[:mt]Ġesu’ jrid li jagħti lilna il-paċi vera[:en]Jesus wants to give us true peace[:]

[:mt]Fil-messaġġ għall-55 Jum Dinji għall-Paċi, li Papa Franġisku ta fl-1 ta’ Jannar,  hu qal: “Tiddjaloga jfisser tisma’, tikkonfronta, tiftiehem u timxi flimkien. Jekk dan kollu tagħtih imbuttatura fost il-ġenerazzjonijiet ikun ifisser li trattab l-art iebsa u sterili tal-kunflitt u tar-rimi biex tiżra’ ż-żerriegħa ta’ paċi dejjiema u mifruxa ma’ kullimkien”.  

Fis-silta li ġejja, Chiara Lubich ukoll tistedinna  nibnu relazzjonijiet ta’ djalogu li jwasslu  għall-paċi. 

Ġesu’ ġie biex jibni relazzjonijiet għal kollox ġodda bejn nies, bejn raġel u mara, tifel u tifla,  koppja miżżewġa, ġenituri u wlied, għalliema u studenti, ħaddiema u sidien, impjegati u managers, ċittadini u mexxejja,  razza u oħra, ġens u ieħor, nazzjon u ieħor.

Ġesu’ jrid li jibni ordni soċjali ġdid, ibbażat fuq il-ġustizzja, ir-rispett u l-fraternita’ umana vera. Ġesu’ jrid li jagħti lilna, kemm bħala individwi kif ukoll bħala komunita’, il-paċi vera, il-paċi divina li Hu biss jista’ jagħti.

Imma, biex dan iseħħ, hemm bżonn li nimxu warajH, ukoll jekk mal-ewwel daqqa t’għajn jidher li qed jitlob ħafna minna. Hemm bżonn li ngħixu l-Kelma tiegħu, kull wieħed u waħda minna skont il-kundizzjoni ta’ ħajja li hu msejjaħ biex jgħix.

Chiara Lubich

(Chiara Lubich, in Words of Life , edited by Fabio Ciardi, “Works of Chiara Lubich”, New City, 2017, p. 362)

 [:en]On January 1st, on the occasion of the 55th World Day of Peace, Pope Francis stated in his message that: “Dialogue means listening to each other, discussing, agreeing and walking together. Fostering all this between generations means tilling the hard and sterile ground of conflict and waste to cultivate the seeds of lasting and shared peace”.

Chiara Lubich in this passage also invites us to establish relationships of dialogue in order to arrive at true peace.

“Jesus came to build totally new relationships between people, between man and woman, between boy and girl, between husband and wife, between parents and children, between teachers and pupils, between workers and employers, between employees and managers, between citizens and rulers, between race and race, between people and people, between state and state.

Jesus wants to build a new social order, based on justice, respect and true human fraternity. Jesus wants to give us, as individuals and as a community, true peace, that divine peace that he alone can give.

But, for this to happen, it is necessary to follow him, even if at first sight he seems to be so demanding. It is necessary to live his Word, each one in the condition of life in which he was called.”

Chiara Lubich

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