E ka poʻe ʻōpio, na ʻoukou e lilo i poʻe kiaʻi o ke kakahiaka
ka mea e kūkala i ka hiki ʻana mai o ka lā
ʻo wai ʻo ka Mesia i ala hou aʻe!
—POPE JOHN PAUL II, Palapala a ka Makua Hemolele
i ka Opio o ka Honua,
XVII Lā ʻōpio World, n. 3; (cf. Is 21: 11-12)

Ua paʻi mua ʻia ʻo Dekemaba 1st, 2017… he ʻōlelo o ka manaolana a me ka lanakila.

NO KA napoo ka lā, ʻoiai ʻo ia ka hoʻomaka o ka pō ʻana, komo mākou i loko o a makaʻala. ʻO ke kakali ia o ke ao hou. I kēlā me kēia ahiahi o ka Pōʻaono, hoʻolauleʻa ka hale pule Katolika i ka Mass Vigil ma ke kakali pono ʻana i ka "lā o ka Haku" -Sunday - ʻoiai kā mākou pule kamaʻilio e hana ʻia ma ka paepae o ke aumoe a me ka pouli loa. 

Manaʻo wau ʻo kēia ka wā a mākou e noho nei i kēia manawa — kēlā koa ʻo ia "ke kakali" inā ʻaʻole e wikiwiki i ka Lā o ka Haku. A like me keia wanaao, hoʻolaha i ka puka ʻana o ka lā, a pēlā pū kekahi, he wanaʻao ma mua o ka lā o ka Haku. ʻO kēlā wanaʻao ka ʻO ka lanakila o ka Puʻuwai Immaculate o Mary. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, aia kekahi mau hōʻailona e kokoke mai ana kēia alaula….E hoomau heluhelu →

OLELO aku la au e kākau wau ma hope aʻe pehea e komo wiwo ʻole ai i ka Ark of Refuge. Akā ʻaʻole hiki ke kamaʻilio kūpono ʻia kēia me ka paʻa ʻole o ko mākou mau wāwae a me nā puʻuwai ʻoiaʻiʻo. A ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole nui nā mea…E hoomau heluhelu →

Ka hopu ʻana o Kristo, ka mea pena kiʻi ʻike ʻole ʻia (C. 1520, Musée Des Beaux-Arts de Ka Dijon)

KEKAHI ua hoʻihoʻi ʻia ka poʻe heluhelu e nā leka i ʻōlelo ʻia o kā mākou Lede a puni ka honua i “E pule hou aʻe… e ʻōlelo hōʻemi iho” ^[1]cf. E pule hou aʻe… E haʻi liʻiliʻi a i ʻole kēia:E hoomau heluhelu →