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Minn Diskors ta’ Papa Franġisku lill-Isqfijiet Ħbieb tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari
Sala tal-Papiet
Is-Sibt, 25 ta’ Settembru, 2021
Għeżież ħuti,
Minn qalbi nagħtikom merħba, u grazzi ta’ din il-laqgħa, ukoll jekk il-parti l-kbira minnkom qed jieħdu sehem mill-bogħod. (…) Nirringrazzja lill-Isqfijiet li ppreżentaw l-esperjenza ta’ dawn il-laqgħat li ilhom isiru erbgħin sena. Mixja ta’ ħbiberija li għandha għeruq qawwija, għeruq sodi. Fuq dan nixtieq nirrifletti magħkom.
(…) il-Moviment tal-Fokolari, dejjem ħa ħsieb it-tifsira u l-qadi għall-unità; għamel dan permezz tal-kariżma li rċieva mill-fundatriċi Chiara Lubich: unità fil-Knisja, unità fost dawk kollha li jemmnu, unità fid-dinja kollha (…). Kien fi żmien il-feriti u l-qerda tal-gwerra, li l-Ispirtu poġġa fil-qalb żagħżugħa ta’ Chiara żerriegħa ta’ fraternità, żerriegħa ta’ komunjoni;. li minn dak il-grupp ċkejken ta’ ħbieb fi Trento, żviluppat u kibret, fil-waqt li attirat rġiel u nisa ta’ kull ilsien u kull nazzjoni bil-qawwa tal-imħabba t’Alla li toħloq l-għaqda bla ma ġġib fix-xejn id-diversità, anzi, billi tagħtiha valur u tarmonizzaha. (..)
Hija ċara l-“parentela” –biex insejħilha hekk – li hemm bejn din il-kariżma u l-ministeru tal-isqfijiet. Aħna l-isqfijiet qegħdin għas-servizz tal-poplu t’Alla, biex hu jinbena fl-unità tal-fidi, tat-tama u tal-imħabba. L-Ispirtu s-Santu jnaqqax fil-qalb tal-Isqof ir-rieda tal-Mulej Ġesù: li l-insara jkunu lkoll ħaġa waħda biex jagħtu glorja lil Alla Wieħed fi Tliet Persuni u biex id-dinja temmen f’Ġesù Kristu (ara Ġw17,21). Papa, isqfijiet, aħna qegħdin għas-servizz ta’ unità li mhijiex xi ħaġa esterna, mhijiex “uniformità”, le, imma li hi għall-misteru ta’ komunjoni, li hi l-Knisja fi Kristu u fl-Ispirtu s-Santu, il-Knisja bħala Ġisem ħaj, bħala poplu miexi fl-istorja u fl-istess ħin aktar ‘l hemm mill-istorja. Poplu mibgħut fid-dinja biex jagħti xhieda ta’ Kristu, ħalli Hu, Lumen gentium, Dawl tal-ġnus jkun jista’ jiġbed lil kulħadd lejh, bil-qawwa umli u ħanina tal-Misteru tal-qawmien.
Għeżież ħuti, nista’ ngħid li din hi “l-ħolma” t’Alla. Il-pjan tiegħu hu li jirrikonċilja u jarmonizza kollox fi Kristu (ara Ef 1,10; Kol 1,20). Din hi wkoll il-“ħolma” tal-fraternità, li għaliha ddedikajt l-Enċiklika Fratelli tutti. Quddiem id-“dlam ta’ dinja magħluqa”, fejn tant ħolm ta’ unità “qed jitfarrak”, (…) l-Ispirtu qed isejħilna biex “ikollna l-kuraġġ (…) nkunu lkoll ħaġa waħda” kif jgħid it-titlu tal-laqgħa tagħkom. Nilqgħu l-isfida tal-unità. U nibdew billi nagħrfu li l-unità hi don (..).
