[:mt]It-Tnejn, 2 ta’ Settembru, Maria Voce, President tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari, u Jesús Morán, Viċi-president, kellhom udjenza privata mal-Papa Franġisku.
Maria Voce: “Għadna kif ħriġna mill-udjenza mal-Papa li fiha tajnieh ktieb tal-kollegamenti internazzjonali li Chiara Lubich kienet tagħmel meta kienet ħajja, kif ukoll ikona tal-Madonna, bit-titlu: “Ferħ ta’ min qed ibati”. Il-Papa apprezza ħafna r-rigali li ħadnielu. Qalilna li t-titlu tal-ikona għoġbu ħafna u qatt ma kien sema’ bih. Din l-ikona fakkritu fl-aħħar paġna ta’ ktieb ta’ A. Manzoni li fiha l-awtur jiddeskrivi l-lebbrużi kollha li jduru lejn il-Madonna fit-talb tagħhom biex teħlishom minn dik il-marda qalila. Ħassejna ħafna l-fiduċja kbira u l-apertura tal-Papa li dam jgħidilna ħafna: “Ibqgħu mexjin `il quddiem”. Hu rringrazzjana tat-tajjeb li qed nagħmlu u deher li kien kuntent ħafna biż-żjara tagħna. U kompla: “Itolbu għalija”. Aħna żgurajnieh li nagħmlu hekk u jiena għidtlu: ‘Illum il-membri kollha tal-Moviment qed jitolbu għal din il-laqgħa, għax jafu li ġejna għandek, u mhux il-membri kattoliċi biss, imma kollha'”.
Jesús Morán: “Naħseb li din kienet laqgħa li fiha ħassejna l-imħabba ta’ bejnietna, għax il-Papa baqa’ jgħidilna: “Grazzi ta’ kull ma qed tagħmlu, ibqgħu mexjin `il quddiem”. U mbagħad għidnielu: “Aħna nżommu ma’ dak kollu li inti tagħmel; niddefendu kull ħsieb tiegħek”. Dak il-ħin ftakart fl-udjenza ta’ Chiara mal-Papa Pawlu VI, fejn hu qalilha: “Hawnhekk kollox hu possibbli”. Il-Papa Franġisku kompla jgħidilna: “Ibqgħu mexjin `il quddiem, wasslu l-profeziji ta’ Chiara”. U mbagħad tkellimna fuq ħafna affarijiet konkreti.”
Maria Voce: “Hu wriena d-dispjaċir tiegħu għal dak kollu li jmur kontra l-paċi, għall-gwerer li għadhom għaddejjin anki bejnietna. Qalilna: “Anki fi ħdan il-Knisja ssib min jaħsibha differenti. Possibbli ma nitgħallmu xejn mill-istorja? Jagħtini li nibki meta nisma’ min jitkellem kontra l-paċi”. Imbagħad qalilna xi ħaġa sabiħa ħafna, qal li xi drabi aħjar titlob maħfra milli titlob permess, li forsi aħjar tiżbalja biex imbagħad titlob maħfra.”
Jesús Morán: “Kien iddispjaċut ħafna għall-imwiet li jsiru minħabba n-nuqqas ta’ paċi. Meta tkellimna fuq l-Ewropa wera t-tħassib tiegħu u dak il-ħin kellimnieh fuq il-Mariapoli Ewropea. Imbagħad semmejnielu ċ-ċentinarju mit-twelid ta’ Chiara u hu apprezza l-fatt li aħna mhux se niċċelebrawh bħala kommemorazzjoni, imma għax inħossu li l-Kariżma ta’ Chiara hi xi ħaġa attwali ħafna.”
Maria Voce: “Ħaġa li ħassejna hi li hu għandu ħafna għal qalbu s-saċerdoti, ir-reliġjużi u l-isqfijiet, tant li qalilna biex ngħinu ‘l-Knisja f’dawn l-oqsma.”
Tony Aquilina
Ara l-intervista fuq Vimeo (bit-Taljan): https://vimeo.com/357332500[:en]On Monday, September 2, 2019, the Holy Father met with the President and Co-President of the Focolare Movement, Maria Voce and Jesús Morán, in a private audience in the Vatican.
In a video interview published by the Focolare Movement, Maria Voice and Jesús Morán shared how the meeting with the Pontiff went.
“The whole meeting was marked by great trust, by great openness. He kept saying, ‘Go ahead, go ahead’ – he will have repeated it a thousand times. He thanked us for the good we do and we felt that he was really happy to see us”, Maria Voce said.
Jesús Morán, on the other hand, said, “I immediately thought of Chiara’s experience when she went to Paul VI who told her, ‘Everything is possible here.’ Everything really is possible there. We will have to see concretely but he told us, ‘Go ahead, carry ahead all that Chiara foresaw,’ because then we talked about many things, even practical ones.”
The President and the Co-President of the Movement also brought with them gifts to the Holy Father including a book of Chiara’s link-ups which Maria Voce said, the Pope “looked at with care”. They also gave him an icon of Mary called “Joy of all the Afflicted” which was appreciated by Pope Francis. “He loved both the title and the icon itself because he said that it was new to him and that seeing the images of people who were suffering and were going towards Mary reminded him of the last pages of Manzoni’s book where all the lepers in the hospital pray to Mary and invoke her in their affliction”, Maria Voce shared.
The meeting was requested by Maria Voce through a letter dated June 18, 2019 which received a prompt feedback from the Vatican. Before the appointment, Maria Voce asked members of the Movement to offer prayers so that “it may give joy to the Pope and be a grace for the whole Focolare Movement”.
This encounter comes as an important year in the Movement draws closer. The year 2020 will mark the 100th Birth Anniversary of Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare Movement, which will be observed through various ways in different parts of the world. More than a year ago, Maria Voce wrote a letter to the whole Focolare Movement to announce the celebration, describing it as a “unique opportunity” for other people “to get to know Chiara and her charism [of unity]”. The official motto of the celebration is “Celebrate to Meet”.
The year 2020 will also be essential to the internal life of the Movement as the General Assembly will take place in September with the election of a new President and Co-President and which will also give the orientation of the Movement for the next six years.
Source: New City Philippines
See video interview on Vimeo (Italian): https://vimeo.com/357332500
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