Aia ke Akua me kakou

Mai makaʻu i ka mea e hiki mai i ka lā ʻapōpō.
ʻO ka Makua aloha like e mālama iā ʻoe i kēia lā
mālama iā ʻoe i ka lā ʻapōpō a me kēlā me kēia lā.
E pale aku ʻo ia iā ʻoe mai ka ʻehaʻeha ʻana
a e hāʻawi paha ʻo ia iā ʻoe i ka ikaika mau loa e ʻauamo ai.
Maluhia i kēlā manawa a haʻalele i nā manaʻo hopohopo a me nā manaʻo āpau
.

—St. Francis de Sales, he Epikopo 17 kenekulia,
Palapala i kahi Lede (LXXI), Ianuali 16th, 1619,
mai ka Nā Leta Uhane o S. Francis de Sales,
Rivingtons, 1871, p 185

Aia hoʻi, e hāpai ka wahine puʻupaʻa, a e hānau mai i keiki kāne.
a e kapa aku lakou ia ia o Emanuela.
ʻo ia hoʻi "ʻo ke Akua me mākou."
(Mat 1:23)

HOPE LOA ʻO ka ʻike o ka pule, maopopo iaʻu, ua paʻakikī loa kaʻu poʻe heluhelu pono e like me kaʻu. Ua kaumaha ke kumuhana; Ua ʻike au i ka hoʻowalewale mau ʻana i ka manaʻolana i ka mea ʻike ʻole ʻia e laha nei a puni ka honua. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ke ake nei au i kēlā mau lā o ka lawelawe ʻana i koʻu noho ʻana i loko o ka hale kapu a alakaʻi wale i nā kānaka i ke alo o ke Akua ma o ka mele. Ua ike au ia'u iho e kahea pinepine ana ma na olelo a Ieremia:E hoomau heluhelu