[:mt]Il-bieraħ filgħodu, il-Ħadd 2 ta’ Mejju, Sergio Mattarella, il-President tal-Italja, għamel żjara privata fiċ-Ċentru Internazzjonali tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari f’Rocca di Papa.
“Kuntent li ninsab hawn u grazzi ta’ din il-merħba. Is-sehem li l-Moviment tal-Fokolari jagħti lil pajjiżna mhuwiex biss dak ekkleżjali, iżda hu wkoll sehem għas-solidarjetà u biex insibu ruħna flimkien”. Hekk qal il-President Mattarella huwa hu jirringrazzja lil Margaret Karram, il-President tal-Moviment tal-Fokolari għall-istedina li saritlu biex iżur iċ-Ċentru Internazzjonali tal-Moviment f’Rocca di Papa.
“Fil-kunċett ta’ ‘fokolare’, li tifforma ruħha familja”– kompla jgħid il-President “hemm sejħa kontinwa għal sens ta’ komunità, biex nagħrfu li għandna bżonn xulxin u li flimkien biss nistgħu nwettqu dak li hu pożittiv, aċċettabbli u li jġib progress. Dan hu sehem importanti ħafna għal pajjiżna”.
Il-President Mattarella kien mogħti merħba mill-President tal-Fokolari flimkien mal-Ko-president Jesús Morán, Maria Voce, l-ex-President tal-Moviment u l-Kunsill Ġenerali li jirrappreżenta l-Moviment fid-dinja kollha.
B’din iż-żjara hu xtaq jesprimi l-ġieħ lejn it-tifkira ta’ Chiara Lubich u Igino Giordani, li huma midfuna fil-kappella taċ-Ċentru. Inżerta li l-jum li fih saret din iż-żjara kien ukoll il-jum li fih il-Moviment Politiku għall-Unità kien qed ifakkar il-25 sena mit-twaqqif tiegħu. Dan il-Moviment twaqqaf minn Chiara Lubich biex kif qalet hi stess: “il-fraternità ssir kategorija politika”. Anki Papa Franġisku fakkar dan l-anniversarju waqt l-Angelus tal-Ħadd 2 ta’ Mejju u awgura lill-membri ta’ dan il-Moviment “ħidma t-tajba li tkun ta’ servizz għal politika tajba”.
Meta wasal iċ-Ċentru, il-President Mattarella ried jara l-iskultura tal-bronż tal-On. Giordani, li hi xogħol tal-artist Peter Kostner. Din l-iskultura kienet inawgurata fit-18 ta’ April li għadda fl-okkażjoni tal-41 anniversarju mill-mewt ta’ Giordani.
Fid-diskors tagħha biex issellem lill-President, Margaret Karram żguratu li l-Moviment tal-Fokolari kien ser ikompli bil-ħidma tiegħu ta’ solidarjetà, “u li kien ser ikompli jifrix din il-ħidma biex jgħin lil dawk il-ħafna persuni li ddgħajfu frott tal-kriżi sanitarja”. “Id-dinja – kompliet tgħid – l-aktar f’dawn iż-żmenijiet qed titlob aktar kondiviżjoni u l-ideal tal-unità tal-Fokolari jista’ u għandu jagħti s-sehem tiegħu għal dan”.
Fil-waqt li fakkret fil-kliem “Kun familja” li Chiara Lubich dejjem saħqet dwaru ma’ dawk li jaderixxu għall-ispiritwalità tal-unità, Margaret Karram awgurat “li l-Moviment iwettaq il-programm li tfassal għaż-żmien li qegħdin fih matul l-aħħar Assemblea Ġenerali. U dan hu li nħaddnu d-dinja, filwaqt li nisimgħu l-għajta tal-umanita, tal-ħolqien u tal-ġenerazzjonijiet ġodda”.
Fil-Quddiesa, waqt l-omelija l-ko-president Morán qal: “Il-pandemija għadha ma waqfitx taħsad vittmi umani, il-paċi qed issibha diffiċli biex tistabbelixxi rabtiet internazzjonali. Irridu nitolbu b’aktar ħerqa , iżda biex dan iseħħ hemm bżonn li l-insara jiddeċidu li jkunu fi Kristu, fl-imħabba tiegħu, billi jgħixu l-kmandament tal-imħabba lejn xulxin”.
