{"id":326,"date":"2017-10-30T19:54:02","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T19:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.agostinjani.org\/malti\/riflessjonijiet-u-artikli\/ray-francalanza-riflessjonijiet-u-artikli\/riflessjoni-fil-festa-tal-madonna-tac-cintura\/"},"modified":"2017-10-30T19:54:02","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T19:54:02","slug":"riflessjoni-fil-festa-tal-madonna-tac-cintura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agostinjani.org\/mt\/riflessjonijiet-u-artikli\/ray-francalanza-riflessjonijiet-u-artikli\/riflessjoni-fil-festa-tal-madonna-tac-cintura\/","title":{"rendered":"Riflessjoni fil-Festa tal-Madonna ta\u010b-\u010aintura"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Riflessjoni fil-Festa tal-Madonna ta\u010b-\u010aintura<\/em><\/strong><em> \u2013 Rabat (28 ta\u2019 Ottubru 2017)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Meta niltaqg\u0127u flimkien g\u0127al Ewkaristija&#8230;a\u0127na ma ni\u0121ux hawn bi drawwa! Ni\u0121u hawn&#8230; biex niltaqg\u0127u ma dak li l-iktar j\u0127obbna, biex nisimg\u0127u kelmtU, biex meta no\u0127or\u0121u minn hawn..nibqg\u0127u mexjin warajh: il-\u0126aruf t\u2019Alla. Ni\u0121u hawn biex ng\u0127aqqdu l-esperjenzi li ng\u0127addu minnhom \u2013 <em>dak li qed ng\u0127ixu, dak li hemm fina<\/em> \u2013 u narawhom fid-dawl tieg\u0127u. F\u2019\u010bertu sens..in\u0127arsu lej\u0127&#8230;<em>\u2019l fuq..minn fejn ti\u0121ina kull g\u0127ajnuna<\/em>. Jien wie\u0127ed minn dawk li nemmen li \u0127ajjitna nifmuha iktar u ng\u0127ixuha b\u2019iktar pa\u010bi (<em>peacefully lived<\/em>), jew narawha fid-dawl tal-eternita\u2019&#8230;fis-sens li taf li hemm \u0127ajja o\u0127ra wara din (<em>afterlife<\/em>). Li nemmnu li hemm \u0127ajja wara l-mewt \u2013 <em>issa jew konxjament jew inkonxjament<\/em> \u2013 dan se jaffetwa kif t\u0127ossok kull minuta, ta\u2019 kull \u0121urnata ta\u2019 kif tg\u0127ix. Jekk bil-maqlub, ma nemmnux fl-eternita\u2019, trid tara kif se \u017c\u017comm \u0121o fik \u2018ix-xjaten\u2019 (<em>demons<\/em>) tar-<em>restlessness<\/em>, tad-dizzapunti, tad-dwejjaq, tal-g\u0127ira, tas-self-pity (<em>tit\u0127assar lilek innifsek<\/em>) u ta\u010b-\u010binizmu.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jekk dil-\u0127ajja na\u0127sbu li hi \u2018<em>il-kollox\u2019<\/em>, allura hu:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tra\u0121iku li tkun fqir, li ma jkollokx opportunitijiet, li ma tkunx b\u2019sa\u0127\u0127tek, jew li m\u2019g\u0127andekx \u0121isem perfett.<\/li>\n<li>Tra\u0121iku li m\u2019g\u0127andekx talenti\/spazju bizzejjed biex tesprimi ru\u0127ek tajjeb, li ma tesperjenzax estasi fl-im\u0127abba. (<em>estasy in love<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Tra\u0121iku li ma sibtx is-<em>soulmate <\/em>perfett, li jkollok torqod wa\u0127dek.<\/li>\n<li>Tra\u0121iku li kont vittma ta\u2019 xi in\u010bident, li \u0121ejt abbuzat\/a, jew li \u0121ejt ferut\/a. (<em>wounded<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li>Tra\u0121iku li l-\u0127ajja ta\u017c-\u017cwie\u0121 jew tal-vokazzjoni li g\u0127a\u017cilt, ma ne\u0127\u0127ix is-solitudni minn \u0121o fik, li t\u0127ossok dejjem skjav tax-xog\u0127ol, tad-dmir, tal-familja, b\u2019tali mod li ma t\u0127ossokx \u0127ieles bizzejjed. (<em>in a way that limits our freedom<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li>Tra\u0121iku li m\u2019g\u0127andekx <em>job<\/em> li vera jtik sodisfazzjon, li m\u2019g\u0127andekx karriera li tonora t-talenti li g\u0127andek.