Huma fuq kollox il-qaddisin li jagħtuna xhieda tal-kuraġġ għall-unità. Ftit ilu ċċelebrajna t-tifkira ta’ San Kornelju, Papa u San Ċipriano, Isqof. Dan tal-aħħar tana d-definizzjoni stupenda tal-Knisja bħala «poplu miġbur fl-għaqda tal-Missier, tal-Iben u tal-Ispirtu s-Santu». Iżda naħsbu wkoll fil-ħafna xhieda ta’ żminijietna, rgħajja u lajċi li b’kuraġġ jaħdmu għall-unità, u li xi drabi iħallsu prezz għoli ħafna b’ħajjithom stess. Għax l-unità li tana u jagħtina Ġesù Kristu mhijiex umaneżmu, mhijiex qbil akkost ta’ kollox. Din tobdi kriterju fundamentali, li hu r-rispett tal-persuna, ir-rispett lejn il-wiċċ tal-persuna l-oħra, l-aktar tal-fqir, taż-żgħir, tal-iskartat.
Għeżież ħuti, mill-ġdid nirringrazzjakom għal din il-laqgħa. Nirringrazzjakom fuq kollox tal-impenn li bih qed tagħmlu din il-mixja ta’ ħbiberija. Nirrakkomandalkom li żżommuha dejjem miftuħa u qatt esklussiva, biex tikber fil-qadi tal-komunjoni. Komplu tbissmu għax din hi parti mill-kariżma tagħkom. Jien nitlob għalikom u għall-komunitajiet tagħkom. Il-Mulej iberikkom u l-Madonna tieħu ħsiebkom. U jekk jogħġobkom tinsewx titolbu għalija”.[:en]
It was a decisive call to “dare to be one” in the current state of fragmentation that the world is experiencing; and to continue on the path of friendship that has already begun. The Pope’s words to the delegation of Bishops of various Christian Churches.
“In the face of the ‘shadows of a closed world’, where so many dreams of unity are being shattered, where ‘a project for all is lacking and globalisation is drifting without a common course’, where the scourge of the pandemic risks exacerbating inequalities, the Spirit calls us to have the boldness of being one, as the title of your meeting says. Dare to be one.”
Those were Pope Francis’ words as he concluded the conference “Dare to be One. The gift of unity in a divided world” (23-24 September) of Bishops who are Friends of the Focolare belonging to various Churches. This morning he received them in audience at the Sala dei Papi in the Vatican: 10 were there in person, while 180 bishops from 70 Churches followed the audience via web connection.
He encouraged them to live unity, the heart of Chiara Lubich’s charism, a charism that “grew by attracting men and women of every language and nation with the power of God’s love, which creates unity without annulling diversity, on the contrary enhancing and harmonising it”.
He went on to explain that the unity that Jesus Christ has given us “is not unanimity, it is not getting along at all costs. … It obeys a fundamental criterion, which is respect for the person, respect for the face of the other, especially the poor, the small, the excluded”. Lastly, the important call to continue the ecumenical journey already begun, which must be, as Pope Francis said, “always open, never exclusive” and he concluded with a note of affection: “Keep smiling, which is part of your charism”.
In attendance, along with the delegation of bishops, were Cardinal Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, Margaret Karram and Jesús Morán, president and co-president of the Focolare Movement respectively.
Bishop Brendan Leahy, Catholic Bishop of Limerick (Ireland) and coordinator of the Bishops Friends of the Focolare Movement, presented the two days of the conference to the Pope, describing them as “extraordinary”. Bishop Christian Krause (Germany), former President of the Lutheran World Federation, spoke to the Holy Father about the Bishops’ commitment to “widen the circle of these meetings between Bishops of different Churches” in order to help heal the wounds of a divided world, and of young people who are afraid to face the future. He also spoke of the wish to hold similar meetings on the African continent and beyond.
Metropolitan Chrysostomos, of the Orthodox Church of Kyrenia (Cyprus), strongly emphasised the experience of unity lived during the days of the conference: “(…) We found that we were ‘one’ as in the first Christian Church, with gospel love among us. We shared experiences, admitting our mistakes; we shared concerns and together we wanted to embrace Jesus on the cross, the solution to all kinds of disunity; we prayed to go beyond these divisions. We want to help bring the light of Christ so that people will not be deprived of hope”.
Stefania Tanesini
Office of Communications, Focolae Movement, Rome
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