Na Br. Charbel Rizk (Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East)
He aha ke kumu o kēia ola, kēia ola monastic, a mākou e noho nei? Ma ke ʻano he mōneka a me nā nuns, hana mākou i nā mea he nui. I kekahi manawa he nui nā mea. ʻIke pinepine mākou iā mākou iho e koi ʻia e hana iā lākou. I ko mākou hele ʻana mai i Suedena mai Suria e hoʻokumu i ko mākou ola monastic ma ʻaneʻi, pono mākou e hana i nā mea he nui. A ke hana nei mākou i nā mea he nui. A manaʻo wau e hoʻomau mākou e hana i nā mea he nui. Hele mai nā kānaka iā mākou. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke haʻi iā lākou e hele. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou na Kristo i hoʻouna mai iā mākou. Akā, no ke aha? No ke aha iā mākou? Hele mai lākou me ka puʻuwai kaumaha, naʻau ʻeha. Hele mai lākou me nā pilikia. Hoʻolohe mākou. 'Ōlelo lākou. A laila lilo lākou i mea maʻalahi a manaʻo i nā pane. ʻO ka mea pōʻino no mākou, ke manaʻo nei kekahi i nā pane pololei e hiki ke hoʻoponopono i ko lākou mau pilikia, hoʻōla i ko lākou naʻau ʻeha, hoʻōla i ko lākou naʻau kaumaha. I ka manawa like, makemake mākou e ʻike lākou i ko mākou mau pilikia, ko mākou naʻau ʻeha, ko mākou naʻau kaumaha. A ke hana nei paha lākou. Ua pilikia ka honua. Ke pilikia nei mākou a pau no nā kumu like ʻole. He ʻoiaʻiʻo maoli kēia ʻaʻole hiki ke hōʻole ʻia. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i kēia ʻike a me ka ʻae ʻana, ʻaʻole i pakele, ʻo ia ka mea e hāʻawi ai i ke ʻano o ko mākou ola monastic.
He lālā wale nō mākou o ke kanaka ʻeha, ʻaʻole no ka hewa. He ʻeha ka ʻeha. Hiki i ka ʻeha ke makapō. ʻO ke kanaka makapō i ka ʻeha e hōʻeha paha i kekahi. Me ka makemake, ʻae, akā ua maʻi kona makemake. He kuleana ʻo ia, akā ua pilikia pū kekahi. ʻAʻohe mea ʻino, akā ua pilikia nā mea a pau. ʻO kēia ko mākou kūlana. He aha kā mākou e hana ai no ia mea? Ke pule nei mākou, a ʻoi aku ka pololei, ke ola nei mākou me ka pule e like me Kristo. ʻO kēia ke kumu o ko mākou ola monastic, e noho pule e like me Kristo. Ma luna o ke keʻa, me ka ʻeha nui, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia me ka pule, "E ka Makua, e kala mai iā lākou, no ka mea, ʻaʻole lākou i ʻike i kā lākou mea e hana nei." (Lk. 23:34) ʻOiaʻiʻo, i makapō i ko mākou ʻeha, nalowale mākou i ko mākou ʻike. No laila ʻaʻole mākou ʻike i kā mākou hana. I kona ʻeha ʻana, ʻaʻole i nalowale ʻo Kristo i kona ʻike. No ke aha mai? No ka mea, he kanaka hemolele ia. ʻO ia ke kanaka ʻoiaʻiʻo. A ʻo ia ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hana hou ʻana o ke kanaka. ʻO ia ko mākou ho'ōla.
"ʻO kēlā mau paio a me nā paio i waena o ʻoukou, no hea mai lākou?" i ninau aku ai o Iakobo ma kana palapala. A hoʻomau ʻo ia i ka wehewehe ʻana, "ʻAʻole anei mai kou kuko ʻana i ke kaua i loko ou? Makemake ʻoe i kekahi mea a ʻaʻole loaʻa, no laila e pepehi kanaka ʻoe. A makemake ʻoe i kekahi mea ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa, no laila ke komo nei ʻoe i nā paio a me nā hakakā. ( Iak. 4:1–2 )
ʻO nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa a me nā hakakā, a me nā ʻano ʻino a pau, mai ko mākou mau kuko, mai ko mākou naʻau ʻeha. ʻAʻole mākou i hana ʻia e like me kēia. ʻAʻole hoʻi mākou i hana ʻia e like me kēia. Akā ua like mākou me kēia. ʻO kēia ke kūlana o ko kākou lāhui kanaka hāʻule. ʻO kēia ke kūlana o kēlā me kēia o kākou. Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻolilo i ko mākou manawa āpau, a me ko mākou ola a pau, i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka mea e hewa ai ko mākou mau ʻeha. Inā mākou i koho e hoʻolilo i kekahi manawa ma ka hana ʻana i kēia, e ʻike mākou, inā he ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole wale mākou i hoʻopōʻino ʻia e nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, akā ua hana ʻino pū kekahi. No laila, ʻo wai kā mākou e hewa ai no nā ʻeha o ke kanaka? ʻO ke kanaka, ʻo ia hoʻi, mākou. ʻAʻole ʻo ia, ʻaʻole ʻo ia, ʻaʻole lākou, akā ʻo mākou. ʻO mākou ka hewa. ʻO mākou wale nō ka hewa, kēlā me kēia.
