Qegħdin nibdew sena liturġika ġdida. Ġie Avvent ieħor. Dan l-Avvent jinkoraġġina biex immorru lura għal din il-ħerqa u tfixxija li qarbitna lejn Alla. Dan iż-żmien ġdid jagħmlilna l-mistoqsija: hemm xi ħaġa fija jew f’ħajti li huwa neċesarju bidu ġdid? Din hija wake-up call. Jista’ jkun li nqbadna fit-timetables tagħna u sirna inqas sensittivi għal dak li qiegħed jiġri madwarna? Forsi tant aħna busy li hemm bżonn ta’ ftit riflessjoni. Niftakru […]
The word ‘discernment’ is used to describe the whole process by which we listen to God and listen to our own hearts, gradually coming to know who God is calling us to be and where he is leading us. It is not something we just decide to do one afternoon, like baking a cake or watching a film. It is a journey that involves patience, honesty, perseverance, generosity, courage, and
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Forsi nistaqsu – kif fil-festa ta’ Kristu Re qed naqraw qari iktar marbut mal-Ġimgħa l-Kbira? Fuq is-salib li Ġesù deher bħala sultan – Dan huwa s-sultan tal-Lhud. Ġesù ma kienx sultan tal-għana jew tal-arroganza imma kien sultan-ragħaj li jagħti ħajtu għan-ngħaġ tiegħu. Sultan kien leader, u ejja niskopru l-leadership tiegħu…huwa tip ta’ leadership differenti) Kien jagħti l-ewwel post lil Alla Kien qrib tal-bniedem Kien joffri l-ħbiberija tiegħu lil Kulħadd Għandu
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Each vocation is a call to follow Christ – The lifestyle and demands of each particular vocation are very different, but there are some common threads. Each vocation is a commitment to love in a certain way and to draw closer to others – whether that closeness is through marriage or service or prayer. Each vocation challenges us to live our faith more deeply and to follow Christ more closely.
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Huwa qari li jista’ jħawwadna…għax jissemmew ħafna affarijiet li ukoll jimlewna b’ċerta biża. Imma hemm diversi punti ta’ riflessjoni li jgħinuna f’dan kollu. Luqa jippreżentalna lil Ġesù bħala l-profeta, li kapaċi jaqra s-sinjali taż-żminijiet. Li joffrilna pariri mimlijin għerf u b’ħafna insight kif għandna naġixxu fiż-żmien diffiċli. Fil-fatt jekk naqraw b’attenzjoni l-Evanġelju, Ġesù qiegħed jiskoraġġixi lil dawk li qegħdin jipprovaw jikkalkulaw t-tmiem fuq il-bażi ta’ fenomini viżibli. Huwa ma hux
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Vocation as a call to be the unique person you are made to be – There is yet another level to ‘vocation’. Each saint is unique, and you are called to be holy not just in a general way, but in the particular way that God has made you to be. God created you as a unique individual, and calls you by a name that no-one else has been given.
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Augustinian Call What does being an Augustinian mean to you? It was the community spirit that brought me together with the Augustinians and St. Augustine. It was a beautiful and familiar environment, a peaceful and blessed environment. What I found in the Augustinian communities, in Malta and abroad, was the living experience of St. Augustine’s ideals for community life: People who live “one heart and one soul in God.” The
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Twaqqa’ għaċ-ċajt u status Is-silta tal-Evanġelu ta’ dan il-Ħadd turina grupp ta’ Saduċej jargumentaw ma’ Ġesù, li kienet xi ħaġa tipika, fejn jikkwotaw silta biblika kontra silta oħra. Is-Saduċej użaw teknika komuni fejn twaqqa’ għaċ-ċajt il-pożizzjoni tal-ieħor. Hemmhekk wieħed ma jkunux qed jieħu bis-serjetà l-punto di vista li jkun qed jesprimi ruħu, u lanqas ikun hemm smigħ veru ta’ dak li ħaddieħor qed jesprimi. Qatt sibt ruħek tagħmel dan ma’
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Vocation as a call to a concrete ‘state of life’ – Christ has always called some people to follow him in concrete ways, by giving them a more specific vocation. In previous generations, the word ‘vocation’ would only have been used to describe the lives of priests and religious – because these people had in some sense been called ‘away’ from an ordinary life to a life of celibacy and
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