<\/li>\n<li>Tra\u0121iku li ssib ru\u0127ek li qed tibda tixjie\u0127, li tibda titlef \u010berta sbu\u0127ija fizika, jew li tibda t\u0127ossok imwarrab.<\/li>\n<li>Tra\u0121iku li jkollok tifa\u010b\u010bja l-mewt meta f\u2019\u0127ajtek g\u0127ad fadallek x\u2019tag\u0127ti.<\/li>\n<li>Tra\u0121iku li titlef il-pja\u010biri tal-\u0127ajja, li dejjem t\u0127ossok tg\u0127ix f\u2019\u0127ajja li g\u0127alik hi \u2018\u017cg\u0127ira\u2019: ftit \u0127in, ra\u0127al \u017cg\u0127ir, jafuk ftit.<\/li>\n<li>Tra\u0121iku li tara l-\u0127olm tieg\u0127ek jsir trab, jew li t\u0127oss nostal\u0121ija, g\u0127ira, frustrazzjoni.<\/li>\n<li>Tra\u0121iku toqg\u0127od ta\u0127seb xi stajt tkun jew g\u0127amilt iktar, jew li tkun g\u0127amilt g\u0127a\u017cliet \u0127\u017ciena.<\/li>\n<li>Tra\u0121iku li tg\u0127addi il-\u0121img\u0127a\/weekend wa\u0127dek, jew li tmur vaganza imma mbag\u0127ad ma kellekx ma min taqsmaha.<\/li>\n<li>Tra\u0121iku li tg\u0127ix f\u2019\u0121isem, f\u2019familja, fi \u017cwie\u0121, f\u2019dar, f\u2019dinja li qatt ma tista ttik kollox \u2013 <em>full symphony<\/em> \u2013 jew li tne\u0127\u0127ilek g\u0127al kollox kull xewqa u restlessness \u0121o fik (<em>our deepest restlessness and longing<\/em>).<\/li>\n<li>Bil-maqlub, meta \u0127ajtek taraha u tg\u0127ix..fid-dawl tal-eternita\u2019, allura tista\u2019 tg\u0127ix <em>a\u0127jar <\/em>u b\u2019<em>inqas<\/em> restlessness, dizzapunti, dwejjaq, g\u0127ira, self-pity, jew \u010binizmu. <em>Ifhem jibqg\u0127u ftit hemm&#8230;imma zzommhom at bay&#8230;tikkontrolhom int, mhux huma lilek!<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tara \u0127ajtek fid-dawl tal-eternita\u2019 jg\u0127ina:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ni\u0121\u0121ieldu a\u0127jar lix-xjaten tal-g\u0127ira, bitterness, paranoia, obsessions u gideb fina. (l<em>-il\u0127na fina li dejjem jqattaw fina!<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Ma naqtawx qalbna kull darba li \u0121o fina jid\u0127ol id-dizzapunt (bitterness)&#8230;qishom cassette tapes qodma: diskursati antiki, we\u0121g\u0127at antiki, old rejections and old injustices&#8230;b\u2019tali mod li dejjem \u0121o fik toqg\u0127od t\u0127ossok tradut\/cheated&#8230;<em>life is not fair<\/em>!<\/li>\n<li>Ng\u0127ixu a\u0127jar kull darba li jkollna im\u0127abba skomda (frustrated love) b\u2019tali mod li tid\u0127ol f\u2019depression perpetwa (<em>near-suicidal depression<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Li temmen f\u2019\u0127ajja wara din&#8230; ma jfissirx li tg\u0127ix fil-bi\u017ca li hemm xi nar li se ja\u0127arqek, jew li jekk tkun tajjeb, se taqla xi premju wara li tmut.<\/p>\n<p>Temmen fl-eternita\u2019, bil-maqlub, jg\u0127inek jkollok vi\u017cjoni sewwa, li tista\u2019 tgawdi l-veri fer\u0127\/pja\u010biri tal-\u0127ajja, imma ming\u0127ajr ma toqg\u0127od kuljum issallab lilek nnifsek..g\u0127ax xi \u0127a\u0121a \u0121o fik (<em>\u0121ismek, \u017cwie\u0121, karriera, anke l-morali tieg\u0127ek<\/em>), jew hemm barra..mhumiex perfetti!