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Kariżma, Profezija, Inkarnazzjoni
Stefan Tobler
“Min jaf jekk aktar milli nagħtu ‘d-dawl’ għandniex nidħlu fid-dlam, fit-tajn, fid-disperazzjoni tan-nuqqas ta’ dinjità, […] fil-ħafna forom tal-faqar tal-lum?” Probabbli din kienet il-mistoqsija provokattiva li l-aktar immarkat it-tieni ġurnata tal-irtir spiritwali tal-Assemblea tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari.
Wara t-talba ekumenika tal-bidu, li mill-ġdid ipproponiet il-bżonn ta’ konverżjoni profonda, Stefan Tobler, teologo Svizzeru, mill-Knisja Reformata, u Paula Luengo , psikologa miċ-Ċile indirizzaw it-tema ċentrali tal-Inkarnazzjoni: x’ifisser li Alla sar bniedem, li ċċekken maċ-ċkjeknin? X’ifisser għall-Moviment tal-Fokolari li jgħix u jikkonkretizza l-ispiritwalità tal-unità llum?
Silvina Chemen
L-istudjużi ppreżentaw ir-riflessjonijiet tagħhom minn żewġ punti di viżta li huma komplimentarji. Fil-waqt li beda mill-kitbiet mistiċi ta’ Chiara Lubich, Stefan Tobler wera l-valur tal-inkarnazzjoni. “Għal Chiara din ma kentix biss mument fl-istorja tal-passat, imma fatt li bidel b’mod dejjiemi t-tifsira ta’ kollu kemm hu l-ħolqien, u li jagħti lill-affarijiet tal-art valur etern, dinjità mill-aktar għolja”. U l-inkarnazzjoni tkompli – temm jgħid Tobler – jekk aħna jirnexxilna “jkollna għajnejn sempliċi li jiskopru lil Alla taħt ir-realtajiet ta’ din id-dinja”.
Paula Luengo
Din id-dinjità ġdida li d-dinja tassumi jekk inħarsu lejha f’dan id-dawl għandha ġġib magħha bidla fil-mod kif aħna nħarsu lejha: hekk spjegat Paula Luengo. “Mhux ser insibu l-identità tagħna billi nħarsu lejn żokritna, imma billi nħaddnu lil dawk kollha li huma waħidhom, kif qalet Chiara”. U kompliet tgħid li rridu “nibdew mill-umanità bl-abbissi kollha tagħha. Mela, l-inkarnazzjoni hi moviment li fih wieħed irid ifittex li jkun qrib u jitbaxxa”.
Waslu għall-istess konklużjoni Luigino Bruni , Taljan, professur tal-Ekonomija Politika u tal-Istorja tal-Ħsieb Ekonomiku, u Silvina Chemen, mill-Arġentina, rabbi fi Buenos Aires, li taw ir-riflessjoni tagħhom fuq “kariżma, profezija u inkarnazzjoni”. Nistaqsu lilna nfusna: illum għadna nistgħu nitkellmu fuq id-dimensjoni profetika ta’ kariżma? Silvina Chemen spjegat: “Meta hemm aħwa, hemm profezija; meta hemm il-fratellanza tinħass il-vuċi t’Alla, meta nkunu tassew flimkien, Alla juri lilu nnifsu”.
Luigino Bruni
Fil-laqgħat tal-gruppi ħarġu ħafna mistoqsijiet dwar il-preżent u l-futur tal-Moviment, fosthom dwar xi jfisser nibqgħu fidili lejn l-għeruq tagħna llum. Luigino Bruni qal: “Li fil-komunitajiet kariżmatiċi jirnexxilna nifhmu dik l-ewwel storja, dik l-istorja meraviljuża li wasslitna biex noħolmu u naraw is-sema, din spiċċat, hu att tassew diffiċli. Imma l-istorja tkompli għax il-wegħda kienet akbar mill-ewwel libsa li l-fidi tagħna libset fl-ewwel parti tal-vjaġġ”
Uffiċċju Komunikazzjoni tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari
Source: https://www.focolare.org/en/news/2021/01/26/charism-prophecy-incarnation/[:en]
Charism, prophecy, incarnation
“Who knows if our role is not so much to give ‘light’, but rather to enter into the darkness, into the mud, into the desperation of lack of dignity, […] into the thousands of different kinds of poverty of our times?” This provocative question may best capture the second day of the spiritual retreat of the Focolare General Assembly.
After the opening ecumenical prayer which emphasized the need for a profound conversion of hearts, Stefan Tobler, theologian of the Swiss Reformed Church and Paula Luengo, psychologist from Chile, presented the central theme of ‘incarnation’: what does the fact that God became man, least among the least, actually mean? And what does living and implementing the spirituality of unity mean for the Focolare today?
Silvina Chemen
The academics presented their reflections from two complementary points of view. Stefan Tobler turned to the mystical writings of Chiara Lubich in order to highlight the value of the incarnation. “For Chiara, it is not just a past moment in history, but rather a fact that permanently changed the meaning of all creation, giving a value of eternity, of highest dignity to the things of this earth”. And, Dr Tober concluded, the incarnation will continue if we’re able to “have simple eyes which can discover God under the reality of this world”.
Paula Luengo
The new dignity which the world assumes when seen from this viewpoint, should provoke a change of perspective in us, explained Paula Luengo. “We’ll never find our identity by navel-gazing. But rather, as Chiara says, by embracing ‘all those who are alone’.” We must – continued Dr Luengo – “take humanity, in all its depths, as our starting-point. So incarnation is a movement seeking out closeness and a going down deep”.
Two other contributors reached the same conclusion. Luigino Bruni, Italian, Professor of Political Economics and the History of Economic Thought, and Silvina Chemen, Argentinian, Rabbi in Buenos Aires, offered their reflections on “charism, prophecy and incarnation”, posing the question: is it still possible to speak of the prophetic dimension of a charism today? “Where there are brothers and sisters,” argued Silvina Chemen, “there is prophecy. Where there’s fraternity, the voice [of God] appears; when we’re truly together, God manifests himself”.
Luigino Bruni
Many questions about the present and future of the Movement came up in the group meetings, such as what it means today to remain faithful to the roots. Luigino Bruni offered, “It’s always particularly difficult for a charismatic community to be able to understand that the first story, the wonderful story which made us day-dream and showed us heaven, is over. But the story will continue because the promise was far greater than the first form our faith adopted in the first part of the journey”.
Focolare Communications Office
Source: https://www.focolare.org/en/news/2021/01/26/charism-prophecy-incarnation/[:]
