ALOHA O KRISTO!
ALELUIA!
KA PILI a me nā kaikuahine, pehea e hiki ʻole ai iā mākou ke lana ka manaʻo i kēia lā hanohano? Eia nō naʻe, ʻike wau i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, hopohopo ka hapa nui o ʻoukou i ko mākou heluhelu ʻana i nā poʻo inoa o nā pahu kani o ke kaua, o ka hāʻule ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai, a me ka ulu ʻole o ka hoʻomanawanui i nā kūlana pono o ka Ekalesia. A luhi nā mea he nui a hoʻopau ʻia e ke kahe mau o ka ʻōlelo hōʻino, ka moekolohe a me ka hana hoʻomāinoino e hoʻopihapiha ana i kā mākou nalu ea a me ka pūnaewele.
Aia ia ma ka hopena o ka milenio ʻelua e hui pū ana nā ao nunui a hoʻoweliweli i ka pae o nā kānaka āpau a iho ka pouli i luna o nā ʻuhane kanaka. —POPE JOHN PAUL II, mai kahi haʻiʻōlelo (i unuhi ʻia mai ka ʻōlelo ʻItalia), Kekemapa, 1983; www.vatican.va
ʻO ia kā mākou ʻoiaʻiʻo. A hiki iaʻu ke kākau "mai makaʻu" i nā manawa pinepine, a eia nō naʻe he nui ka poʻe e hopohopo a hopohopo hoʻi i nā mea he nui.
ʻO ka mea mua, pono mākou e ʻike i ka manaolana maoli i hāpai mau ʻia i loko o ka ʻōpū o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, a i ʻole, pilikia ia i ka manaʻolana wahaheʻe. ʻO ka lua, ʻoi loa ka manaʻolana ma mua o nā "huaʻōlelo maikaʻi." ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, he ʻōlelo kono wale nō nā huaʻōlelo. ʻO kā Kristo lawelawe makahiki ʻekahi kahi o ke kono, akā ʻo ka lana maoli ka manaʻo i hāpai ʻia ma ke Keʻa. Ua hoʻoulu ʻia a hānau ʻia i ka hale kupapaʻu. ʻO kēia, e nā hoa aloha, ke ala o ka lana o ka manaʻolana no ʻoe a me aʻu i kēia mau manawa ...
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