"ʻO ka lā hānau", Lorenzo Monaco; 1409
Ua paʻi mua ʻia ma Kēkēmapa 27th, 2006
No ke aha ʻo ia e moe ai i kēlā waiwai, kahi e ʻai nei ka bipi a me ka hoki? -He aha kēia keiki? Mele Kalikimaka
ʻAʻOLE kahu o nā kiaʻi. ʻAʻohe leona ʻānela. ʻAʻole hoʻi ka moena aloha o nā Kahuna Nui. ʻO ke Akua, i komo i loko o ke kino, hoʻokipa ʻia i ka honua e kahi bipi a me ka hoki.
ʻOiai ua unuhi nā Makua mua i kēia mau mea ola ʻelua e like me ka hōʻailona o ka poʻe Iudaio a me nā pegana, a no laila nā kānaka āpau, ua hiki mai ka manaʻo hou i ka Midnight Mass.
HUAʻIA ANA I OX
Lawe iā mākou i kaʻeha. Haʻalele ia i kahi ʻole. Hoʻokomo ia i ka lunamanaʻo pilikia. Eia nō naʻe, hoʻi hou mākou i laila: ka hewa kahiko like. ʻAe, i kekahi manawa ua like mākou me he "pipi e like me ka bipi" ke hiki i ka hāʻule ʻana i nā pahele like i kēlā me kēia manawa. Mihi mākou, akā ʻaʻole e lawe i nā hanana e pono ai e pale iā mākou iho mai hāʻule hou. ʻAʻole mākou e ʻalo ka manawa kokoke o ka lawehala, a pēlā mau e hāʻule ai hoʻi i ka lawehala. ʻOiaʻiʻo, pono mākou e hoʻohilahila i nā ʻānela!
ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia kēia ma mua o ka manaʻo hui. Ke hoʻomau nei mākou e hoʻolei mai kā mākou mau lāhui i ke Akua a me nā kānāwai kūpono āna i hoʻokumu ai, ʻike mākou i ka emi ʻana o kā mākou heluna kanaka (i kahi "moʻomeheu o ka make"), e hoʻonui ana i ka hana ʻino, e hoʻonui ana i ka pepehi kanaka, i ka makeʻe a me ka palaho e piʻi aʻe ana, a e hoʻonui ana i nā haunaele o ka honua. Akā ʻaʻole mākou e hana i ka pili. Mū ʻole mākou e like me ka bipi.
ʻAʻole nō hoʻi mākou i kēia "ʻike" a me ka "mālamalama" e nānā mai kahi kūlana o ka mōʻaukala pehea ka Kristiano i hoʻololi ai i ka nohona, mai nā manawa o ka Emepaea Roma a hiki i kēia lā. He mea maʻalahi ia. Akā poina koke mākou - a i ʻole pinepine - koho aole e 'ike. Pāholo. He wahaheʻe wale nō.
Eia naʻe, ʻoluʻolu kēia bipi i ka hale o ka Haku. ʻAʻole hele mai ʻo Iesū no ka luawai, ua hele mai ia no ka poʻe maʻi.
PAHAKAHA HE KANAKA
ʻO ia hoki ka mea e hōʻike ai iā mākou o "paʻakikī me he hoki lā." ʻO ke kau ʻana i nā hemahema kahiko a mākou e hōʻole ai e hoʻokuʻu, e kuʻi ana i ke poʻo me kahi luhi ʻelua a ʻehā.
I kēia lā, wahi a Iesū,
E hoʻokuʻu. Ua kala aku wau iā ʻoe no kēlā hewa. Hilinaʻi i koʻu aloha. Aloha wau iā 'oe. ʻO kēia ke kumu o koʻu hiki ʻana mai: e lawe kou mau hala a mau loa aku. No ke aha ʻoe e hoʻihoʻi ai iā lākou i ka hale lio?
ʻO ia nō kēlā paʻakikī i e aloha ke Akua iā mākou. Hoʻomanaʻo wau i nā huaʻōlelo a kahi hoaaloha i ʻōlelo mai iaʻu i mua, "E aloha ke Akua iā ʻoe." ʻAe, holo mākou e pili ana i kēia hana a i kēlā, akā ʻaʻole e ʻae ke Akua e hana i kahi hana na mākou. A ʻo ka hana āna i makemake ai e hana ʻo aloha iā mākou i kēia manawa, e like me mākou. “Akā ʻaʻole au kūpono. He hoka wau. He lawehala wau, "pane mākou.
A ʻōlelo mai ʻo Iesū,
ʻAe, kūpono ʻole ʻoe, a lawehala hoʻi ʻoe. Akā ʻaʻole ʻoe he mea hōʻeha! Hilahila paha ʻoe ke ʻike ʻoe i kahi pēpē e aʻo nei i ka hele wāwae, akā e hina ana i lalo? A i ʻole ʻoe ke ʻike i kahi hānau hou hiki ʻole ke hānai iā ia iho? A i ʻole ka mea liʻiliʻi e uē ana i ka pouli? ʻO ʻoe kēlā keiki. Makemake ʻoe i ʻoi aku ma mua o kaʻu e manaʻo ai. No ka mea hiki iaʻu ke aʻo iā ʻoe e hele wāwae. E hānai wau iā ʻoe. E hōʻoluʻolu wau iā ʻoe i ka pouli. E hoʻohanohano wau iā ʻoe. Akā ʻoe e ʻae iaʻu e aloha iā ʻoe!
ʻO ka paʻakikī paʻakikī maikaʻi ʻole ka makemake ʻole e ʻike iā mākou iho i ka mālamalama Hemolele o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e hōʻike nei i ka lawehala i mea e hoʻokuʻu ai; e ʻike ai i ko mākou ʻilihune i ka ʻuhane, ko mākou pono no kahi Mea Hoola. Ma kahi o ka ʻāpana āpau i kaʻana like i kēia ʻano paʻakikī. Pholo. Akā ʻo kēia mau puʻuwai kekahi, hoʻokipa ʻo Kristo i kāna hale paʻa.
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole ia he ʻaeto manuahi a lele aku ʻaʻole hoʻi he liona mana a ikaika, akā he bipi a me ka hoki ka mea a ke Akua i ʻae ai i ka pā o kāna hānau.
ʻAe, lana ka manaʻolana noʻu.
Ua lilo ke Akua i kanaka. Ua hele mai ia e noho i waena o mākou. ʻAʻole mamao ke Akua: ʻo ia ʻo 'Emmanuel,' God-with-us. ʻAʻole ia he malihini: he helehelena kona, ke alo o Iesū. —POPE BENEDICT XVI, memo Kalikimaka “ʻO Urbi et Orbi", Kēkēmapa 25th, 2010
