ʻAE, ʻo kēia ka manawa e kali maoli a pule i loko ʻO ka Bastion. ʻO ke kali ke ʻāpana paʻakikī loa, ʻoiai ke ʻano me he mea lā aia mākou i ka piko o ka loli nui ... akā ʻo ka manawa ka mea āpau. ʻO nā hoʻowalewale e holo wikiwiki i ke Akua, e nīnau i kāna lohi, e kānalua i kona alo - e hoʻonui wale ʻia ke hele a hohonu i nā lā o ka loli.
ʻAʻole hoʻolōʻihi ka Haku i kāna hoʻohiki, e like me ka manaʻo o kekahi i ka "hoʻolohi," akā hoʻomanawanui ʻo ia me ʻoe, ʻaʻole makemake e make kekahi akā e hoʻi a pau i ka mihi. (2 Pt 3: 9)
ʻAʻole anei kēia ʻo ke kali ʻana i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe o ko mākou ʻuhane? ʻO kēia "lohi" kēia e alakaʻi ai iā mākou e hāʻawi pio, e haʻalele hou aku i ka makemake pohihihi o ke Akua. Ke aʻo ʻoe e haʻalele iā ʻoe iho iā ia i loko loa nā mea āpau, a laila e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hauʻoli huna ma ka honua. ka makemake o ke Akua ka makou ai. E hoʻopau wau iā ia, inā he ʻono a ʻona ʻawaʻawa paha ia, no ka mea, ʻo ia mau nō ka meaʻai ʻuhane maikaʻi loa naʻu. Inā paha e ʻōlelo ʻo ia i ka hema a i ka ʻākau paha a i mua e noho mālie paha ia, ʻaʻole ia he mea - Loaʻa ʻia kāna makemake ma loko ona, a ua lawa kēlā.
Nīnau kekahi o ʻoukou iaʻu e pili ana i nā "puʻuhonua laʻa," a i ʻole neʻe paha ʻoe i ke kūlanakauhale, a i ʻole ma waho o ke kūlanakauhale, a kūʻai paha i ka ʻāina, a i ʻole e haʻalele i ka pūnaewele a pēlā aku. ʻO ka wahi palekana loa ma ka makemake o ke Akua. No laila inā makemake ʻo ia iā ʻoe ma Nu Ioka, a laila ma laila ʻoe e pono ai. A inā ʻaʻole maopopo iā ʻoe ka mea āna e noi mai nei iā ʻoe, a ʻaʻohe ou malu, a laila mai hana iki. E pule ma kahi, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana, "E ka Haku, makemake wau e ukali iā ʻoe. E hana wau i kāu mea e noi mai ai iaʻu. Akā ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu he aha kou makemake i kēia lā. A no laila, e kali wale nō wau." Inā ʻoe e pule e like me kēia, inā hāmama ʻoe a kūpono i kāna makemake hemolele, a laila ʻaʻohe ou mea e makaʻu ai. ʻAʻole ʻoe e haʻalele i ka mea a ke Akua i manaʻo ai no ʻoe, a i ka mea liʻiliʻi loa, ke hāʻawi nei ʻoe iā ia e ʻae e hana i nā mea āna e makemake ai. Hoʻomanaʻo,
Hana maikaʻi nā mea āpau no ka poʻe aloha i ke Akua, i kāhea ʻia e like me kāna kumu. (Rom 8:28)
He mea paʻakikī no mākou ke ʻae i kāna manawa! Pehea e hoʻi ai kā mākou ʻiʻo i ka pouli hohonu a ka manaʻoʻiʻo e komo ai i loko. Pehea mākou e hoʻomaha ai ke lilo ka papa kuhikuhi a ke Akua ʻaʻole we hana inā we na lākou ka mālama. Akā nānā nui ʻo ia iā mākou me ke aloha a ʻōlelo mai iā mākou i kēia lā:
O WAU.
ʻO ia ka mea, aia ʻo ia ma laila, pili pono iā ʻoe. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i poina iā ʻoe, kou mau pono, kāu nuʻukia, a me kāna hoʻolālā no ka honua. ʻAʻole ʻo ia ma kahi "ma waho," akā ma aneʻi, i kēia manawa, i kēia manawa.
O WAU.
E HOOLOHE I KA MAKUA HEMOLELE
Ma hope o ka kau ʻana Nā ʻāpana I a II of I ka Bastion, Ua ʻike wau i kēia mau ʻōlelo mai ka Makua Hemolele mai. E hōʻoia lākou i ka mea a ke Akua e noi mai nei iā ʻoe a me aʻu i kēia manawa o loli...
ʻO kēia manawa kahi manawa hoʻonāukiuki no ka hoʻolohe hou ʻana me ka maʻalahi, ka maʻemaʻe o ka puʻuwai a me ke kūpaʻa i ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana o Kristo iā mākou ʻaʻole he kauā akā he hoa aloha. Ua aʻo mai ʻo ia iā mākou i mea e noho ai i kāna aloha me ka hana ʻole ʻana iā mākou iho i nā leka o kēia ao. Mai kuli kākou i kāna ʻōlelo. E aʻo mai iā ia. E hoʻohālike i kona ʻano o ke ola. E lūlū hua na kākou i ka ʻōlelo. I kēia ala, me ko mākou ola āpau, me ka hauʻoli o ka ʻike ʻana ua aloha ʻia mākou e Iesū, ka mea hiki iā mākou ke kāhea aku i ke kaikunāne, e lilo mākou i mau mea pono nāna e hoʻomau i ka huki ʻana i kēlā me kēia kanaka iā ia iho me ke aloha e kahe ana mai kāna Keʻa ... —POPE HANAOLI XVI, Ka leka i ka ʻAhaolelo Misionari ʻAkolu o ʻAmelika, ʻAukake 14th, 2008; ʻAhahui Nūhou Katolika
