Manaʻo wau ʻo ka hapa nui o ka puke o Revelation ʻaʻole pili i ka hopena o ka honua, akā i ka hopena o kēia au. ʻO nā mokuna hope loa wale nō ke nānā aku i ka hope loa o ka honua ʻoiai nā mea āpau āpau ma mua o ka hapanui e wehewehe i kahi "hakakā hope" ma waena o ka "wahine" a me ka "deragona", a me nā hopena weliweli āpau i ke kūlohelohe a me ke kaiāulu o kahi kipi lehulehu e pili pū me ia. ʻO ka mea e hoʻokaʻawale i kēlā hoʻokūkū hope loa mai ka hopena o ka honua kahi hoʻokolokolo o nā lāhui - ka mea a mākou e lohe mua nei i nā heluhelu Mass o kēia pule ke hoʻokokoke aku nei i ka pule mua o ka Advent, ka hoʻomākaukau no ka hiki ʻana mai o Kristo.
No nā pule ʻelua i hala aku nei e lohe mau ana wau i nā huaʻōlelo i loko o koʻu puʻuwai, "Me he ʻaihue lā i ka pō." ʻO ia ke ʻano e hiki mai ana nā hanana ma ka honua e lawe ana i nā mea he nui iā mākou ma pūʻiwa, inā ʻaʻole nui o mākou i ka home. Pono mākou i kahi "kūlana o ka lokomaikaʻi," akā ʻaʻole ka mokuʻāina o ka makaʻu, no ka mea hiki ke kapa ʻia kekahi o mākou i ka home i kēlā me kēia manawa. Me ia mea, koi ʻia wau e hoʻopuka hou i kēia kākau manawa kūpono mai Kēkēmapa 7, 2010…