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“Mhux kull min jgħidli, ‘Mulej, Mulej’, jidħol fis-Saltna tas-Smewwiet, iżda min jagħmel ir-rieda ta’ Missieri li hu fis-smewwiet!” (Mt 7, 21).
Dan il-kliem iġib fi tmiemu d-Diskors tal-muntanja, li fih Ġesù jħabbar il-Beatitudnijiet. Hawn qiegħed jistieden lil dawk li kienu jisimgħuh biex jagħrfu kemm Alla-mħabba hu qrib tagħna. Ġesù jurina kif għandna nġibu ruħna biex niskopru r-rieda tal-Missier bħala t-triq li mill-ewwel twassalna biex inkunu ħaġa waħda miegħU, fis-Saltna.
“Mhux kull min jgħidli, ‘Mulej, Mulej’, jidħol fis-Saltna tas-Smewwiet, iżda min jagħmel ir-rieda ta’ Missieri li hu fis-smewwiet!”
Imma xinhi r-rieda t’Alla? Kif nistgħu nagħrfuha? Chiara Lubich qasmet magħna l-iskoperta tagħha: “[…] Ir-rieda t’Alla hi leħnU li jkellimna u jistedinna l-ħin kollu; hi bħal ħajta, jew aħjar bħal nisġa divina tad-deheb li tinseġ il-ħajja tagħna fuq din l-art u fis-sema; hi mod kif Alla jesprimi mħabbtu lejna. Imħabbtu titlob minna tweġiba biex f’ħajjitna Hu jkun jista’ jwettaq ħwejjeġ tal-għaġeb. Ħajjitna ssib il-milja tagħha fir-rieda t’Alla. […] Mela ejjew intennu kull mument, ‘Tkun magħmula’, quddiem kull rieda t’Alla ta’ tbatija, ta’ ferħ, tkun xi tkun. […] Imbagħad niskopru li dawn iż-żewġ kelmiet sempliċi jħeġġuna biex bil-qawwa kollha nagħmlu dmirna b’imħabba, bil-perfezzjoni u b’fedeltà. […] U ninsġu mument wara l-ieħor dak id-damask mill-isbaħ, uniku u irripetibbli ta’ ħajjitna li l-Mulej minn dejjem ħaseb għal kull wieħed u waħda minna. Meta nitħaddtu dwar Alla, ngħidu biss ħwejjeġ sbieħ, kbar u immensi, li jagħmlu sens bħalma l-fjuri ċkejkna u ta’ kull lewn jafu l-eżistenza tagħhom lis-sbuħija bla tarf tan-natura” .
“Mhux kull min jgħidli, ‘Mulej, Mulej’, jidħol fis-Saltna tas-Smewwiet, iżda min jagħmel ir-rieda ta’ Missieri li hu fis-smewwiet!”
Skont il-Vanġelu ta’ San Mattew, il-liġi per eċċellenza tan-nisrani hi l-ħniena lejn il-proxxmu, li twassal fi tmiemha kull espressjoni ta’ qima u mħabba għall-Mulej. Din il-Kelma tgħinna niftħu r-rabta personali u intima tagħna m’Alla, li trid tkun ukoll rabta ma’ ħutna l-bnedmin permezz ta’ azzjonijiet konkreti. Tħeġġiġna “noħorġu barra” minna nfusna biex inwasslu l-ftehim u t-tama lill-oħrajn.
Grupp ta’ żgħażagħ minn Heidelberg (belt fil-Ġermanja) tawna x-xhieda tagħhom: “Kif se nagħmlu biex ngħinu ʼl ħbiebna jiskopru li ċ-ċavetta tal-ferħ qiegħda filli ningħataw lill-oħrajn? Kien minn hawn li bdejna l-ħidma ġdida tagħna bl-isem: ‘Siegħa ta’ ferħ’. Il-ħsieb hu wieħed sempliċi ħafna: irridu nferrħu ʼl xi ħadd għall-inqas għal siegħa waħda fix-xahar.
Bdejna minn dawk li dherilna li kellhom l-aktar bżonn ta’ mħabba u, kulfejn offrejna l-ħidma tagħna, rajna bibien jinfetħu! U hekk bdejna noħorġu ʼl xi anzjani fuq il-wheelchair fil-park tal-belt. Fl-isptar bdejna nilagħbu mat-tfal u wkoll ma’ dawk li għandhom xi diżabiltà. Huma kienu ferħana ħafna imma, kif ngħidu: aħna fraħna aktar minnhom! Imbagħad stedinna ʼl xi ħbieb biex jieħdu sehem huma wkoll u jferrħu lill-oħrajn. Dawn qablu magħna: u qalu ‘Il-ferħ tista’ tagħtih’ u, kif tagħtih, tħossu!’”.
Letizia Magri
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“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord’, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven” (Mt 7:21).
This phrase from Matthew’s Gospel is part of the conclusion to the great Sermon on the Mount, in which Jesus, having proclaimed the Beatitudes, invites his listeners to recognise the loving closeness of God and indicates how to act accordingly: to discover in the will of the Father the way to reach full communion with him, in his Kingdom.
Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord’, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
But what is the will of God? How can we know what this is? Chiara Lubich shared her discovery in this way: “… God’s will is God’s voice that continually speaks to us, inviting us. It is a thread, or rather, a divine golden filament that weaves through all our earthly life and beyond. It is God’s way of expressing his love, a love that asks for a response so that he can accomplish his wonders in our lives. God’s will is what we should be, our true being, our fulfilment… Let us always repeat, ‘Let it be done’ before every painful, joyful or indifferent will of God… We will discover that these four simple words will be a powerful impetus, like a launch pad, to do whatever we must do with love, with perfection and with total dedication…Moment by moment, we will compose the marvellous, unique and unrepeatable mosaic of our life that the Lord has always thought of for each of us. Just as the tiny and multi-coloured flowers have their meaning within the boundless beauty of nature, so even the smallest thing, like an act of love, has meaning and shines forth in the beauty and immensity of God.” [1]
Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord’, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
According to Matthew’s Gospel, the Christian’s Law par excellence is mercy which is the fulfilment of every act of worship and love for the Lord. This Word helps our relationship with God which is certainly personal and intimate, open up to a fraternal dimension by taking concrete actions. It urges us to “go out” of ourselves to bring reconciliation and hope to others.
A group of young people from Heidelberg, Germany gave this testimony: “How could we make our friends experience that the key to happiness lies in giving oneself to others? This is where we started to launch our new action entitled ‘One hour of happiness’. The idea is very simple: to make another person happy, at least for one hour a month. We started with the people who we felt most needed love, and wherever we offered our availability, doors were thrown wide open! And so, here we were in a park, pushing some older people in wheelchairs, or in a hospital, playing with children or doing sports with people with disabilities. They were overjoyed, but as the action promises: we were even more so! And our friends who were invited to participate? At first, they were intrigued, but now that they have tried to make other people happy, they agree with us: happiness can be given and, even more, can be felt.”
Letizia Magri
[1] Chiara Lubich, Telephone Link Up, 27 February 1992
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