E heluhelu ana ka Makuahine a me ke Keiki i ka Logou — Michael D. O'brien
NO KE AHA MAI 'ōlelo paha nā "Kakolika" iā Mary?
Hiki i kekahi ke pane i kēia ma ke waiho ʻana i kahi nīnau hou: no ke aha lesu pono iā Maria? ʻAʻole hiki iā Kristo ke kū i ke kino, e kū mai ana mai ka wao nahele, e haʻi ana i ka ʻeuanelio? ʻOiaʻiʻo. Akā ua koho ke Akua e hele mai ma o kahi mea ola kanaka, wahine puʻupaʻa, kaikamahine ʻōpio.
Akā ʻaʻole kēia ka hopena o kāna kuleana. ʻAʻole wale ʻo Iesū i loaʻa i kona lauoho lauoho a me ka ihu Iudaio kupaianaha mai kona makuahine, akā ua loaʻa iā ia kāna hoʻomaʻamaʻa, aʻo, a me kāna aʻo ʻana mai iā ia (a me Iosepa). I ka loaʻa ʻana iā Iesū i loko o ka luakini ma hope o ka hala ʻana o ʻekolu mau lā, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ka Palapala Hemolele.
Ua iho ʻo ia me [Maria lāua ʻo Iosepa] a hele mai la i Nazareta, a hoolohe ia ia lakou. a mālama kona makuahine i kēia mau mea āpau i loko o kona puʻuwai. A holomua ʻo Iesū i ka naʻauao a me ka makahiki a me ke aloha ʻia i mua o ke Akua a me kānaka. (Luka 2: 51-52)
Inā loaʻa ʻo Christ iā ia e pono ai e makuahine iā ia, ʻaʻole anei ia he kūpono no ka makuahine iā mākou? Me he mea lā, no ka mea, ma lalo o ke keʻa, ʻōlelo ʻo Iesū iā Maria,
"E ka wahine, aia hoʻi, ʻo kāu keiki kāne." I mai la ia i ka haumana, Eia kou makuwahine. (Ioane 19: 26-27)
ʻIke mākou, mai ka mua o nā aʻo Karistiano, e hāʻawi ana ʻo Iesū iā Maria e lilo i makuahine no ka Ekalesia. ʻAʻole anei ka Ekalesia ke kino o Kristo? ʻAʻole anei ʻo Kristo ke poʻo o ka ʻekalesia? No laila ʻo Maria ka makuahine o ke poʻo wale nō, a ʻo ke kino holoʻokoʻa paha?
E hoʻolohe iā Christian: he Makua kou i ka lani; he kaikaina kou, e Iesū; a he makuahine nō hoʻi kāu. ʻO Mary kona inoa. Inā ʻoe e ʻae iā ia, e hānai ʻo ia iā ʻoe e like me ka hānai ʻana i kāna Keiki.
ʻO Mary ka Makuahine o Iesū a me ka makuahine o mākou āpau ʻoiai ʻo Kristo wale nō ka mea i kuli i kona mau kuli ... Inā ʻo ia no mākou, pono mākou i kāna kūlana; Ma hea ʻo ia e noho ai, pono mākou e noho a ʻo kāna mea a pau e pono ai no mākou, a ʻo kona makuahine ko mākou makuahine. —Martin Luther, Lāmekolo, Kalikimaka, 1529.
