[:mt]Kemm hi sabiħa Ommna Marija[:en]How beautiful the Mother[:]

[:mt]Meditazzjoni ta’ Chiara Lubich

Kemm hi sabiħa Ommna Marija f’dik il-gabra dejjiema, kif insibuha fil-Vanġelu: “Kienet tgħożż f’qalbha dawn il-ħwejjeġ kollha” (Lq. 2, 51).

Dak is-skiet kollu tagħha jsaħħar lil kull min iħobb.

Kif nista’ ngħix bħal Marija, f’dak is-skiet mistiku, meta kultant aħna nkunu msejħin biex nitkellmu ħalli nevanġeliżżaw, qalb is-sinjuri u l-foqra, fil-postijiet tax-xogħol, fit-toroq, fl-iskejjel u kulimkien?

Anki l-Omm tagħna tkellmet. U tatna lil Ġesù. Ħadd qatt ma kien appostlu daqsha. Ħadd qatt ma tkellem bħalha, hi li tat il-Verb.

L-Omm tagħna jistħoqqilha tkun tassew Sultana ta’ l-Appostli.

U hi siktet. Siktet għax tnejn ma jistgħux jitkellmu f’daqqa. Il-kelma trid dejjem tistrieħ fuq is-skiet bħalma biċċa pittura jkollha l-isfond tagħha.

Hi siktet għax kienet krejatura. Għaliex dak li hu xejn ma jitkellimx. Imma fuq dak ix-xejn tagħha tkellem Ġesù, u qalilna min hu.

Alla il-ħallieq, tkellem fuq ix-xejn tal-krejatura.

Mela kif nista’ ngħix bħal Marija? Kif nista’ nħalliha tidher fil-ħajja tiegħi?
Billi nsikket il-bniedem il-qadim ta’ ġo fija, u fuq dak is-skiet inħalli l-Ispirtu s-Santu jitkellem.

Hekk ngħix lil Marija u ngħix lil Ġesù.

B’hekk Marija u Ġesù jidhru fil-ħajja tiegħi.

Chiara Lubich

Original and complete text: New City Press, Chiara Lubich, Essential Writings p 137-138

[:en]Meditation by Chiara Lubich on how we can live the silence of Mary and at the same time speak to evangelize as Jesus did.

Our Mother is so beautiful in her continuous recollection as shown us by the Gospel: “But Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart” (Lk 2:19).
That full silence fascinates the soul who loves.
How can I live like Mary in her mystical silence when our vocation at times is to speak in order to evangelize?
Our Mother also spoke. And she gave Jesus. There has never been a greater apostle in the world. No one ever spoke such words as she, who gave the Word.
And she kept silent. She kept silent because the two could not speak at once. The word must always rest against a silence, like a painting against a background.
She kept silent because she was a creature. For nothingness does not speak. But upon that nothingness Jesus spoke and said: himself.
God, Creator and All, spoke upon the nothingness of the creature.
How then can I live Mary, how can my life be perfumed by her beauty?
By silencing the creature in me, and upon this silence letting the Spirit of the Lord speak.
In this way I live Mary and I live Jesus. I live Jesus upon Mary. I live Jesus by living Mary.

Chiara Lubich

Original and complete text: New City Press, Chiara Lubich, Essential Writings p 137-138

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