Tuulafoaia tamaiti matuaoti o Romania
TAIMI O LE FAI
E faigata ona faagalo ata o le 1989 ina ua saua le pulega a le pulega Roma Na paʻu Nicolae Ceaucescu. Ae o ata o loʻo mau mai i loʻu mafaufau o ata ia o le selau o tamaiti ma pepe i fale o tamaiti o mātuaoti.
Faʻafefe i tamaʻi uamea, o le le manaʻo o le au faʻamasino e masani ona tuʻua mo ni vaiaso e aunoa ma le paʻi atu i ai o se agaga. Ona o lenei le lava o le tino faʻafesoʻotaʻi, tele o tamaiti o le a avea ma le lagona, luelueina i latou lava e momoe io latou palapala palapala. I nisi tulaga, pepe naʻo le feoti mai leai se alofa i le tino.
Before Jesus ascended into Heaven, He looked upon His children gathered on the mountain and said,
Faʻauta, ou te faʻatasi ma oe e oʻo i le iʻuga o lenei tausaga. (Mataio 28: 20)
Jesus would not leave us orphaned. But He, our creator, knew that we would still need to be ua ootia by Him, lest we lagona abandoned. And so, He left a way to remain with us physically: in the Eucharist. Didn’t Christ say,
For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. (Ioane 6: 55)
That is, it is truly our Lord whom we receive and adore, truly our Lord whom we tofo, paʻi ma vaai, albeit in the humble disguise of bread and wine.
Jesus is also invisibly present with us, dwelling in our hearts and wherever two or three are gathered. But how often have I needed to touch Him, to be near Him in the dwelling of the Tabernacle, even if only to touch the edge of the altar cloth… and the words would rise to my lips: I am not abandoned.
Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for the child of her womb? Even should she forget, I will never forget you. See, upon the palms of my hands I have written your name… (Isaia 49: 15)
