MUa mālie kou hale i kēia kakahiaka Kalikimaka. ʻAʻohe mea e hoʻōho nei - ʻaʻole hoʻi he ʻiole (no ka mea, maopopo iaʻu ua mālama nā pōpoki mahiʻai). Ua hāʻawi ʻia iaʻu i manawa e noʻonoʻo ai i nā heluhelu Mass, a ʻaʻole maopopo lākou:
ʻO Iesū ke Akua.
Ua kapa ʻo Islam iā ia he "kaula nui"; Ua manao ka poe Iudaio ia ia he kanaka moolelo wale no; Ua ʻōlelo nā Molimau a Iēhova he ʻānela ʻo ia. Aka, ua maopopo ka olelo a ke Akua.
ʻO Iesū ke Akua.
I kinohi ka Logou,
a me ke Akua ka Logou;
a me ka ʻO ke Akua ka ʻōlelo. (Ioane 1: 1)
Nani ma na mauna
ʻO nā wāwae o ka mea i haʻi mai i ka ʻeuanelio,
e hai ana i ka maluhia, e hai ana i ka olelo maikai,
e hai ana i ke ola, a e olelo ana ia Ziona,
"ʻO kou Akua ke Aliʻi!" (Isaiah 52: 7)
No ka mea, ʻo wai lā ka ʻānela i ʻōlelo mai ai ke Akua;
ʻO ʻoe kaʻu keiki; i keia la ua hoohanau au ia oe?
A i ʻole:
E lilo au i makua kāne nona, a e lilo ia i keiki na'u?
A eia hou, i kona alakai ana i na makahiapo i ke ao nei, i mai la ia.
E hoomana na anela a pau o ke Akua ia ia. (Heb. 1: 5-6)
"Ke manaoio nei au, e ka Haku," a ua hoomana aku ia ia. (Ioane 9: 38)
I ko lakou ike ana ia ia, hoomana lakou... (Mat 28:17)
Olelo aku la o Toma ia ia, i aku la. "E kuʻu Haku a me koʻu Akua!" (Ioane 20: 28)
I mai la o Iesu ia lakou, Amene, amene, ke olelo aku nei au ia oukou,
mamua o ka hiki ana mai o Aberahama, EIA AU." (Ioane 8: 58)
"Owau no ka Alepa a me ka Omega," wahi a Iehova ka Haku,
"ʻO ka mea e noho nei a me ka mea i hala a me ka mea e hiki mai ana, ka mea mana loa." (Kauka 1: 8)
ʻO Iesū ke Akua - a hoʻololi kēlā i nā mea a pau. ʻAʻole ia he kāula wale nō, akā ʻo ke kumu o nā wānana a pau. ʻAʻole ʻo ia he kanaka mōʻaukala, akā ʻo ka mea kākau o nā moʻolelo a pau. ʻAʻole ia he ʻānela hou akā ʻo ka Haku o nā ʻānela a pau.
Akā ʻo wai lā ʻo ia me?
E hānau mai ʻo ia i keiki kāne, a e kapa aku ʻoe iā ia ʻo Iesū.
No ka mea, e hoʻōla ʻo ia i kona poʻe kānaka mai ko lākou hewa.
Aia hoʻi, e hāpai ka wahine puʻupaʻa a hānau mai i keiki kāne,
a e kapa aku lakou ia ia o Emanuela.
ʻo ia hoʻi "ʻo ke Akua me mākou." (Mat 1: 21, 23)
ʻO Iesū ke Akua — and God has come to save me from my sin… sin that robs me of true peace, joy, equilibrium, happy relationships, and most notably, eternal life. If this is who Jesus is and His purpose, how can I remain ambivalent about my life: my words, actions, and even thoughts?
ʻO Iesu ke Akua… a ʻo ia nō me mākou - me aʻu. A pono e hoʻololi i nā mea a pau…
Makemake au e mahalo iā ʻoukou a pau, e kaʻu poʻe heluhelu, ka poʻe i pule no kēia ʻoihana, ka poʻe i kākoʻo ma ke kālā, i hoʻouna mai i nā ʻōlelo paipai a me ka noʻonoʻo. Ua hoʻāʻo wau e pane i kāu mau leka uila - a inā ʻaʻole wau, e kala mai iaʻu. Eia kekahi, i ka poʻe i kākau mai iaʻu i nā leka kino… ʻo koʻu manaʻo i Nowemapa e noho i lalo a kākau iā ʻoe. Akā ua hoʻomaka ʻo Canada Post i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa! No laila, kala wau no ka hiki ʻole iaʻu ke hoʻouna aku iā ʻoe i kāleka mahalo. Akā ke pule nei au no ʻoukou a pau i kēlā me kēia lā.
Ke pule nei au e ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o Emmanuel a ʻike i kēlā, ʻoiai inā ʻoe wale nō i kēia lā, ʻO Iesū pū me ʻoe. ʻAʻole loa ia e haʻalele iā ʻoe. E kamaʻilio iā ia… mahalo iā ia… aloha iā ia… aia ʻo ia me ʻoe i kēia manawa!
Hauʻoli a hoʻomaikaʻi Kalikimaka! Aloha ʻoe!
—Maka
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