E hoʻokūpaʻa mau loa ia e like me ka mahina,
a ma ke ʻano he hōʻike ʻoiaʻiʻo ma ka lani. (Halelu 59:57)
HOPE LOA i ka pō i koʻu nānā ʻana i luna o ka mahina, ua puka mai kahi manaʻo i loko o koʻu noʻonoʻo. He ʻano like nā kino lani o kekahi mea maoli…
ʻO Maria ka mahina e hōʻike ana i ke Keiki ʻo Iesū. ʻOiai ke Keiki ke kumu o ka mālamalama, hōʻike ʻo Maria iā ia iā mākou. A ke hoʻopuni nei iā ia he mau hōkū he lehulehu – Hemolele, hoʻomālamalama pū me ia i ka mōʻaukala.
I kekahi manawa, ua "nalo" ʻo Iesū ma waho o ka pae o ko mākou ʻehaʻeha. Akā ʻaʻole ʻo ia i haʻalele iā mākou: i kēia manawa ua nalo ʻo ia, Ke heihei aku nei ʻo Iesū iā mākou ma kahi pae hou. Ma ke ʻano he hōʻailona o kona alo a me ke aloha, ua haʻalele pū ʻo ia iā mākou i kona makuahine. ʻAʻole ia e pani i ka mana ola o kāna Keiki; akā e like me ka makuahine akahele, hoʻomālamalama ʻo ia i ka pouli, e hoʻomanaʻo mai nei iā mākou ʻo ia ka mālamalama o ka honua ... a mai kānalua i kāna aloha, ʻoiai i loko o kā mākou manawa pōuliuli loa.
Ma hope o koʻu loaʻa ʻana i kēia "huaʻōlelo ʻike", ua heihei ʻia ka palapala hemolele e like me kahi hōkū pana.
A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.
-Na Hana Hou 12: 1