Eia naʻe, ma ke keʻa, ʻaʻole i hoʻohewa ʻo Kristo i kekahi. I loko o ka ʻeha, kala ʻo ia i nā mea a pau. I kona ola a pau, ua ninini ʻo ia i ka lokomaikaʻi i ke kanaka. I kona eha, ua ola io kakou. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i hoʻohewa i kekahi. Ua hoola oia i na mea a pau. ʻO kēia kāna i hana ai i kona ʻeha.
Ua koho mākou e noho pule, pule mau, ʻae, ola pule mau. He aha ke ʻano o kēia? ʻO ke ʻano o ka hahai ʻana iā Kristo me ka ʻole o ka ʻae ʻana. "Na ka poe make e kanu i ko lakou poe make, aka, o oe, e hele e hai aku i ke aupuni o ke Akua." (Lk. 9:60) ʻO ke kala ʻana i ke kaulia ʻana. ʻO ke ʻano o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana iā mākou iho, ʻaʻole i kekahi, no ko mākou mau ʻeha. I loko o mākou iho, aia nā mea ʻē aʻe. I loko o mākou, lawe mākou i nā mea a pau. He kanaka kākou. Ke hoʻohewa mākou iā mākou iho, hoʻopiʻi mākou i ke kanaka. A pono mākou e hoʻohewa iā ia i mea e ʻike ai he pono ke ho'ōla. Pēlā nō, ke ho'ōla mākou iā mākou iho, lawe mākou i ka ho'ōla i loko o ke kanaka. Ma ke kaʻina hana o ka ho'ōla ʻana i ko mākou mau ʻeha ponoʻī, aia mākou i ke kaʻina hana e hoʻōla i nā ʻeha o ke kanaka. ʻO kēia kā mākou paio ascetic.
Mai kinohi mai, ʻo ka hoʻōla ʻana i nā ʻeha o ke kanaka ke kumu o ke ola monastic. He kumu maikai keia, aole e manao wale ia. He paʻakikī maoli nō. Kokoke hiki ole. ʻOiaʻiʻo me ka ʻole o ke ola hoʻōla o Kristo. Ua hoʻihoʻi ʻo ia i ke kanaka, hana hou ia, a hāʻawi iā ia i kāna mau kauoha hoʻomaʻemaʻe, i mea e ola ai mākou i ko mākou ʻeha. ʻO ka naʻau hiki ʻole ke aloha ke hoʻōla ʻia e kāna kauoha e aloha. A ʻo ke aloha ʻoiai ʻaʻole makemake e aloha ʻo ia ka mea nui o nā paio a pau. ʻO ka waiho ʻana i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka makemake ʻole e hana pēlā ʻo ia ka mea nui loa o nā hakakā āpau. Ma kahi huaʻōlelo, ʻo ka mālama ʻana i kāna mau kauoha ʻo ia ka mea nui o nā hakakā a pau, a inā e kūleʻa mākou i kēia hakakā, ʻaʻole mākou e ho'ōla wale i ko mākou mau ʻeha, akā lawe pū kekahi i ka ho'ōla i ke kanaka.
ʻO ka poʻe i hele mai iā mākou me nā puʻuwai ʻeha e hoʻomanaʻo mai iā mākou i ke kumu o ko mākou ola monastic. Hoʻolohe mākou me ko mākou naʻau. Hāpai mākou i ko lākou mau pilikia ma kahi ala huna i loko o ko mākou puʻuwai ʻeha. Pela ko lakou mau eha a me ko kakou i hui pu ai iloko o ka puuwai hookahi, iloko o ka puuwai eha hookahi, iloko o ka puuwai eha o ke kanaka. A i ke kaʻina hana o ka ho'ōla ʻana i ko mākou mau ʻeha ponoʻī, ua hoʻōla ʻia ko lākou ma ke ʻano pohihihi. ʻO kēia ko mākou manaʻo paʻa e hāʻawi i ke kumu nui i ko mākou ola leo.
