[:mt]Jesús Morán: “Qegħdin ngħixu fi żmien ta’ grazzja”[:en]Jesús Morán: “We are living in a time of grace”[:]

[:mt]Omelija ta’ Jesús Morán, Ko-president tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari, waqt Quddiesa li hu ċċelebra b’mod privat fl-okkażjoni tal-14 ta’ Marzu, 2020.

“(…) F’dawn l-aħħar ġimgħat tar-Randan żammejt ħsieb partikulari f’ruħi: li kollox hu frugħa, li l-intelliġenza prekarja tagħna qajla tista’ tifhem profondament ir-realtà u l-ġrajjiet tal-istorja. Tant hu hekk li, daqsxejn ta’ virus, li hu organiżmu aċellulari mill-aktar ċkejken, kien biżżejjed biex ipoġġi fil-periklu r-raġunamenti kollha kbar u s-sigurtà tagħna, il-proġetti ekonomiċi, l-istrateġiji politiċi tagħna. Dal-virus xerred il-paniku mad-dinja kollha u wera l-miżerji tal-hekk imsejħa globalizzazzjoni. Kien hemm ġurnal li, ftit tal-ġranet ilu, b’lingwaġġ sportiv li jintuża fil-futbol, kiteb hekk: Coronavirus 1 – Globalizzazzjoni 0. Din hija verità li ssewdilna qalbna.

Jiena u naħseb fuq dawk l-affarijiet li fl-aħħar snin inkitbu fuq il-fenomenu tal-kultura fi żmienna, il-ħafna analiżi u kontro-analiżi fuq x’se jiġri fl-istorja, eċċ. eċċ., kien jaqbadni swied il-qalb mill-aktar kbir. Kien hawn li wasalt għal skoperta mill-aktar kbira u li biha “ħadt ir-ruħ”: li r-Rivelazzjoni, il-Kelma t’Alla tasal għand il-bniedem fil-kliem u fl-intelliġenza tiegħu; il-ħsieb t’Alla jasal għandna bi kliem uman fuq il-profondità tal-ħajja u tal-istorja. Infatti, naħseb li l-Kelma t’Alla biss tagħtina tweġibiet tajbin għal dan iż-żmien li qegħdin ngħixu fih, għax hi biss tħares dak l-għerf etern li jmur lil hinn miż-żmien bla ma titlef it-tifsira tagħha. Fid-dawl tar-Rivelazzjoni nindunaw b’fatt li jfixkilna u li hu paradossali: qegħdin ngħixu fi żmien ta’ grazzja.

L-Għerf! Din hi ċ-ċavetta l-ġusta. Dan hu tassew żmien il-għerf, żmien għall-għerf; viżjoni tar-realtà li tivvjaġġa fuq reġistri oħra, li llum hija mill-aktar obbligatorja u indispensabbli. (…) Għerf li jwassalna għal intelliġenza tar-realtà mdawla mill-imħabba u li, propju għalhekk, tagħti bidu għal moviment mill-aktar sabiħ ta’ fraternità, jiġifieri li nħossuna lkoll aħwa ta’ xulxin. Tassew li Alla jista’ jwettaq ħwejjeġ tal-għaġeb, minkejja l-ħażen. Hu jegħleb il-ħażen bil-pjan tiegħu ta’ mħabba.

Chiara għexet kważi seklu ta’ ħajja li fiha kienet bħal xmara ta’ għerf li saqqiet l-art. Kienet attenta għall-ġrajjiet tal-istorja u ma waqfitx fil-wiċċ tal-ġrajjiet, imma niżlet fil-fond u telgħet fl-għoli biex tixrob mill-ħsieb u mill-viżjoni t’Alla u minn Alla. Minħabba f’hekk ma tat każ ta’ xejn ħlief tal-Kelma Tiegħu.

Wara kollox, l-għaqda hi l-proġett li Alla għandu għall-bnedmin, hi t-testment li ħallielna Ġesù, li hu l-Verb magħmul bniedem. Illum nistgħu nindunaw kemm din il-kelma, l-għaqda, billi hi marbuta mar-Rivelazzjoni, tmur lil hinn mill-ġrajjiet li jgħaddu, miż-żminijiet u mill-epoki storiċi. L-għaqda tirrappreżenta dehra ta’ sens li tiġbor fiha l-imgħoddi, iż-żmien ta’ issa u l-ġejjieni. Hi prospettiva profetika li għandha l-ħila toħroġ l-aħjar enerġiji tal-irġiel u tan-nisa ta’ kull post, kultura, razza u kundizzjoni soċjali. Imseħbin flimkien mill-għaqda nistgħu nibdlu l-“globalizzazzjoni tal-indifferenza” fi “globalizzazzjoni tal-fraternità”.

Il-logħba għadha għaddejja. Minn ħaġa waħda ninsabu ċerti: ir-rebħa se tkun tal-ħniena t’Alla.”

Jesús Morán

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“(…) In these last few weeks, which have also been during Lent, a thought overwhelmed my soul: the vanity of all things, the insecurity of our ability to deeply understand reality, life and the course of history. In fact, it only took a virus, a non-cellular microorganism, to put in jeopardy all our great reasoning and our security, our economic plans, our political strategies; to trigger panic worldwide and highlight the woes of so-called globalization. As a newspaper headlined a few days ago, using football jargon: Coronavirus 1 – Globalization 0. That is the sad truth.

When thinking about the things that have been written in recent years on the phenomenon of culture in our times, the countless analyses and counter-analyses about the evolution of history and so on, I felt dismay and an almost paralyzing sadness. But it was then that I made a formidable rediscovery: Revelation, the Word of God addressed to humanity in human words and intelligence; the thought of God expressed in human words about the depths of life and history; a breath of understanding. In fact, I think that only the Word of God can provide us with answers for the period we are living in, because it alone preserves an eternal wisdom that goes beyond the times without losing its meaning. In the light of Revelation we realize something as overwhelming as it is paradoxical: that we are living a time of grace.

Wisdom! This is the right solution. This is indeed the time of wisdom, a time for wisdom; a vision of reality that moves on other tracks, which is extremely imperative and indispensable today. (…)

Wisdom that leads to an understanding of reality enlightened by love and that, precisely for this reason, triggers a formidable movement of living as one family. Truly God can do prodigious things, even in the midst of evil. He defeats it with his plan of love.

Chiara’s life spanned almost a century and she lived it like a river of wisdom that watered the earth. She was attentive to the events of history and did not stop at what was on the surface of things, but went into depth and looked above to draw on the thought and vision of God and from God. That is why she paid no attention to anything but His Word.

Unity, in fact, is God’s plan for humanity; it is the testament of Jesus, the Incarnate Word. Now we can see how much this word, unity, because it is anchored in Revelation, goes beyond the passing events, times and eras of history. It represents a vision of meaning that involves the past, present and future. It is a prophetic perspective that can activate the best energies of men and women of all latitudes, cultures, ethnicities and social conditions. Strengthened in unity we can transform the “globalization of indifference” into the “globalization of fraternity”.

The match is not over. Of one thing we are certain: God’s mercy will triumph.”

Jesús Morán

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