[:mt]Awguri tal-Milied ta’ Maria Voce, president tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari
Għalina lkoll li niċċelebraw il-Milied kull sena, dan hu żmien tant mistenni, mimli emozzjonijiet, ferħ u rabtiet.
Iżda għalkemm ngħixu din l-atmosfera ta’ hena u ferħ, spiss ninsew li wara din il-festa hemm ġrajja misterjuża, li biex ngħid hekk, hi kważi skandaluża: l-iskandlu ta’ Alla li jitbaxxa u jsir bniedem; Dak li jista’ kollox isir tarbija dgħajfa; Dak li hu bla tarf jilbes il-limitu tal-ġisem uman.
Alla ma jagħmilx dan biss biex isir ħaġa waħda magħna, biex ikun qrib tagħna u jaqsam magħna l-ħajja tagħna. Huwa jsir bniedem bħalna biex juża l-ilsien tagħna, il-ġesti u l-emozzjonijiet tagħna, ħalli jurina l-istess ħajja tiegħu: il-ħajja ta’ Alla, li kapaċi ssewwi l-firdiet, tfejjaq il-ġrieħi, tibni mill-ġdid ir-rabtiet ta’ bejnietna.
Hekk għamel 2000 sena ilu u hekk irid jerġa’ jagħmel illum.
Minn hawn u xahar ieħor, fit-22 ta’ Jannar, jaħbat iċ-ċentinarju mit-twelid ta’ Chiara Lubich, il-fundatriċi tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari. U f’din l-okkażjoni ma nistax ma nfakkarx il-qofol tal-messaġġ tagħha, tal-ispiritwalità tal-unità: l-iskoperta li Ġesù jista’ jitwieled illum ukoll kull fejn tnejn jew iktar iħobbu lil xulxin “b’dik l-imħabba li taqdi, li tifhem u li tieħu sehem fit-tbatija, fit-toqol, fl-ansjetà u fil-ferħ tal-oħrajn, b’dik l-imħabba li kollox tgħatti, kollox taħfer, kif titlob il-ħajja nisranija”. U għalhekk nipproponi li nħallu r-rabtiet ta’ bejnietna jkunu l-presepju, il-maxtura li tilqa’ fiha lil Ġesù f’nofsna; tilqa’ lilU li jrid jibni mill-ġdid id-dinja tagħna li llum tinsab hekk imfarrka.
L-awgurju tiegħi għal dan il-Milied hu li jkun għal kulħadd festa ta’ ferħ profond filwaqt li nagħmlu ħilitna kollha biex kuljum nitħarrġu f’dik l-imħabba lejn xulxin li tattira l-preżenza ta’ Ġesù f’nofsna, u hekk nħalluh iġib bidla fid-dinja.
Maria Voce
Sors: www.focolare.org/en/news/2019/12/23/un-evento-quasi-scandaloso/[:en] Christmas greetings from Maria Voce, President of the Focolare Movement.
Christmas is, for all of us who celebrate it every year, a long-awaited moment, full of emotion, joy and relationships.
But in the midst of such a joyful and happy Christmas atmosphere, we often forget that this feast day is rooted in a mysterious event, I would say an almost unbelievable event: the scandal of a God who lowers himself and becomes human; the scandal of the Almighty who becomes a weak child; of the Unlimited One who enters the limits of human flesh.
God does not do this only out of solidarity, to be close to us and to share our existence. He enters our human condition to show us, through our own language, gestures and emotions, his own life, the life of God: a life capable of repairing rifts, healing wounds and rebuilding relationships.
God did this 2,000 years ago and wants to do it again today.
In a month, January 22nd 2020 marks the centenary of the birth of Chiara Lubich, the founder of our Focolare Movement. On this occasion I cannot help but remember the core of her message, of her spirituality of unity: the discovery that Jesus can be born today too, where two or more people love each other “with the love of service, understanding, and sharing in the sufferings, burdens, anxieties, and joys of our brothers and sisters; with the love that covers everything, that forgives everything, typical of Christianity”. Hence we resolve to make all our relationships become the crib, the cradle that welcomes Jesus in our midst, who wants to rebuild our fragmented world today.
My wish for Christmas is that this celebration will bring deep joy to all, in the commitment to train ourselves every day to attract, through mutual love, the presence of Jesus among us, thus allowing him to transform the world.
Maria Voce
Source: www.focolare.org/en/news/2019/12/23/un-evento-quasi-scandaloso/[:]
