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TE ko te whakangaromanga te mea i kiia mai e tetahi kainoho i ahau mo nga "waahanga a te Paipera." I taea noa e au te whakaae me te noho puku i muri i taku kitenga i te kino o te Hurricane Katrina.
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KĀORE E MŌHIOTIA
He puranga para me ngā paru e tū tata ana ki ngā tiriti katoa mō ngā maero, puta noa i te pariha i te pariha, puta noa i te tāone i te tāone. Ko ngā whare e rua ngā papa katoa – ngā pereti sima me ērā atu mea katoa – i kohia, ā, i nekehia ki waenganui o te tiriti. Kua ngaro katoa ngā rohe o ngā whare hou, kāore he tohu o ngā paru. Kei te kī tonu te huarahi matua o te Interstate-10 i ngā waka kua pakaru me ngā poti i haria mai i hea. I te Pariha o St. Bernard (rohe), kua whakarērea te nuinga o ngā rohe i taraiwahia e mātou, tae atu ki ngā whare papai kei te āhua pai (kāore he hiko, kāore he wai, ā, he torutoru ngā hoa noho tata mō ngā maero). Ko te whare karakia i whakaari ai mātou he harore e ngokingoki ana i ngā pakitara ki te 30 putu te teitei o te wai i tōna tihi. Ko ngā tarutaru ma o te pariha kua whakakapia ki ngā māra kua kapi i te taru me ngā ara hikoi kua kapi i te tote. Ko ngā pāmu tuwhera, i mua he kau kua kainga inaianei e ngā waka piko kua hinga i ngā tekau iari te tawhiti atu i ngā rori. 95 ōrau o ngā pakihi i te pariha o St. Bernard kua tino pakaru, kua kati rānei. I tēnei pō, kei te taha o te whare karakia kua ngaro katoa te tuanui o tā mātou pahi tūruhi. Kāre au i te mōhio kei hea, engari kotahi te wāhanga e takoto ana i te marae o mua i te taha o ngā reera ringaringa piko me ngā whare karakia kua pakaru.
I a mātou e taraiwa ana i te taha o te parekura, i rite mātou ki te mea kei te haere mātou i roto i tētahi whenua tuatoru o te ao. Engari ko tēnei Amerika.
HE PIKITIA NUI AKE
I a au e noho ana e kōrero ana mō tō māua rā me taku wahine, a Lea, me tana hoa, a Pā Kyle Dave, ka mārama ake ki ahau: he kotahi noa iho tēnei o e toru ngā aituā o "ngā ōwehenga o te Paipera" i roto anake kotahi tauI ruia te whenua e te Āniwaniwa Āhia, ā, neke atu i te 200,000 te hunga i mate. Neke atu i te 87,000 te hunga i mate i te rū whenua o Pakitāne. Engari, i pāngia a Ahitereiria e te awha kāwai 5; kei te pāngia a Āwherika e te tauraki kino rawa atu kua kitea e ngā tohunga; kei te tere te rewa o ngā taupoki hukapapa o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, e whakawehi ana i ngā takutai moana katoa; kei te pahū ngā mate urutā i ētahi whenua, tae atu ki a Kānata; e tūmanakohia ana ka puta he mate urutā ā-ao i tētahi rā; ā, kei te whakawehi nui ngā Ihirama whakakeke ki te ua i te parekura karihi ki runga i ō rātou hoariri.
E ai ki a Matua Kyle, "Hei kite i ngā mea e tupu ana i te ao katoa, me te whakakahore kei te haere tetahi mea, me tino SOS te tangata — mau ki te kuware." Ā, kāore e taea te whakapae i te mahana o te ao.
Na, he aha te mahi?
Ko te āhua kei roto i tōku mahunga ko te kitenga i aku tamariki e whānau ana. I ia wā, kāore mātou i te mōhio ki te ira tangata. Engari i tino mōhio mātou he pēpi. Waihoki, te āhua nei kei te hapu te hau, engari kāore mātou i te mōhio ki te aha. Engari kei te tata te whānautanga o tetahi mea. Ko te mutunga rānei o tētahi wā? Ko te mutunga rānei o ngā wā e whakaahuatia ana i roto i a Matiu 24, e tino hiahiatia ana e tō tātou whakatupuranga? He purenga rānei? Ko ngā mea e toru katoa?
NGĀ MŌHIOTANGA ME NGĀ MOEMOE
Kua tino pā mai te tini o ngā moemoeā me ngā kitenga i waenganui i ngā hoa me ngā hoa mahi. Nō nā tata nei, e toru ngā mihinare haereere e mōhio ana ahau i moemoeā kia whakamatea rātou i mua i te Hakarameta Tapu. Tae noa ki te wā i whakapuakina ai e tētahi o rātou te moemoeā, kātahi anō ka mōhio ngā tokorua kua moemoeā anō rātou.
Kua kōrerotia e ētahi ngā kitenga o te rongonga me te kitenga i ngā anahera e whakatangi ana i te tetere.
I tū tētahi atu tokorua ki te inoi mō Kanata i mua i tētahi pou haki. I a rāua e inoi ana, ka taka te haki ki te whenua i mua i a rāua, he mea whakamataku, kāore i te mārama te take.
I kōrero mai tētahi tangata ki ahau mō āna kitenga mō ngā whare hinu whakarewa i roto i tōna tāone nui hinu e pahū ana i te whakamataku.