Meta sellem lil dawk preżenti, il-President qal ukoll: “Qabel ma bdejna hawnhekk, ħaduni nara wkoll il-kappella fejn hemm dak il-mużajk daqshekk meraviljuż wara l-artal, u fejn hemm l-oqbra ta’ Chiara Lubich u Igino Giordani li kelli x-xorti li nsir nafu meta kont għadni żgħir, u ta’ Dun Foresi: tassew figuri straordinarji”.
Il-President tkellem dwar Giordani anki fl-introduzzjoni li kiteb għall-bijografija “Igino Giordani un eroe disarmato” (ta’ Alberto Lo Presti, Città Nuova Ed.) li ġiet ippublikata dan l-aħħar. Qal li x-xhieda ta’ ħajja nisranija li jagħti Giordani hi waħda li tassew għandha tispirak.
Stefania Tanesini
Source: www.focolare.org
Watch video: https://vimeo.com/544252523
[:en]The President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella paid a private visit yesterday morning, 2 May, to the International Center of the Focolare Movement in Rocca di Papa (Rome).
“I am delighted to be here; thank you for your warm welcome. The Focolare Movement’s contribution to our country, quite apart from the ecclesial dimension, is an advocacy to solidarity, to come together.”
With these words, Sergio Mattarella, President of the Italian Republic, thanked Margaret Karram, President of the Focolare, for the invitation made in a spirit of friendship to visit the International Center of the Focolare in Rocca di Papa (Rome) this morning.
“The concept of ‘focolare’ [hearth], of forming a family – continued the President in his greeting to those present – is a constant and comprehensive call to build community, to realize that each of us needs the others and that only by working together can positive and acceptable progress be achieved. This contribution is particularly important for our country.”
President Mattarella was also welcomed by Focolare Co-President Jesús Morán, by Maria Voce, former President and the General Council representing the Focolare all over the world.
The President wished, during his visit, to pay homage to the memory of Chiara Lubich and Igino Giordani, who are buried in the chapel at the Centre.
It is a happy coincidence that this visit to the tomb of the Hon. Giordani – who was a member of the Constituent Assembly of Italy and father of the Republic – occurred today, 2nd May 2021, 25 years after the birth of the Politics for Unity Movement. This Movement was founded by Chiara Lubich “so that – in the words of Focolare founder – fraternity should become a political category”. Pope Francis too, at today’s Angelus prayer, recalled this anniversary, wishing all the members of the Politics for Unity Movement “good work in the service of good politics”.
Upon his arrival, President Mattarella went to see the bronze sculpture of the Hon. Igino Giordani, a work by the artist Peter Kostner, which was installed on 18th April, on the occasion of the 41st anniversary of Giordani’s death.
In her greeting, Margaret Karram assured the President that the Focolare will continue to intensify its solidarity initiatives, “extending them to the multitude of people whose lives are deeply affected by the health crisis. The world – she continued – is in desperate need of greater sharing, especially in times like these, and the Focolare’s ideal of the unity can and should make its contribution.”
Then, recalling Chiara Lubich’s appeal to all those who adhere to the spirituality of unity to “be a family”, Margaret Karram concluded by affirming the wish to “follow through with the program that, at the last General Assembly of the Focolare Movement, we gave ourselves for these times, namely: “to embrace the world, listening to the cry of humanity, of creation and of the new generations.”
“The pandemic continues to claim lives and peace is hardly able to establish itself in international relations,” said Jesús Morán, Co-President of the Focolare, in his homily at Mass. “More intense and fervent prayer is needed, but for this to happen Christians need to decide to remain in Christ, in his love, living the commandment of mutual love.”
In his final greeting, President Mattarella said: “Earlier I was kindly shown the chapel with the splendid mosaic behind the altar and the tombs of Chiara Lubich, of Igino Giordani whom I was lucky enough to meet when I was young, and of Father Foresi: all extraordinary figures.”
The President has also described Igino Giordani, in the preface to the recently published biography “Igino Giordani an unarmed hero” (by Alberto Lo Presti, Città Nuova Ed.) as “an inspiriting witness of Christian life.”
Stefania Tanesini
Source: www.focolare.org
Watch video: https://vimeo.com/544252523[:]
