Il-Kummissjoni Provin\u010bjali tal-Laj\u010bi Agostinjani, ta\u0127t id-direzzjoni ta\u2019 Patri Franco Grech 0SA, din is-sena rat il-\u0127olma u x-xewqa tag\u0127ha li jittella\u2019 pellegrina\u0121\u0121 Agostinjan, imma mhux biss, isiru realt\u00e0 bl-g\u0127ajnuna t\u2019Alla. Dan sar bis-sehem tas-Sur Marcel Zammit Marmar\u00e0 b\u0127ala tour leader u s-Sa Gwen Mous\u00f9 li organizzat il-pellegrina\u0121\u0121.<\/p>\n
Bejn l-24 u l-31 ta\u2019 Lulju 2024, 54 persuna ng\u0127aqadna b\u0127ala familja wa\u0127da fuq dan il-pellegrina\u0121\u0121 u fl-istess \u0127in tour. Minkejja s-s\u0127ana u l-mixi, kul\u0127add \u0127a gost, anke dawk li kienu akbar fl-et\u00e0, imxew u wrew kura\u0121\u0121 u perseveranza!<\/p>\n
Tlaqna l-Erbg\u0127a 24 ta\u2019 Lulju g\u0127al Milan, fejn qbadna l-kow\u010b g\u0127al Treviso, mag\u0127ruf ukoll b\u0127ala Venezja \u017c-\u017bg\u0127ira min\u0127abba l-kanali tal-ilma li hemm.<\/p>\n
L-g\u0127ada, il-\u0126amis 25 ta\u2019 Lulju, qbadna t-tren g\u0127al Venezja. Fr Franco \u010b\u010belebra quddiesa fil-knisja ta\u2019 Santa Marija ta\u2019 Nazaret, mag\u0127rufa b\u0127ala Chiesa Degli Scalzi. Ma setax jonqos li n\u017curu pjazza San Marco u l-Palazzo Ducale, il-Ponte dei Sospiri, la Torre dell\u2019Orologio, il Ponte Rialto u o\u0127rajn. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Imxejna fit-toroq dojoq ta\u2019 madwar il-kanali u bla dubju ma naqsitx dawra bil-famu\u017ca gondola Venezjana g\u0127al dawk li xtaqu. Lura g\u0127at-tren morna bil-lan\u010ba \u2013 it-trasport pubbliku f\u2019Venezja!<\/p>\n
Il-\u0120img\u0127a 26 ta\u2019 Lulju, tlaqna g\u0127al Padova, il-belt famu\u017ca ta\u2019 \u201cil Santo\u201d! Hekk hu mag\u0127ruf mal-Italja kollha l-qaddis Sant\u2019Antnin, li proprju kien minn Lisbona, il-Portugal. X\u0127in wasalna Padova bqajna sejrin naraw il-Kappella Degli Scrovegni, mag\u0127rufa g\u0127all-affreski ta\u2019 Giotto, famu\u017ci mad-dinja kollha li saru bejn 1303 u l-1305. Meravilja ta\u2019 pitturi mal-\u0127itan kollha li juru l-istorja tas-salvazzjoni. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fil-\u0127in liberu li kellna g\u0127all-ikel f\u2019nofsinhar a\u0127na d\u0127alna fil-Katedral sabi\u0127 ta\u2019 Santa Marija Assunta u \u017corna wkoll pont fuq ix-xmara msemmi g\u0127al Santu Wistin! Wara lkoll \u017corna l-Ba\u017cilika ta\u2019 Sant\u2019Antnin \u2013 il-qofol tal-\u0121urnata \u2013 fejn morna fuq il-qabar tieg\u0127u u \u0127dejn ir-relikwiji mag\u0127rufin tieg\u0127u, fosthom l-ilsien inkorrot u x-xedaq. Fr Franco \u010b\u010belebra l-quddiesa f\u2019kappella fil-\u0121enb tal-ba\u017cilika.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wara morna fi \u0121nien sabi\u0127, Prato della Valle, b\u2019\u0127afna statwi u funtani. Ma naqasx li ntemmu l-jum b\u2019ikla tipika Padovana, f\u2019restorant agriturismo!<\/p>\n