Ahakoa te āwangawanga ki te whakapuaki i aku ake moemoeā, ka kōrerotia e au tētahi moemoeā e rua i pā ki tētahi o aku hoa mahi tata, he rite tonu. I kite māua i roto i ā māua moemoeā i ngā whetū i te rangi e tīmata ana ki te huri hei porowhita. Kātahi ka tīmata ngā whetū ki te taka… ka huri ohorere hei waka rererangi hōia tauhou. Ahakoa i puta ēnei moemoeā i ētahi wā kua pahure ake nei, i tae māua ki te whakamaoritanga kotahi (tērā pea) i ēnei rā tata nei, i te rā kotahi, kāore anō kia kōrero tetahi ki tetahi.
Engari kāore i te pōuri katoa. Kua kōrero mai ētahi ki ahau mō ngā kitenga o ngā awa whakaora e rere ana puta noa i te motu. Ko tētahi atu e kōrero mai ana ki ahau ngā kupu kaha a Ihu me tōna hiahia ki te tuku i tōna Ngākau Tapu ki āna akonga. I tēnei rā tonu, i mua i te Hakarameta Tapu, te āhua nei i rongo ahau i te Ariki e mea ana:
Ka whakamārama ahau i ngā hinengaro, ā ka kite te iwi i a rātou anō ko rātou tonu, ā, ko au hoki ka kite pono i a rātou. Ka mate ētahi; ka kore te nuinga; ka tangi te tokomaha kia arohaina. Ka tonoa koe e ahau ki te whāngai i a rātou ki te kai kua hoatu e ahau ki a koe.
I taku whakaaro, kāore a te Karaiti i whakarērea tetahi o tātou i runga i te whenua, ahakoa te tangata hara rawa, ā, kua tata ia te tuku i tana mahi tohu me tana aroha kia pahū ki runga i te whenua.
Me kī atu ahau i tēnei wā, kei roto katoa ēnei moemoeā, kupu, me ngā kitenga i te ao o te whakakitenga tūmataiti. Kei a koe te mana ki te whakarērea atu mēnā e pai ana koe. Engari ko tātou e whiwhi ana i ēnei, ko te hunga rānei e hiahia ana ki te whakaaro ki ēnei, me mārama, kaua e whakahawea, te whakatūpato a Hato Paora.
HE WHAKAMAHI
Ki ētahi o koutou, tera pea he āhua whakamataku ēnei mea. Ki ētahi atu, ka whakaū i tāu e rongo ana, e kare ā-roto ana rānei. Heoi anō, ki ētahi atu he mea whakamataku noa iho tēnei. He pono, he āhua whakamataku pea (ina koa mēnā e whitu ngā tamariki a te tangata.) Heoi anō, i homai he whakamaumaharatanga pakari ki ahau mō te aroaro me te manaakitanga o te Atua i a au e haere ana i roto i tēnei Whenua i pakaruhia e te awhiowhio.
I ia poraka torutoru, ka tūtaki mātou ki tētahi whare kei reira te whakapakoko o Meri, o Hohepa rānei e whakapaipai ana i te marae. I ia wā, kāore i nekehia te whakapakoko, ā, he mea whakamiharo ake, kāore i whara. Ko tētahi whakapakoko o tō tātou Wahine Tapu o Fatima i kite mātou i karapotia e te reera rino kua piko… engari ko te whakapakoko tonu i tino ora. Ko te whare karakia e tuhituhi atu nei ahau ki a koe i tēnei pō i pāngia e te awhiowhio i puta mai i te awhiowhio. Ko ngā kurupae rino e takoto piko ana i te marae, heoi, ko te whakapakoko o Meri e tū ana i ngā mita noa iho, he kanapa, he tino ora. "Kei ngā wāhi katoa ēnei whakapakoko," te kī a Pā Kyle i a mātou e taraiwa ana i tētahi atu. I roto i tana ake whare karakia, kua horoia katoatia te aata me ngā taonga. Kua ngaro katoa ngā mea - engari ko ngā whakapakoko i ngā kokonga e whā o te whare karakia, me Hato Terese de Liseux i tū ki te wāhi tonu i tū ai te aata i mua. "I waho a Hato Hūrae i te māra inoi e takoto ana te mata ki raro i roto i te paru," te kī a Pā. "Nā ngā inoi a te iwi ia i turi ai." I kōrero anō hoki ia mō ngā kāinga o ngā tāngata o te pariha i iri ai ngā ripeka ki te pakitara, i te taha tonu o ngā kāpata o te kīhini.
Kāore e taea te whakahē i ngā taunakitanga. Kei ngā wāhi katoa ngā tohu. Kei te aue te ao katoa i te mea hanga e tatari ana ki te whakakitenga mai o ngā tamariki a te Atua (Roma 8:22)… ā, i waenganui i ēnei mea katoa, kua waiho e te Atua ngā tohu o tōna aroaro me tōna aroha mō tātou katoa. Ka rongo anō ahau i tētahi kupu mārama e whakaaro ana ahau he mea tika mō te ao: "Kia rite". Kei te haere mai tētahi mea… kei te pae tawhiti. Tērā pea ko te kaha haere o ēnei mea katoa, i te auau me te kaha, he whakatūpato?
Me i ahau ko Noa, kua tū ahau i runga i taku āka, me te karanga nui ki te hunga e rongo ana: "E tomo! E tomo ki te āka o te aroha me te atawhai o te Atua. Ripeneta! Whakarērea te wairangi o tēnei ao… te porangi o te hara. E tomo ki te āka–tere!"
E ai ki tā Pāta Kyle, "Kaua e mau ki runga
porangi."
