Te Wā o ngā Wehewehenga

He kaha a Hātana, ā, kei te whawhai ia
hei kukume mai i ngā ngākau katoa ki a ia.
E hiahia ana ia ki te pakanga me te mauahara.
—Tō Tātou Wahine ki a Marija i te 25 o Oketopa, 2020 (me Nihil Obstat)

E hiahia ana te rewera kia riro i a ia te mana katoa ki runga i te whenua.
E hiahia ana ia ki te whakangaro.
—Te Ariki Wahine ki a Gladys Herminia Quiroga o Argentina,
i whakaaetia i te 22 o Mei, 2016
na Pihopa Hector Sabatino Cardelli

E hiahia ana hoki ia ki te whakangaro i te whakapono
me te whakapono o te hunga whiriwhiri.
—mai i ngā whakakitenga kua whakaaetia o
To Tatou Wahine ki a Elizabeth Kindelmann (1913-1985)
Te Taarua Wairua (Nga waahi maamaa 2994-2997)

…e hiahia ana te wairua kino ki te kukume i a koe ki te pakanga.
Saint Michael te Anahera
ki a Manuela Strack, February 17, 2026

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GKei te pahū haere ngā wehewehenga puta noa i te ao. Kua tata te nuinga o ngā purongo e whakahaerehia ana e te mauahara e hōhonu haere ana e pāngia ana e ngā iwi, e ngā hoa noho, e ngā whānau. Kei te horapa atu ki te tutu me te pakanga, ngā pupuhitanga me te kohuru, te mauahara me ngā whakaeke kōrero e pā ana ki a tātou katoa. Kua waiho te pāpāho pāpori hei pakanga; kua waiho te harikoa ki te mamae o tētahi atu hei whakangahau; tae noa ki ngā kaiwhakapāho reo irirangi, e kī ana he Karaitiana rātou, ka tukuna tonutia te poma-f ki ō rātou hoariri. Ko wai ka taea te pānui i te reta a Hato Paora ki a Timoti i tēnei rā, ā, kāore e whakaaroaro nui ki te wā e noho nei tātou?

…ā ngā rā whakamutunga ka puta mai ngā wā o te ahotea. Ka aroha hoki ngā tāngata ki a rātou anō, ka aroha ki te moni, ka whakakake, ka whakakake, ka kohukohu, ka tutu ki ngā mātua, ka kore e whakawhetai, ka kore tapu, ka kore he aroha ki te tangata, ka maro, ka ngautuara, ka puremu, ka nanakia, ka kino ki te pai, ka tinihanga, ka whakahihi, ka whakakake, ka nui te aroha ki ngā mea takaro engari ki te Atua; e pupuri ana i te ahua o te karakia, engari ka whakakahoretia te mana o taua mea. (2 Timoti 3: 1-5)

Upoko Kōrero a te BBC, Mahuru 2024

He tokomaha kāore e mōhio kei te piki haere ngā puia puta noa i te ao; me te mea kua tīmata te whenua ki te whakaata i te mauahara pahū o te tangata kua ngaro te tirohanga ki tōna takenga mai me tōna tikanga, nō reira... te mana.

…kua tīmata te whenua ki te whakaatu i te hohonutanga o ōna hara ki te tangata… e ai ki a rātou, kei te urupare te whenua. —Ngā mihi a Ihu ki a Jennifer, 20 o Hūrae, 2005, 8 o Poutū-te-rangi, 20025; tirohia Ka oho ake nga Maunga

Kua tīmata te haruru me te aue o te Barque o Pita i raro i ngā wehewehenga e haehae ana i tōna anga. Te āhua nei kei te aro nui atu tātou ki ngā raruraru o te karakia, o te Vatican II rānei, o te huringa āhuarangi rānei, o ngā ngoikoretanga rānei o te Pāpa i tō tātou rapunga i te hunga ngaro mā te Rongopai. Ko wai tēnei e kauwhau ana me te ngāwari me te mana? te ingoa o Ihu me tana karere whakaora ki te ao? Ki te kore tēnei rama o te Aroha Tapu, te karere o te whakaoranga, kei te rukuhia te ao ki te pōuri wairua me ngā hua kino e piki haere ana:

… I nga rohe whanui o te ao kei raru te whakapono ka mate atu ano he mura kaore nei he wahie. -He Reta No Toona Tapu Pope Benedict XVI ki nga Pihopa katoa o te Ao, Poutu-te-rangi 12, 2009; Katorika Ipurangi

Hei whakakapi i te Whakapono pono kua ara ake ngā whakaaro teka me ngā whakapakoko, inā koa ko te Mākihana, pērā i te whakatūpato a Ihu:

He tokomaha ngā poropiti teka e whakatika, ā, he tokomaha e mamingatia ana e rātou; ā, nā te nui haere o te kino, ka mātao haere te aroha o te tokomaha. (Matthew 24: 11-12)

Ko te hua o tēnei makariri pāpori ko wehengaNō reira, i kī a te Pīhopa Tapu a Fulton Sheen:

Kei te tere wehe te ao ki nga puni e rua, ko te piri tahi o te Karaitiana me te taina o te Karaiti. Ko nga raina i waenga i enei e rua kei te kumea. Kia pehea te roa o te whawhai kaore tatou e mohio; me hoari ranei me wetewete kaore matou e mohio; mena ka whakahekea te toto kaore matou e mohio; ahakoa he pakanga mau kare tatou e mohio. Engari i te pakanga i waenga i te pono me te pouri, e kore e ngaro te pono. —Venerable Bishop Fulton John Sheen, DD (1895-1979), raupapa pouaka whakaata

Me aro nui tātou ki ēnei tohu, nā te mea wehenga ko tētahi o rātou i kī a Ihu ka tae mai i te mutunga o te ao:

Tukua kia tupu tahi, ā tae noa ki te kotinga; ā, i te wā kotinga ka mea ahau ki ngā kaikokoti, Kohikohia ngā taru i te tuatahi, ka herea hei paihere kia tahuna; ko te witi ia ka kohia ki taku whare witi. (Matthew 13: 24-30)

Koinei te wā e ora nei koe. —Ko Hato Mikaera te Āngera Nui, e kīia ana ki a Manuela Strack, February 17, 2026

Ko tēnei wehewehenga, i runga ake i ngā mea katoa, ka horapa puta noa i te Hāhi. Ka puta mai he "huringa hē" nui, e ai ki a Hato Paora.^[1]cf. 2 Tesa 2:3 Engari ki ahau nei, kei te tupu tēnei i roto i ngā huarahi tino māhaki. I te tau 1990, i poropititia e te Pāpa a Hoani Paora Tuarua te āhua o te Hāhi i ēnei rā — he Hāhi kua ngaro te tirohanga ki tana kaupapa whakaora wairua:

[Ko ētahi o te Hāhi] kei te whakatairanga i ngā "uara o te rangatiratanga" pērā i te rangimārie, te tika, te herekore, te tuakanatanga, me ētahi atu, i tētahi atu taha kei te whakatairanga i te kōrero i waenga i ngā iwi, ngā ahurea me ngā whakapono, kia taea ai e rātou te āwhina i te ao kia whakahoutia, kia haere tata atu ki te rangatiratanga…. [engari] kāore rātou e kōrero mō te Karaiti… e ai ki a rātou, kāore e taea e te hunga kāore i te whakapono Karaitiana te mārama ki a te Karaiti, engari ko ngā iwi, ngā ahurea me ngā whakapono rerekē ka taea te kimi i te huarahi kotahi i roto i te ao atua kotahi, ahakoa te ingoa e karangatia ana. Mō te take kotahi ka whakanuia e rātou te mea ngaro o te hanganga, e whakaatahia ana i roto i te kanorau o ngā ahurea me ngā whakapono, engari ka noho puku rātou mō te mea ngaro o te whakaoranga. I tua atu, ko te rangatiratanga, e ai ki tā rātou māramatanga, ka mutu ko te waiho i te iti rawa o te wāhi mō te Hāhi, ko te whakaiti rānei i te Hāhi hei tauhohenga ki te "whakaaro nui ki te hāhi" o mua, ā, nā te mea e whakaaro ana rātou ko te Hāhi he tohu noa iho, he tohu kāore i te koretake.