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tg\u0127allimna dan Marija: Sliem g\u0127alik palazz, tabernaklu, dar, ilbies, qaddejja, omm tieg\u0127u. (<em>titli li taha San Fran\u0121isk<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Tg\u0127allimna dan Marija: hi&#8230; l-mara ta\u2019 bla storbju u ta\u2019 bla g\u0127a\u0121\u0121la; l-<em>ver\u0121ni li tisma u tas-silenzju<\/em>. (<em>hekk jsejj\u0127ilha Santu Wistin<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Tg\u0127allimna dan Marija: hi&#8230; li kienet tisma l-istejjer ta\u2019 kul\u0127add..g\u0127ax kul\u0127add g\u0127andu storja x\u2019jirrakonta (<em>anke jekk int taraha dull jew bla sens)<\/em>. Anke li nisimg\u0127u l-istorja tag\u0127na stess&#8230;fil-pa\u010bi u b\u2019\u0121entilezza!<\/li>\n<li>Tg\u0127allimna dan Marija: hi&#8230;li kienet dejjem f\u2019rabta intima ma\u2019 Alla, f\u2019pa\u010bi mieg\u0127u, <em>kien f\u2019\u0121ufha<\/em>!<\/li>\n<li>Tg\u0127allimna dan Marija: hi&#8230;li kienet \u0121entili\/tenera mag\u0127ha nfisha u ma\u2019 o\u0127rajn.<\/li>\n<li>Tg\u0127allimna dan Marija: hi..li \u0127arset dejjem il fuq&#8230;.. tg\u0127idilna biex nkunu f\u2019pa\u010bi fl-ispirtu tag\u0127na (<em>our soul<\/em>), u anke jekk id-dinja li fiha qed ng\u0127ixuha xi kultant tidher zlugata, jew li l-\u0127olm tag\u0127na b\u2019xi mod inbarax&#8230;hi tg\u0127idilna biex ma nitilfux il-qawwa li hemm \u0121o fina&#8230;biex inkunu \u0127ienja. Kliem l-an\u0121lu: \u2018<em>Ifra\u0127 Marija<\/em>!\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tg\u0127allimna fuq kollox dan kollu, Ommna l-Ver\u0121ni Marija, li g\u0127ax semg\u0127et il-kelma hi l-ewwel u \u0121arret din il-kelma hi stess f\u2019\u0121ufha saret \u2013 araw il-missjoni vera tag\u0127na &#8211; allura tifhem g\u0127alfejn hija l-iktar imbierka. Marija: l-arka tal-patt il-\u0121did <em>(g\u0127ax f\u2019\u0121ufha twieled il-Messija mwieg\u0127ed),<\/em> tfakkarna biex dejjem in\u0127arsu \u2018l fuq, u li \u2018l-qabar\u2019 <em>(l-oqbra tag\u0127na<\/em>) mhumiex l-a\u0127\u0127ar kelma. O \u0120esu\u2019, a\u0127na nirringrazzjawk tad-don tal-qawmien tieg\u0127ek u li llum int t\u0127addan f\u2019dirg\u0127ajk lil Ommok Marija u twassalha b\u0127ala l-arka l-\u0121dida fit-tempju tal-Mulej, g\u0127ax fiha tajna sinjal sabi\u0127 ta\u2019 tama. G\u0127ina llum Marija&#8230;inkabbru id-devozzjoni tag\u0127na vera lejk, l-imitazzjoniji tal-virtujiet tieg\u0127ek tas-safa, tal-umilta\u2019, tas-smieg\u0127 tal-kelma ta\u2019 Alla u tal-im\u0127abba tal-g\u0127edewwa.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Lil Marija g\u0127alhekk g\u0127andna \u2018b\u017connha\u2019<\/em>: g\u0127ax f\u2019dinja li fiha hawn min qed jib\u017ca \u2018jmut\u2019 u hawn min ukoll qed jib\u017ca jg\u0127ix&#8230;fiha \u2013 f\u2019Marija &#8211; hemm twarrad kull tama. Is-sigriet tag\u0127ha \u2013 intelqet f\u2019idej\u0126 totalment: <em>Hawn jien il-qaddejja tal-Mulej, \u0127a jsir minni skont kelmtek<\/em>! <em>Kelma tal-a\u0127\u0127ar<\/em>..<em>jien tg\u0127allimtha bil-mod<\/em>: Jekk kuljum \u2013 b\u0127al Marija &#8211; mmorru g\u0127and Alla b\u2019qalb miftu\u0127a u nitg\u0127allmu nkunu pa\u010benzju\u017ci u na\u0127dmu biex in\u017commu ir-relazzjoni tag\u0127na mieg\u0127U \u0127ajja kuljum, allura anke meta l-fidi jew il-\u0127ajja tag\u0127na ti\u0121i ppruvata, nindunaw kemm Alla tag\u0127na hu fidil bil-kbir. Nitlob li jien u intom ukoll&#8230;nintelqu f&#8217;idej\u0126 kuljum.