\u0120wanni Stone kien reli\u0121ju\u017c li g\u0127a\u017cel li jibqa\u2019 fuq il-blata ta\u2019 Pietru, minkejja l-periklu reali fuq \u0127ajtu. \u0120wanni kien reli\u0121ju\u017c tal-Provin\u010bja Agostinjana fl-Ingilterra. G\u0127ex fi \u017cmien ta\u2019 taqlib kbir, fejn g\u0127all-kattoli\u010bi – wara l-abbandun tal-fidi kattolika mir-re Enriku VIII u t-twaqqif tal-knisja anglikana fl-1534 – ma kienx fa\u010bli i\u017c\u017comm s\u0127i\u0127 fir-rabta tal-fidi mas-su\u010b\u010bessur ta\u2019 Pietru. I\u010b-\u010birkustanzi kienu jitolbu kura\u0121\u0121 u stamina sabiex l-insara kattoli\u010bi, b\u2019mod partikolari r-reli\u0121ju\u017ci u s-sa\u010berdoti, jibqg\u0127u fidili g\u0127all-fidi mwaqqfa fuq is-su\u010b\u010bessjoni tal-appostli. Ir-reli\u0121ju\u017ci kellhom tlett g\u0127a\u017cliet: jie\u0127du l-\u0121urament ta\u2019 fedelt\u00e0 u jabbandunaw il-\u0127ajja reli\u0121ju\u017ca; jitilqu l-barra mill-pajji\u017c; jing\u0127ataw f\u2019idejn il-\u0121ustizzja sal-mewt. \u0120wanni Stone, bniedem ta\u2019 qlubija, g\u0127a\u017cel li jibqa\u2019 fidil sal-a\u0127\u0127ar. Kien pirjol fil-kunvent ta\u2019 Canterbury meta fl-14 ta\u2019 Di\u010bembru 1538 waslet l-ordni sabiex il-membri tal-komunit\u00e0 agostinjana jissottomettu ru\u0127hom g\u0127all-\u0121urament ta\u2019 fedelt\u00e0 lejn il-kuruna ingli\u017ca. U\u0127ud mill-patrijiet, bejn min\u0127abba l-bi\u017ca u bejn min\u0127abba li ttamaw li l-affarijiet jil\u0127qu jirran\u0121aw rwie\u0127hom, issottomettew rwie\u0127hom. I\u017cda \u0120wanni Stone baqa\u2019 bil-fehema li ma jiffirmax, u g\u0127aldaqstant wara \u017cmien ta\u2019 pri\u0121unerija ittie\u0127ed g\u0127all-\u0121udizzju quddiem Tumas Cromwell. Dam maqful madwar sena, \u017cmien li matulu bosta ittamaw li jibdel fehemtu. Mal-kundizzjonijiet \u0127orox li kien fihom hu \u017cied aktar penitenzi sabiex ikun dejjem lest g\u0127all-jum il-kbir! Dan il-jum wasal jumejn biss wara l-festa tal-Milied tal-1539. \u0120wanni Stone ittie\u0127ed fil-post tal-forka, fejn g\u0127add ta\u2019 martri o\u0127rajn kienu di\u0121a taw \u0127ajjithom g\u0127all-Kristu. Il-\u0121isem mejjen tieg\u0127u, wara t-tg\u0127allieq, tqatta\u2019 bi\u010b\u010biet u ssajjar f\u2019kontenitur kbir. Hekk il-persekutur ried ine\u0127\u0127i kull marka u sinjal tal-\u0121isem ta\u2019 min ta\u2019 \u0127ajtu g\u0127all-Kristu, b\u2019tali mod li ma jibqg\u0127ux fdalijiet g\u0127all-qima tal-Kattoli\u010bi.<\/p>\n
\u0120wanni Stone kien ibbeatifikat fl-1886, u snin wara, e\u017cattament fl-25 ta\u2019 Ottubru 1970, Pawlu VI ikkanoni\u017c\u017cah flimkien ma\u2019 39 martri ingli\u017c ie\u0127or, grupp imdaqqas ta\u2019 sa\u010berdotri, reli\u0121ju\u017ci u laj\u010bi li baqg\u0127u fidili g\u0127all-Kristu. \u0120wanni Stone ma kienx l-uniku wie\u0127ed li baqa\u2019 fidil lejn is-su\u010b\u010bessur ta\u2019 Pietru fost l-Agostinjani, g\u0127aliex nafu b\u2019o\u0127rajn li bejn wie\u0127ed u ie\u0127or g\u0127addew mill-istess tbatija.<\/p>\n
Matul il-kanonizzazjoni Pawlu VI esprima ru\u0127u b\u2019dan il-kliem, li jg\u0127odd g\u0127al kull \u017cmien: \u201c\u017bminijietna g\u0127andhom b\u017conn il-Qaddisin, b\u2019mod spe\u010bjali ta\u2019 dawk li taw l-og\u0127la xhieda tal-im\u0127abba tag\u0127hom lejn Kristu u l-Knisja tieg\u0127u… B\u0127at-tixrid tad-demm ta\u2019 Kristu, hekk l-offerta li l-martri jag\u0127mlu ta\u2019 \u0127ajjthom issir, permezz tal-g\u0127aqda mas-sagrifi\u010b\u010bju ta\u2019 Kristu, g\u0127ajn ta\u2019 \u0127ajja u fertilit\u00e0 spiritwali g\u0127all-Knisja u g\u0127ad-dinja kollha… Il-martirju tal-insara huwa l-espressjoni u s-sinjal l-aktar g\u0127oli ta\u2019 din l-im\u0127abba, mhux biss g\u0127aliex il-martri jibqa\u2019 fidil b\u2019im\u0127abbtu sat-tixrid ta\u2019 demmu, imma wkol g\u0127aliex dan is-sagrifi\u010b\u010bju ise\u0127\u0127 g\u0127all-im\u0127abba l-aktar g\u0127olja u nobbli, ji\u0121ifieri g\u0127all-im\u0127abba ta\u2019 Dak li \u0127alaqna u fdiena.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fr\u00a0Josef Sciberras osa<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u0120wanni Stone kien reli\u0121ju\u017c li g\u0127a\u017cel li jibqa\u2019 fuq il-blata ta\u2019 Pietru, minkejja l-periklu reali fuq \u0127ajtu. \u0120wanni kien reli\u0121ju\u017c tal-Provin\u010bja Agostinjana fl-Ingilterra. G\u0127ex fi \u017cmien ta\u2019 taqlib kbir, fejn g\u0127all-kattoli\u010bi – wara l-abbandun tal-fidi kattolika mir-re Enriku VIII u t-twaqqif tal-knisja anglikana fl-1534 – ma kienx fa\u010bli i\u017c\u017comm s\u0127i\u0127 fir-rabta tal-fidi mas-su\u010b\u010bessur ta\u2019 Pietru. I\u010b-\u010birkustanzi kienu jitolbu kura\u0121\u0121 u stamina sabiex l-insara kattoli\u010bi, b\u2019mod partikolari r-reli\u0121ju\u017ci u s-sa\u010berdoti, jibqg\u0127u 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