He pai tonu te ora.
He tirohanga parapara me te meka o te wheako,
a ka karangahia te tangata kia mohio ki te tino take i penei ai.
He aha te oranga i pai ai?
—POPE ST. John Paul II,
Evangelium Vitae, 34

ME ka puta ki te hinengaro o te tangata i to ratou tikanga — a ahurea o te mate — ka whakamohio atu ki a ratou ko te oranga o te tangata ehara i te mea kare noa engari ko te ahua he kino ki te ao? Eaha te tupu i nia i te mana‘o o te mau tamarii e te mau taurearea o tei parau-pinepine-hia e e hotu noa ratou na roto i te tauiuiraa o te mau mea, e “ua rahi roa” to ratou oraraa i nia i te fenua, e te faaino ra to ratou “taahi avae carbone” i te palaneta? He aha te mea ka pa ki nga kaumatua, ki nga turoro ranei ina korerohia ana kei te nui rawa te utu mo o raatau take hauora mo te "punaha"? He aha te mea ka pa ki nga taiohi e whakatenatenahia ana kia paopao ki o raatau taangata koiora? Eaha te tupu i nia i te huru o te hoê taata ia faataahia to ’na faufaa, eiaha na roto i to ’na iho tura, na roto râ i to ratou mau hotu?Continue reading →