu alakaʻi ʻuhane ke kupu aʻe i loko o koʻu puʻuwai nā huaʻōlelo, me he mea lā ma waho oʻu.

Ke hāʻawi aku nei au iā ʻoe i ka ʻoihana a Ioane Bapetite. 

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