Is-Sibt 27 ta\u2019 Lulju, wara l-quddiesa li Fr Franco qaddes fil-kripta tal-Katidral ta\u2019 San Pietru fi Treviso, rajna l-battisteru \u0127dejn il-Katidral, fil-knisja ta\u2019 San \u0120wann Battista u \u017corna Piazza dei Signori fejn hemm it-Torre Civica. \u0126allejna Treviso g\u0127al Milan.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fi triqitna waqafna Verona fejn rajna l-Arena di Verona, id-dar ta\u2019 Giulietta u Piazza delle Erbe fost postijiet sbie\u0127 o\u0127ra. Verona belt sabi\u0127a u hemm \u0127afna x\u2019tara! Komplejna t-triq g\u0127al Milan fejn wasalna flg\u0127axija fil-lukanda ma\u0121enb l-istazzjon tal-ferrovija.<\/p>\n
Il-\u0126add 28 ta\u2019 Lulju, qbadna t-triq g\u0127al Sotto il Monte, minn fejn kien Angelo Roncalli, il-qaddis Papa San \u0120wanni XXIII. Waqafna l-Casa del Pellegrino fejn rajna dokumentarju qasir fuq il-\u0127ajja tieg\u0127u u wara \u017corna l-\u0120nien tal-Pa\u010bi u s-Santwarju San Giovanni XXIII.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Morna fid-dar, illum museum marbut mal-Papa Buono, li kien jg\u0127ix fiha meta j\u017cur Sotto il-Monte qabel sar Papa. Wara ikla tajba m\u0127ejjija g\u0127alina mill-volontiera tas-Santwarju fil-Casa del Pellegrino, kellna l-quddiesa fil-knisja \u010bkejkna ta\u2019 Santa Maria in Brusicco li fiha kien mg\u0127ammed Angelo Roncalli fl-1881. Il-battisteru g\u0127adu hemm u hemm ukoll l-ir\u0127ama li kienet fuq il-qabar tieg\u0127u fil-kripta tal-papiet fil-Vatikan qabel \u0121ie kanonizzat. Imbag\u0127ad g\u0127amilna vista lid-dar fejn twieled u g\u0127ex fi tfulitu l-Papa San \u0120wanni XXIII.<\/p>\n
Aktar tard g\u0127addejna Bergamo fejn tlajna Citt\u00e0 Alta bil-funikular u \u017corna Piazza Vecchia, Cappella Colleoni, il-Ba\u017cilika ta\u2019 Santa Maria Maggiore u l-Battisteru \u2013 knejjes meravilju\u017ci mimlija xog\u0127lijiet tal-arti.<\/p>\n
It-Tnejn 29 ta\u2019 Lulju, bdejna l-\u0121urnata bil-quddiesa \u010b\u010belebrata minn Fr Franco fis-Santwarju ta\u2019 San Kamillu de Lellis, fejn fakkarna t-23 anniversarju ta\u017c-\u017cwie\u0121 tag\u0127na. Wara g\u0127amilna vista mist\u0127oqqa lil San Ambro\u0121 fil-Ba\u017cilika tieg\u0127u f\u2019Milan.<\/p>\n
Hemm tajna qima lir-relikwiji ta\u2019 dan l-isqof kbir ta\u2019 Milan li kien providenzjali fil-konver\u017cjoni ta\u2019 missierna Santu Wistin. Fil-fatt San Ambro\u0121 kien li g\u0127ammed lil Santu Wistin u t-tifel tieg\u0127u Adeodato fil-V\u0121ili tal-G\u0127id il-Kbir tas-sena 387. \u00a0Wara bqajna sejrin Como fejn \u017corna l-Katidral sabi\u0127 u ammirajna numru ta\u2019 tapezzeriji kbar imdendlin fil-korsija fost \u0127wejje\u0121 o\u0127ra tal-arti.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wara \u0127in g\u0127all-ikel \u0127dejn Lago di Como, irkibna l-lan\u010ba li dawritna dawra ta\u2019 sieg\u0127a fuq l-g\u0127adira, fejn stajna ngawdu veduti sbie\u0127 tal-muntanji ta\u2019 madwar. Xi \u0121elat tajjeb ma naqasx qabel tlaqna lura lejn Milan!<\/p>\n
Il-qofol tal-pellegrina\u0121\u0121 b\u0127ala laj\u010bi Agostinjani ntla\u0127aq it-Tlieta 30 ta\u2019 Lulju, bi\u017c-\u017cjara tag\u0127na f\u2019Pavia meta morna l-Ba\u017cilika ta\u2019 San Pietro in Ciel d\u2019Oro fejn hemm meqjuma il-fdalijiet ta\u2019 Santu Wistin. Dawn huma mi\u017cmumin b\u2019qima kbira f\u2019relikwarju \u0121o kaxxa f\u2019monument kbir tal-ir\u0127am. Billi kienu qed isiru xi xog\u0127lijiet fejn tin\u017camm il-kaxxa bil-fdalijiet ta\u2019 Santu Wistin, il-\u0127\u0121ie\u0121a kienet maqlug\u0127a u xi w\u0127ud kellhom ix-xorti li jmissu l-kaxxa direttament, g\u0127alkemm malajr kienet mag\u0127luqa mill-\u0121did bil-\u0127\u0121ie\u0121a!<\/p>\n
