ʻO nā keiki makua ʻole i haʻalele ʻia o Romania
HIKI O KA HUAKAI
He paʻakikī e hoʻopoina i nā kiʻi o 1989 i ka wā o ka noho hoʻomāinoino o ka Romanian dictator Ua hiolo ʻo Nicolae Ceaucescu. Akā ʻo nā kiʻi i paʻa i koʻu manaʻo ka nui o kēlā me nā haneli o nā keiki a me nā pēpē i nā hale makua ʻole o ka mokuʻāina.
Hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā moʻo hao, waiho mau nā prisioners makemake ʻole i mau pule me ka hoʻopili ʻole ʻia e kahi ʻuhane. Ma muli o kēia pili ʻole o ke kino, lilo ka hapa nui o nā keiki i ka naʻau ʻole, e lulululi ana iā lākou iho e hiamoe i loko o kā lākou pahu moe lepo. I kekahi mau hihia, make wale nā pēpē mai nele i ke aloha kino.
Ma mua o ko Iesū piʻi ʻana i ka lani, nānā ʻo ia i kāna mau keiki i ʻākoakoa ma ka mauna a ʻōlelo akula,
Aia hoʻi, ʻo wau pū nō me ʻoukou i nā manawa a pau a hiki i ka hopena o kēia au. (Matthew 28: 20)
ʻAʻole e haʻalele ʻo Iesū iā mākou i nā keiki makua ʻole. Akā ʻo ia, ko mākou mea nāna i hana, ʻike ʻo ia nō mākou e pono ai hoʻopā e ia, o hiki ʻole iā kāua haha aku haʻalele ʻia. A no laila, ua haʻalele ʻo ia i kahi ala e noho pū me mākou kino: i ka ʻEucharist. ʻAʻole anei ʻo Kristo i ʻōlelo,
No ka mea, he ai maoli koʻu kino, a he mea inu io koʻu koko. (Ioane 6: 55)
ʻO ia, ʻo ko mākou Haku nō ia a mākou e hoʻokipa ai a hoʻomana aku ai, ʻoiaʻiʻo nō ko mākou Haku a mākou e lawe nei hoao aku la,, hoopa aku a ʻike, ʻoiai i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa o ka berena a me ka waina.
Aia pū ʻole ʻo Iesū me mākou, e noho ana i loko o ko mākou mau puʻuwai a ma kahi e ʻākoakoa ai ʻelua a ʻekolu paha. Akā ehia mau manawa e pono ai wau e hoʻopā iā ia, e kokoke iā ia i kahi e noho ai ka halelewa, inā paha e hoʻopā wale i ka lihi o ke kuahu kuahu ... a piʻi aʻe nā ʻōlelo i koʻu mau lehelehe: ʻAʻole au i haʻalele ʻia.
Hiki i ka makuahine ke poina i kāna pēpē, me ke aloha ʻole no ke keiki o kāna ʻōpū? ʻOiai poina ʻo ia, ʻaʻole wau e poina iā ʻoe. Aia hoʻi, ma nā poho o koʻu mau lima ua kākau wau i kou inoa… (Isaiah 49: 15)
