[:mt]Messaġġ ta’ Maria Voce f’gheluq il-100 sena mit-twelid ta’ Chiara Lubich[:en]Maria Voce’s message for the centenary of Chiara Lubich’s birth[:]

[:mt]Messaġġ ta’ Maria Voce, President tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari

Chiara Lubich twieldet fit-22 ta’ Jannar 1920; illum hu għeluq il-mitt sena mit-twelid tagħha, Mid-dinja kollha jitla’ innu ta’ radd il-ħajr lejn is-Sema għad-don li Alla ta lid-dinja bi twelidha.

Chiara kienet mara li għexet biex il-bnedmin jiskopru mill-ġdid li huma aħwa ta’ xulxin. Għexet biex tinbena l-familja ta’ wlied Alla, magħquda bl-imħabba lejn xulxin. Għamlet dan jum wara l-ieħor, filwaqt li bniet rabtiet ma’ dawk kollha li ltaqgħet magħhom bla ma qieset ebda differenza ta’ kultura, reliġjon, etnija jew eta’. Chiara kienet konvinta li Alla hu Missier ta’ kulħadd, u allura li l-bnedmin huma lkoll aħwa ta’ xulxin.

Nemmen li l-messaġġ tagħha ta’ unita’ għadu importanti u jgħodd bi sħiħ għad-dinja tal-lum, fejn il-ħin kollu naraw jinbtu kurrenti ta’ firda u ta’ interessi politiċi dojoq u jinbnew ħitan u fruntieri ġodda. Inħoss ħerqa kbira li tqanqalni biex għal darb’oħra niffukaw fuq l-iskop waħdieni tagħna, li hu l-istess għalina lkoll: ngħixu u naħdmu biex nibnu dinja li hi differenti minn dik li ngħixu fiha, dinja magħquda, skont il-ħsieb ta’ Ġesu’: “Ħa jkunu lkoll ħaġa waħda”.

Kien għalhekk li għażilna“Niċċelebraw biex niltaqgħu” bħala t-titlu għal dan iċ-Ċentinarju.
Ma nixtiequx li dan ikun tfikira b’nostalġija, imma li jkun okkażjoni biex wieħed ikun jista’ jiltaqa’ ma’ Chiara. Hi għadha tgħix fl-ispirtu li qasmet magħna, fil-Moviment li waqqfet u f’numru bla għadd ta’ nies fid-dinja kollha li mxew warajha.

Għalhekk nistieden lilkom ilkoll li ltqajtu ma’ Chiara u mal-kariżma tagħha – kemm jekk tagħmlu parti mill-Moviment u anki jekk m’għadkomx tagħmlu parti minnu – biex tgħixu dik li naħseb li hi l-karatteristika ewlenija tagħna: li nkunu nies li nibnu relazzjonijiet u li nilqgħu lill-oħrajn bla preġudizzji, prekonċezzjonijiet u aġendi, nies li nibnu pontijiet.

Ejjew niċċelebraw l-anniversarju tat-twelid ta’ Chiara. Ejjew inwasslu l-messaġġ tagħha, il-ħolma tagħha ta’ għaqda. Ejjew niċċelebraw u nagħmlu dan flimkien – Chiara tista’ tarana u tridna magħqudin – billi nieħdu sehem fil-ġrajjiet li ser isiru fid-dinja kollha, b’mod speċjali f’dawk li ser isriu fi Trento, il-belt fejn twieldet, u fiċ-Ċentru Internazzjonali tal-Moviment, hawnhekk f’Rocca di Papa.

Nistennew b’ħerqa li niltaqgħu!

Maria Voce
President tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari
Rocca di Papa, 22 ta’ Jannar 2020

 [:en]Chiara Lubich, the Founder of the Focolare Movement was born in Trent on January 22, 1920. Maria Voce shares her thoughts on the centenary of Chiara’s birth.

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Message from Maria Voce, President of the Focolare Movement

One hundred years ago, on January 22nd 1920, Chiara Lubich was born. Today, a global hymn of thanksgiving rises to Heaven for the immense gift that God gave to the world with the birth of Chiara.

Chiara was a woman who lived so that all people in the world could rediscover one another as brothers and sisters. She lived so as to build the family of God’s children, united by mutual love. She did this day after day, establishing relationships with all the people she met, not stopping at differences in culture, religion, ethnicity or age. Chiara was convinced that God is the Father of all and so all people are brothers and sisters.

I believe her message of unity is still extremely relevant today. It is important because currents of division and narrow political interests are continually emerging. New walls and new frontiers continue to appear. I feel a compelling desire to focus once again on our one goal, which is the same for all of us: to live and act in order to build a world that is different from the one in which we live, a united world, according to Jesus’ vision, “May they all be one”.

This is why the title we have chosen for the centenary is “Celebrate to meet”. We do not want to remember Chiara in a nostalgic way but to meet Chiara. She is living in the spirit that she shared with us, in the Movement she founded and in the countless people, scattered throughout the world, who have followed her.

And so, I invite all of you who have ever met Chiara and her charism – whether you are currently in touch with the Movement or not – to live what is perhaps our main characteristic: to be people who can create relationships and welcome others without prejudices, without preconceptions and without agendas, and be bridges for others.

Let us celebrate Chiara’s anniversary. Let us take ahead her message, the great dream of unity. Let us celebrate and let us do it all together – Chiara can see us and wants us to be united – by participating in the various events that will be held around the world and in particular the ones taking place in Trent, her hometown, and at the International Centre of the Movement here in Rocca di Papa.

Be sure that with great joy we are looking forward to welcoming you!

Maria Voce

President of the Focolare Movement
Rocca di Papa, 20 January 2020

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