ʻO nā puʻuwai i pilikia i ko lākou mau kuko ponoʻī e lilo i mea maʻalahi i ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana i ka wā e hoʻolohe ai i nā pilikia o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, ʻoiai ke ʻike ʻia ko lākou mau pilikia ma muli o ko lākou mau hewa ponoʻī. ʻAʻole naʻe nā luna kānāwai i hoʻōla ʻia nā ʻeha akā na nā kauka. No laila, inā makemake mākou e komo i ka ho'ōla ʻana i ke kanaka, pono mākou e hana ma ke ʻano he luna kānāwai akā he mau kauka. Ma ka hoʻolohe pono ʻana i nā mea maʻi e wehewehe i ko lākou ʻeha, kuhikuhi nā kauka naʻauao i nā lāʻau lapaʻau i ʻike lākou i ka hana. E like me nā mōneka a me nā nuns, e hahai ana iā Kristo, manaʻolana mākou e hoʻolohe pono i ke kanaka ʻeha, e ʻike pū me ia, e ʻeha me ia a hoʻōla pū me ia. Pono kākou e makaala a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo i ʻole e paheʻe a hina. Inā mākou e hana, pono mākou e ala koke me ka naʻau mihi a lawe i kēia i mea hoʻomanaʻo he poʻe ʻeha mākou e like me nā kānaka ʻē aʻe, e hakakā nei ma ke ala paʻakikī o ka ho'ōla. ʻAʻole loa mākou e hoʻāʻo e wehewehe i ko mākou pahee a hāʻule.
ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ma ka moʻolelo o ka Ekalesia, ʻaʻole wale ka nui o ka paheʻe ʻana a me ka hāʻule ʻana, akā ua nui ka hoʻāʻo e wehewehe. Ua mahele kakou i ke kino o Kristo. A ma kahi o ke ala ʻana me ka naʻau mihi i ka paheʻe ʻana a me ka hāʻule ʻana, ua hoʻohuli mākou i ke ao holoʻokoʻa i lalo, me ka ʻike ʻia ʻana o nā Karistiano ʻē aʻe a pau ke pahee a hāʻule, ʻoiai ʻo mākou wale nō ke kū pololei a paʻa. Ua manaʻoʻiʻo maoli kekahi ma ka ʻōlelo ʻana he hala ʻole kekahi ʻekalesia a ua hewa loa nā ʻekalesia ʻē aʻe? Ua hewa mākou a pau ma kekahi ʻano ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka poʻe wale nō o mākou e ho'ōla i ko lākou mau ʻeha e hiki ke ʻike i ko lākou hewa, e haʻi aku a hoʻoponopono i ka pōʻino a kēlā me kēia o mākou i hana ai i ka Ekalesia.
Pono nui ka Ecumenism i ko mākou ola monastic. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki i nā puʻuwai ʻeha ke hoʻohui i ka Ekalesia i māhele ʻia. Ma ke kaʻina hana o ka ho'ōla ʻana i ko mākou mau ʻeha, e hiki iā mākou ke kōkua i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka Ekalesia i māhele ʻia.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, he nui nā nīnau a me nā pilikia e pili ana i ka pilina ecumenical a me nā kūkākūkā ma waena o kā mākou mau ʻekalesia. Ma ke ʻano he Syriac-Orthodox, e noʻonoʻo ana i kēia mau mea a pau, ʻike wau iaʻu iho i kekahi mau manaʻo like ʻole a i kekahi manawa me ka huhū a me ka hōʻeha. Nīnau au iaʻu iho, he aha nā kūlana e pono ai e hoʻokō i ka lokahi? Ua kūkākūkā a wehewehe ʻia kēia mau mea? He ʻokoʻa nā kūlana o nā ʻekalesia? Ma ke ʻano he Syriac-Orthodox, ʻike wau he mea nui ka nīnau Christological. ʻO ka Syriac-Orthodox Church, e like me nā ʻekalesia hikina ʻē aʻe, hōʻole i ka Council of Chalcedon, ka mea i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka ʻaha ʻaha ecumenical i waena o nā ʻekalesia ʻē aʻe, me ka Roman-Katolika, ka Anglican a me ka Lutheran. No nā keneturi he nui, ʻo ia hoʻi, mai ka makahiki ʻelima a hiki i ke kenekulia i hala, ua manaʻo ʻia ka poʻe Kristiano Syriac-Orthodox e paʻa ana i kahi heterodox Christology, ʻo ia hoʻi, e hōʻole ana i ke kanaka hemolele o Kristo. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole i loaʻa kēia. ʻO ka Syriac-Orthodox Church, ʻoiai e hōʻole ana i ka ʻaha kūkā o Chalcedon, ua manaʻo mau ʻo Kristo, ʻo ia ke kumuhana hoʻokahi a pilikino paha, ua hemolele i kona ʻano kanaka a hemolele i kona akua. ʻO ka hōʻole ʻana o ka ʻEkalesia Syriac-Orthodox i ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā o Chalcedon e pili ana i kona hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka mōʻaukala i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o Christological a ka Council i ʻelua mau ʻano a i ʻole ʻo Kristo. Ma kahi huaʻōlelo, ua hoʻomaopopo ka Syriac-Orthodox Church, ma ka mōʻaukala, i ka Chalcedonian Christological formulation ʻo ia ka manaʻo he ʻelua mau kumuhana a he kanaka paha ʻo Kristo. Eia nō naʻe, mahalo i nā pilina ecumenical a me nā kamaʻilio ʻana o ke kenekulia i hala, ua maopopo loa ʻaʻole ʻo ka Syriac-Orthodox Church a me nā hale pule Chalcedonian e paʻa i kahi heterodox Christology. ʻOiai ua loaʻa i kā mākou mau ʻekalesia kā lākou mau ala ponoʻī e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka mea pohihihi o ka Incarnation, ʻike ʻia a ʻike ʻia kahi ʻike Christological maʻamau.
