Le leo o le toto o lou uso
o loo tagi mai ia te au mai le eleele” (Ken 4:10).
— POPE ST JOHN PAUL II, Evangelium Vitae, l. 10
Ma o lea ou te tautino atu faamaoni ia te oe i lenei aso
ou te le paʻu mo le toto o soʻo se tasi o outou,
aua ou te leʻi solomuli mai le folafolaina atu ia te outou o le fuafuaga atoa a le Atua…
Ma ia mataala ma manatua e mo le tolu tausaga, po ma le ao,
Sa ou apoapoai atu pea ia te outou uma ma loimata.
( Galuega 20:26-27, 31 ).
Ina ua maeʻa le tolu tausaga o suʻesuʻega malosi ma tusitusi i luga o le "faʻamaʻi," e aofia ai a pepa aloaia that went viral, I have written very little about it in the past year. Partly due to extreme burnout, partly a need to decompress from the discrimination and hatred my family experienced in the community where we formerly lived. That, and one can only warn so much until you hit critical mass: when those with ears to hear have heard — and the rest will only understand once the consequences of unheeded warning touches them personally.