Ma setax jonqos li a\u0127na wkoll nag\u0127tu qima lil missierna Santu Wistin u Fr Franco, iben spiritwali ta\u2019 Santu Wistin, i\u010b\u010belebra l-quddiesa hemmhekk. \u017bgur li kienu mumenti kommoventi g\u0127al dawk kollha li konna hemm dakinhar u kif kien xieraq, \u0127adna ritratt tal-grupp kollu flimkien quddiem il-qabar ta\u2019 Santu Wistin! Xbieha sabi\u0127a tal-monument fejn jinsabu l-fdalijiet tieg\u0127u, ing\u0127atat lil kul\u0127add b\u0127ala tifkira mis-Sa Gwen Mous\u00f9.<\/p>\n
Wara kellna wkoll \u0127in liberu fejn stajna nduru aktar f\u2019Pavia. A\u0127na g\u0127addejna fil-knisja parrokkjali ta\u2019 Santa Marija tal-Karmnu \u2013 knisja kbira u sabi\u0127a \u0127afna tal-Karmelitani. Wara tajna titwila lil Ponte Coperto li hemm fuq ix-xmara Ticino.<\/p>\n
Temmejna l-jum bi \u017cjara fil-monasteru ta\u010b-\u010aister\u010bensi f\u2019Certosa di Pavia \u2013 post kbir u sabi\u0127 fejn barra s-santwarju meravilju\u017c, insibu wkoll il-monasteru, li barra l-parti komunitarja madwar il-kjostru \u017c-\u017cg\u0127ir hemm ukoll 24 abitazzjoni individwali madwar kjostru kbir fejn kienu jg\u0127ixu \u010b-\u010aister\u010bensi b\u2019mod solitarju.<\/p>\n
Kif wasalna lura Milan, xi w\u0127ud xtaqu jaraw il-knisja ddedikata lil Santu Wistin li tinsab ftit bog\u0127od mil-lukanda u \u0127tafna l-opportunit\u00e0 biex naqb\u017cu qab\u017ca s\u2019hemm g\u0127alkemm kien sar il-\u0127in. Fil-fatt sibna li kienet g\u0127adha kif g\u0127alqet, imma l-providenza riedet li s-sagristan \u0121ie lura u fet\u0127ilna u b\u2019hekk stajna ngawdu ftit \u0127in f\u2019din il-knisja sabi\u0127a ddedikata lil Santu Wistin, li hi f\u2019idejn is-Salesjani.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
L-Erbg\u0127a, 31 ta\u2019 Lulju, kienet l-a\u0127\u0127ar \u0121urnata f\u2019Milan, i\u017cda mhux l-inqas, g\u0127ax Milan hu asso\u010bjat \u0127afna ma\u2019 Santu Wistin, fejn hemm huwa skopra r-rieda t\u2019Alla g\u0127alih u mexa t-triq g\u0127all-konver\u017cjoni tieg\u0127u. Filg\u0127odu morna d-Duomo ta\u2019 Milan \u2013 katidral kbir u mag\u0127ruf mad-dinja kollha. Ma naqsitx \u017cjara interessanti fl-Area Archeologica, fejn stajna naraw il-fdalijiet ta\u2019 battisteru antik li aktarx kien il-post fejn Santu Wistin kien mg\u0127ammed minn San Ambro\u0121. G\u0127alhekk dan il-post hu ta\u2019 importanza g\u0127alina l-laj\u010bi Agostinjani.<\/p>\n
Wara kellna ftit \u0127in induru l-madwar tal-pjazza qabel tlaqna lejn l-ajruport g\u0127ar-ritorn lejn Malta.<\/p>\n
B\u2019hekk il-pellegrina\u0121\u0121 tag\u0127na \u0121ie fi tmiemu g\u0127ax b\u0127al ma jg\u0127idu, kull \u0127a\u0121a tajba ti\u0121i fi tmiemha! Imma \u017cgur li din l-esperjenza ser tibqa\u2019 mag\u0127na tul \u0127ajjitna kollha. Il-parte\u010bipanti kollha qsamna flimkien mumenti ta\u2019 talb, fer\u0127 u \u0127biberija li \u010bertament ma ninsewx. Nirringrazzjaw \u2019l Alla u lil kull min ta sehmu biex dan il-pellegrin\u0121\u0121 jirnexxi.<\/p>\n
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