"Ko Ihu to Kai-whakaora" ki Valeria Copponi
te Mei 10th, 2023:
“Iesu, i faasataurohia e ua tia faahou” i te 3 no Me 2023:
E taku tamahine, kei roto koe i oku ringa. Kia mahara tonu ka whanau mai nga reo kino, ka mutu. Kia mau ki te whakarongo ki to Kaihanga, kia noho tonu i runga i te rangimarie me te aroha.
Ko enei wa o koutou ka rite ki te awha, a koinei te wahi tino awha. He uaua enei wa mutunga ki a koutou katoa, engari ko te tangata kei raro i taku marumaru kaua rawa e mataku.
He teka ianei ko te Tama ahau a te Atua? A ko koe, e taku e aroha nei, e tiakina ana i te taha wairua. Ko aku tamariki e matara noa atu ana i ahau, i to koutou Matua hoki, kia rite ki ta ratou e pai ai;
E aku tamariki aroha, kia ora tonu koutou i runga i te inoi me te whakarongo ki to koutou Matua, a, i te mutunga o o koutou oranga, ka taea e koutou te noho i runga i te hari me te koa i reira ka kore he tangi me te mamae.
Ka nui toku aroha ki a koe, kei te whakarongo ahau ki o inoi. Tonu ki te whangai i taku tinana, waiho nga wehi ki te hunga e noho tawhiti ana i te marama me te rangimarie tonu. E aroha ana ahau ki a koutou, e aku tamariki. A tamau noa i te faaite i te parau no te Tamaiti a te Atua, e ore roa te hoê mea e haafifi ia outou.
E aroha ana ahau ki a koe, kei a koe tonu ahau. I nga wa o te raruraru, whakawhirinaki mai ki a au me to Whaea i te rangi, kaore he mea, kaore hoki tetahi e kaha ki te tukino i a koe.
Ka manaaki ahau ia koe. Kia kotahi tonu i raro i taku manaakitanga.