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>G\u0127andna \u2018bzonnha\u2019 lil Marija&#8230;fi \u017cmien meta l-kumpass morali tas-so\u010bjeta\u2019 tag\u0127na jidher li sbilan\u010bja ru\u0127u wa\u0127da sew; meta \u0121ieli d-dlam <em>jidher<\/em> li qed jirba\u0127 lid-dawl, u fi \u017cmien meta \u0127afna rrasenjaw ru\u0127hom li jg\u0127ixu biss in-normalita\u2019 (<em>kemm g\u0127ejja u dilluzjoni tara fl-g\u0127ajnejn<\/em>!) u g\u0127ax tilfu l-<em>ispark<\/em> u l-\u0127e\u0121\u0121a tal-ewwel im\u0127abba, qed jinsew\/qed ninsew, li kull \u0121urnata hi l-aqwa okkazzjoni biex niftakru li a\u0127na lkoll ma\u0127bubin u li l-\u0127ajja hija l-isba\u0127 don li g\u0127andna f\u2019idejna biex ng\u0127ixu l-ewwel \u0127olma li Alla kellu u g\u0127ad g\u0127andu g\u0127alina.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Nag\u0127mlu tag\u0127na l-<em>Memorare<\/em> (<em>attribwita lil San Bernard<\/em>) li hi ri\u010betta ta\u2019 sliem fiha nfisha: \u201cFtakar ja l-i\u017cjed \u0127anina Omm Ver\u0121ni Marija, li qatt ma nstema\u2019 li xi \u0127add intefa\u2019 ta\u0127t il-\u0127arsien tieg\u0127ek, talbek l-g\u0127ajnuna jew fittex li tid\u0127ol g\u0127alih u inti ma smajtux. Imqanqal minn dan il-\u0127sieb g\u0127al g\u0127andek ni\u0121ri, ja Ver\u0121ni Omm tieg\u0127i: g\u0127andek ni\u0121i, quddiemek noqg\u0127od midneb u niedem, ja Omm l-Iben t\u2019Alla mag\u0127mul bniedem.\u00a0 La tistmerx it-talb tieg\u0127i, i\u017cda ismag\u0127ni u we\u0121ibni. Ammen\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riflessjoni fil-Festa tal-Madonna ta\u010b-\u010aintura \u2013 Rabat (28 ta\u2019 Ottubru 2017) Meta niltaqg\u0127u flimkien g\u0127al Ewkaristija&#8230;a\u0127na ma ni\u0121ux hawn bi drawwa! Ni\u0121u hawn&#8230; biex niltaqg\u0127u ma dak li l-iktar j\u0127obbna, biex nisimg\u0127u kelmtU, biex meta no\u0127or\u0121u minn hawn..nibqg\u0127u mexjin warajh: il-\u0126aruf t\u2019Alla. Ni\u0121u hawn biex ng\u0127aqqdu l-esperjenzi li ng\u0127addu minnhom \u2013 dak li qed ng\u0127ixu, dak li hemm fina \u2013 u narawhom fid-dawl tieg\u0127u. F\u2019\u010bertu sens..in\u0127arsu lej\u0127&#8230;\u2019l fuq..minn fejn ti\u0121ina kull [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ray-francalanza-riflessjonijiet-u-artikli"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"gform-image-choice-sm":false,"gform-image-choice-md":false,"gform-image-choice-lg":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Fr David Cortis","author_link":"https:\/\/agostinjani.org\/mt\/author\/frdavidc\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Riflessjoni fil-Festa tal-Madonna ta\u010b-\u010aintura \u2013 Rabat (28 ta\u2019 Ottubru 2017) Meta niltaqg\u0127u flimkien g\u0127al Ewkaristija&#8230;a\u0127na ma ni\u0121ux hawn bi drawwa! Ni\u0121u hawn&#8230; biex niltaqg\u0127u ma dak li l-iktar j\u0127obbna, biex nisimg\u0127u kelmtU, biex meta no\u0127or\u0121u minn hawn..nibqg\u0127u mexjin warajh: il-\u0126aruf t\u2019Alla. Ni\u0121u hawn biex ng\u0127aqqdu l-esperjenzi li ng\u0127addu minnhom \u2013 dak li qed ng\u0127ixu, dak&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agostinjani.org\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agostinjani.org\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agostinjani.org\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agostinjani.org\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agostinjani.org\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agostinjani.org\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agostinjani.org\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agostinjani.org\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agostinjani.org\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}