Pentecost Ecumenical Service: "One Fire - Many Logs"
Christians Together in Malta -Malta Ecumenical Council (CTM) held their annual Pentecost Ecumenical Service on 13 June at St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, Valletta.
Christians Together in Malta -Malta Ecumenical Council (CTM) held their annual Pentecost Ecumenical Service on 13 June at St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, Valletta.
[:en]480 representatives of world faiths took part in the interreligious conference promoted by the Focolare Movement which began on 31 May at the Mariapolis Centre in Castel Gandolfo, Rome, and which concluded on the 4 June in Assisi. A delegation of 200 participants was received in audience by Pope Francis.[:]
“Is-Saltna ta’ Alla hi bħal meta raġel ikun xeħet iż-żerriegħa fl-art. Rieqed jew imqajjem, bil-lejl jew bin-nhar, iż-żerriegħa tinbet u tikber” (Mk 4, 26-27).
[:mt]“B’qawwa kbira l-appostli kienu jagħtu xhieda tal-qawmien tal-Mulej Ġesù, u kulħadd kien iġibhom ħafna” (At 4, 33).[:en]”With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all” (Acts 4:33).[:]
Jekk tieħu f’idejk il-ktieb “Ngħixu l-Kelma” tiskopri li l-Kelma hi għajn ta’ barka, issaħħaħ il-fidi, timla bit-tama, tkattar il-ferħ (…). Kif jgħid Papa Franġisku: “Il-Kelma turina min hu Alla, twassalna għand il-bniedem, tinfed ir-ruħ tagħna, tfarraġna u fl-istess ħin tqanqalna biex naġixxu u nersqu lejn il-ġrieħi tal-umanita’.