I kēia manawa, inā he ʻike maʻamau e pili ana i ka Christology - a he aha paha ka mea nui aʻe ma mua o Kristo?! — alaila, ninau au ia'u iho, pehea ka mamao o kakou mai ka lokahi o ka manaoio? A pono anei mākou e ʻoi aku ma mua o ka lokahi o ka manaʻoʻiʻo i mea e hāʻawi ai i ka Eucharist a ka Haku ʻo ia ka hōʻailona hope loa o ka lokahi i loko o Kristo? A i ʻole ke kali nei mākou i nā mea ʻē aʻe mai kekahi i kekahi? He aha kā mākou e kali nei no ka lokahi? Malia paha, ʻo ke keʻakeʻa nui o ka lokahi, ʻo ko mākou puʻuwai māhele?
I ka manawa i noi ʻia ai mākou e komo i kēia ʻaha, a i ko mākou ʻike ʻana ʻo ka manaʻo o ka ʻaha ʻana ʻo ka pule pū ʻana no ka lokahi, ua hauʻoli nui mākou, ʻoiai ua ʻike mākou he hōʻike maikaʻi loa kēia o ko mākou ola monastic. E like me ka pono o ke kanaka i ka hoola, pela no ka Ekalesia e pono ai ka hoola. A e like me kā mākou ho'ōla pono'ī e lawe mai i ka ho'ōla i loko o ke kanaka, pēlā nō kā mākou ho'ōla ponoʻī e lawe mai i ka ho'ōla i loko o ka Ekalesia. Ua hauʻoli loa mākou i ka wā i noi ʻia ai mākou e hoʻokipa iā ʻoe ma kā mākou kaiāulu hou i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Suedena. ʻO kēia kaiaulu, me he mea lā, he keiki 3 makahiki, hānau hou i ka honua a me ka Ekalesia no ka ho'ōla ʻana o lāua. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana iā ʻoe ma kēia kūlana mua, he pōmaikaʻi nui. Na ko oukou pule maanei e hooikaika i keia wahi laa, keia wahi pule, keia wahi hoola.
ʻO ka noho pū ʻana ma ʻaneʻi, i kēia mau lā, he pōmaikaʻi ia no mākou, akā i ka manawa like, wehe kēia i kā mākou ʻeha. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka ʻEucharist a ka Haku i hoʻomākaukau ʻia a hoʻolauleʻa ʻia e kēlā me kēia kuʻuna akā ʻaʻole i hāʻawi ʻia e mākou a pau e wehe i kā mākou ʻeha pili. Pehea ko kakou manao i ka hoomakaukau ana a me ka hoolaulea ana i ka Eucharist a ka Haku imua o na kaikunane a me na kaikuwahine i hiki ole ia kakou, a i ole kekahi o kakou, ke kono e haawi aku? ʻAʻole anei kākou i lohe i nā ʻōlelo a Paulo e ʻā ana i loko o ka manaʻo o ko kākou mau puʻuwai ʻeha?
He oiaio ka'u e olelo nei iloko o Kristo, aole au e hoopunipuni; Ua hōʻoiaʻiʻo koʻu lunamanaʻo ma ka ʻUhane Hemolele - He kaumaha nui koʻu a me ka ʻeha mau i loko o koʻu naʻau. No ka mea, ua hiki ia'u ke makemake e hoohewaia au, a e okiia mai o Kristo aku, no ko'u poe hoahanau, ko'u io a me ko'u koko. ( Rom. 9:1–3 )
Ina e hana kakou, e pule mau kakou. E paa kakou i ko kakou ola monastic. E hoʻomaopopo iā mākou he puʻuwai ʻeha mākou. A e lana ko kakou manao ma ka hoola ana i ko kakou mau eha, e hiki no ia kakou ke kokua i ka hoihoi hou ana i ka Ekalesia mokuahana.
Nānā: Ua hōʻike ʻia kahi kikokikona i nā poʻe i komo i ka hui 22nd o ka Conference of International Interconfessional Religious i kēia makahiki ma Suedena, Kepakemapa 2023.
