He aha ke kumu o ke kukui Katolika?

I nā lā mua o ka hale pule, nui nā hana pule i mālama ʻia i ka pō, a hoʻohana nui ʻia nā kukui no ke kukui.I kēia manawa, lilo ke kukui uila i mea maʻamau, ʻaʻole e hoʻohana hou i nā ihoiho i lako kukui.I kēia manawa e hāʻawi i ke kukui i kahi ʻano ʻē aʻe.

ʻO ka mea maʻamau i ka hāʻawi ʻana iā Iesū ma ka ʻoihana o ka luakini, he akukuiʻaha hoʻomaikaʻi;Candlemas: ʻEwalu lā ma hope o ka hānau ʻana o Iesū, i kona hele ʻana i ka luakini e ʻoki poepoe ʻia, ua hōʻike ʻia kekahi kanaka pono e ka ʻUhane Hemolele e ka ʻUhane Hemolele e ʻike i ke keiki i hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia e ke Akua.Naʻá ne ʻave ia kiate ia ʻo ui ia ko “ko e maama naʻe fakahā ki he kau Senitailé, ko e nāunau ʻo ʻIsileli” (Luke 221–32).Hoʻohana ʻia nā Candlemas e ka Ekalesia e hoʻolauleʻa ai i ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana iā Iesū i ka luakini ma Pepeluali 2 i kēlā me kēia makahiki.Ua ʻōlelo ʻia nā pule e hōʻike i ke ʻano o nā kukui.“E ka Haku, ka punawai o ka malamalama a pau, au i ike ai ia Simeona a me Ana, e noi mai ana ia'u, ma kakukui, e loaa ka malamalama o Iesu Kristo ma ke ala o ka hemolele i ka malamalama mau loa.

ʻO ka mōhai kukui (wax offering) : He kukui i hāʻawi ʻia ma ke kuahu a i ʻole i mua o kahi kiʻi e hōʻike i ke aloha a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo.Ila ʻElima ʻElima: Hōʻailona o ke kau ʻana a me ke ala hou ʻana o Iesū.