Ehara tēnei i te rangatiratanga o te Atua e mōhiotia nei e tātou i roto i te Whakakitenga. Kāore e taea te momotu i te rangatiratanga i a te Karaiti, i te Hāhi rānei. -Redemptoris Missio, n. 17

Te Karanga ki te Rongopai Hou

I roto i taua pukapuka īnihikara anō, i akiaki a Hato Hoani Paora Tuarua i a koe me ahau, te Tinana o te Karaiti, me te mea:

Kei te mohio ahau kua tae mai te wa ki te tuku i nga kaha katoa o te Hahi ki te mahi kaikauwhau hou me te miihana ngā tāngata^[2]ki nga iwi Kāore he tangata whakapono ki a te Karaiti, kāore he whare o te Hāhi e taea te karo i tēnei kawenga nui: te kauwhau i a te Karaiti ki ngā iwi katoa. -Redemptoris Missio, n. 3

Te kauwhau i te rongopai me tōku whānau

I taua wā, he whatitiri i roto i tōku wairua te karanga a Hoani Paora Tuarua ki tēnei "whakapuakitanga hou". He maha ngā huarahi i whakamātauria e au ki te whakautu ki taua karanga — mai i taku mahi minita waiata tuatahi. Kotahi Te Reo, ki te tuhi i te Rōhari me te Karaipiture Aroha Tapu me ngā pukaemi karakia me te ripeneta, ki te haereere puta noa i Amerika Te Raki me tāwāhi ki te minita i roto i ngā hāhi… ā, ki te tuhi i ngā mahi apotoro i tēnei wā. Heoi anō, ko ngā kupu a Hato Paora te mea e whakahē ana i ahau i mua:

Ko taku kupu tēnei ki a koe i te aroaro o te Atua, o Karaiti Ihu hoki, mana nei e whakawa te hunga ora me te hunga mate, i runga i tōna putanga mai me tōna rangatiratanga: kauwhautia te kupu; kia u tonu ahakoa he watea, he kore watea rānei; whakatenatena, whakahengia, whakahauhautia, whakapaua te manawanui me te whakaako. (2 Timoti 4: 1-2)

…aue, te mate mōku ki te kore ahau e kauwhau! (1 Koriniti 9: 16)

E mōhio ana rānei tātou ki te tikanga o te "kauwhau i te Rongopai" i ēnei rā? E mōhio ana rānei ngā Katorika ki te "karere o te whakaoranga"? Me tukurua anō tēnei i roto i te toa hoko kai, i te pāka rānei, i runga rānei i te tereina raro whenua ki tētahi wairua kua kawea mai e te Wairua Tapu ki mua i a tātou? Heoi anō, kei te whakaatahia rānei te karere e whakahaua ana kia whakapuakina e tātou ki ētahi atu i roto i ā tātou kupu me ā tātou mahi, i te kanohi ki te kanohi, i runga rānei i ngā pāpāho pāpori?

Kia rite tonu koutou ki te whakamārama ki te tangata e pātai ana ki a koutou mō te take o tō koutou tumanako; engari me mahi i runga i te ngākau māhaki me te wehi, kia ma te hinengaro, kia whakama ai te hunga e kōrero kino ana mō tā koutou whanonga pai i roto i a te Karaiti, ina tawaitia koutou. (1 Pita 3: 15-16)

E karangatia ana tātou i roto i tēnei āhuarangi wehewehe o nāianei hei "tohu whakahē"^[3]cf. Luka 2:34 ki tēnei mauahara katoa — hei tohu aroha, hei tohu rangimārie, hei tohu tumanako.

I roto i taku whakaaroaro e whai ake nei, e hiahia ana ahau ki te whakapuaki i te whakamārama taketake e tika ana kia mōhio tātou, kia rite hoki ki te whakapuaki i roto i ā tātou ake kupu ki ētahi atu, i runga i te ārahi a te Wairua…