THE Sabati ʻelua o Easter He Lāpule Maikaʻi Lāpule. He lā ia a Iesu i hoʻohiki ai e ninini i nā lokomaikaʻi he hiki ʻole ke helu ʻia, no kekahi, ʻo ia nō "Ka manaolana hope loa o ke ola." Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻohe o nā Kakolika he nui e manaʻo he aha kēia ʻahaʻaina a i ʻole lohe paha e pili ana iā ia mai ka polina. E like me kāu e ʻike ai, ʻaʻole kēia he lā maʻamau…
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…
IF heluhelu ʻoe Mālama i ka Puʻuwai, a laila ʻike ʻoe i kēia manawa i ka pinepine o kā mākou hana ʻole e mālama. Pehea mākou e hoʻoliʻiliʻi ai i ka mea liʻiliʻi loa, huki ʻia mai ka maluhia, a haʻalele ʻia mai ko mākou mau makemake hemolele Eia hou, me St. Paul e kāhea aku nei mākou:
ʻAʻole wau e hana i kaʻu makemake, akā hana wau i ka mea aʻu e hoʻowahāwahā ai ...! (Rom 7:14)
Akā pono mākou e lohe hou i nā ʻōlelo a St. James:
E na hoahanau oʻu, e hauoli oukou a pau, i ka wa a oukou e halawai ai me na hoao ana he nui; A e hemolele ka hoʻomanawanui, i hemolele ai ʻoe a piha hoʻi, nele i ka ʻole. (Iakobo 1: 2-4)
ʻAʻole ʻemi ʻo Grace, hāʻawi ʻia e like me ka meaʻai wikiwiki a i ʻole ke kaomi o ka iole. Pono mākou e kaua no ia! ʻO ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana, ka mea e mālama hou nei i ka puʻuwai, he hakakā pinepine ia ma waena o nā makemake o ke kino a me nā makemake o ka ʻUhane. A no laila, pono mākou e aʻo e hāhai i ka aoao o ka ʻUhane…