Fis-snin tletin tas-seklu XX, il-Knisja fi Spanja g\u0127addiet minn martirju kbir, hekk kif l-awtoritajiet \u010bivili bdew persekuzzjoni sistematika li \u0121ebbdet g\u0127al madwar tliet snin u li fiha mietu numru kbir ta\u2019 insara: laj\u010bi, reli\u0121ju\u017ci, sa\u010berdoti u isqfijiet. L-a\u0127wa tal-Familja Agostinjana, f\u2019din is-sitwazzjoni mwieg\u0127ra, wkoll taw xhieda qawwija tal-fidi tag\u0127hom quddiem din il-persekuzzjoni \u0127arxa, mag\u0127mula minn \u0127uthom Spanjoli.<\/p>\n
Fit-22 ta\u2019 Settembru l-kalendarju litur\u0121iku Agostinjan ifakkar lill-Beata \u0120u\u017ceppa Masi\u00e1. Twieldet fl-10 ta\u2019 \u0120unju 1887 f\u2019Algemes\u00ed, ra\u0127al qrib il-belt ta\u2019 Valencia. G\u0127alkemm il-familja kienet fqira, kienet g\u0127anja fil-valuri u l-g\u0127ajxien tal-\u0127ajja nisranija konvinta kienet ting\u0127ata attenzjoni kbira fl-edukazzjoni tal-ulied. Ta\u2019 et\u00e0 \u017cag\u0127\u017cug\u0127a tilfet lil missierha, u b\u2019hekk il-familja baqg\u0127et tmexxiha l-omm, li kienet ukoll attiva fl-g\u0127aqdiet tal-karit\u00e0. G\u0127al din il-\u0127idma b\u2019risq l-o\u0127rajn, jidher li l-Mulej ippremjaha b\u2019g\u0127add ta\u2019 vokazzjonijiet reli\u0121ju\u017ci fil-familja: wie\u0127ed minn uliedha da\u0127al mal-Fran\u0121iskani Kappu\u010b\u010bini, waqt li \u0127amsa minn uliedha bniet da\u0127lu g\u0127all-\u0127ajja kontemplattiva f\u2019monasteri differenti tal-klawsura. Wa\u0127da minn dawn, Marija \u0120u\u017ceppa, bi twe\u0121iba g\u0127al dak li kienet qed t\u0127oss f\u2019qalbha, da\u0127let fil-monasteri tal-Agostinjani Rekolletti f\u2019Benig\u00e1nim, u fit-2 ta\u2019 Frar 1905 xiddet il-libsa Agostinjana u sena wara g\u0127amlet il-professjoni reli\u0121ju\u017ca. Mix-xhieda li taw \u0127utha s-sorijiet, nafu li kienet persuna li kellha f\u2019qalbha x-xewqa li tog\u0127\u0121ob lil Alla f\u2019kollox, u kienet tmidd idejha g\u0127ax-xog\u0127ol kollu li seta\u2019 kien hemm b\u017conn fil-monasteru. Kellha f\u2019qalbha l-poe\u017cija, u mid-diversi li kitbet, nafu l-im\u0127abba li kellha g\u0127all-G\u0127arus li mieg\u0127u t\u0127addnet fil-\u0127ajja monastika Agostinjana. Bi Kristu mag\u0127ha, kienet t\u0127oss li xejn mhu diffi\u010bli. Fl-ispirtu ta\u2019 riforma tar-Rekolletti, hi fittxet dejjem li tg\u0127ix b\u2019\u010bertu solitudni, bi \u0127siebha mehdi fil-\u0127wejje\u0121 tas-sema. Madanakollu qatt ma naqset mid-doveri tag\u0127ha lejn il-komunit\u00e0, bl-isku\u017ca tal-\u0127wejje\u0121 spiritwali.<\/p>\n
Bejn l-1932 u 1935 kienet eletta b\u0127ala prijura tal-monasteru. Is-sinjali ta\u017c-\u017cminijiet kienu di\u0121\u00e0 qed juru x\u2019qed jin\u0127ema fil-qalb ta\u2019 min ried je\u0127odha kontra l-Knisja ta\u2019 Kristu. Is-sorijiet bdew jir\u010bievu \u0127afna mina\u010b\u010bi, hekk li bosta ppruvaw jipperswaduhom sabiex i\u0127allu l-monasteru. Maria \u0120u\u017ceppa baqg\u0127et fil-monasteru minkejja l-periklu, flimkien ma\u2019 grupp \u010bkejken ta\u2019 sorijiet. Dan g\u0127amlitu sal-1936, meta s-sitwazzjoni \u0127raxet qatig\u0127 u l-periklu kiber tant li f\u2019dik i\u010b-\u010birkustanza s-sorijiet kellhom, kontra qalbhom, i\u0127allu l-monasteru. B\u0127al \u0127afna reli\u0121ju\u017ci o\u0127rajn li kellhom jitilqu mill-kunventi, Marija \u0120u\u017ceppa sabet rifu\u0121ju g\u0127and ommha, li laqg\u0127etha b\u2019\u0127afna m\u0127abba. Fl-istess dar issa kienu jinsabu, imdawrin mal-omm, l-a\u0127wa bniet li kienu \u0127addnu l-\u0127ajja reli\u0121ju\u017ca, hekk li d-dar tal-omm inbidlet f\u2019monasteru partikolari \u0127afna, b\u2019ritmu ta\u2019 \u0127ajja li jixbah lil dak ta\u2019 monasteru tassew. Marija \u0120u\u017ceppa g\u0127exet dan il-mument kiefer billi kompliet toffri lilha nnifisha b\u0127ala vittma g\u0127all-konver\u017cjoni tal-midinbin u l-pa\u010bi f\u2019art twelidha.<\/p>\n
Il-persekuzzjoni kompliet ti\u0127rax ma\u2019 kull jum li kien jg\u0127addi. Nhar id-19 ta\u2019 Ottubru 1936, billi sar mag\u0127ruf li fid-dar hemm grupp klandestin ta\u2019 reli\u0121ju\u017ci, xi suldati tal-milizzja ribelli \u0121ew sabiex ji\u0121bruhom. Ma offrewx re\u017cistenza! Kienu ppreparati g\u0127al dak li seta\u2019 jse\u0127\u0127 fi\u010b-\u010birkustanzi. L-omm ma riedet bl-ebda mod t\u0127alli lil uliedha bniet we\u0127idhom u dde\u010bidiet li hi wkoll tkun arrestata. G\u0127addew \u0121img\u0127a s\u0127i\u0127a maqbuda, \u017cmien li u\u017cawh sabiex jippreparaw rwie\u0127hom g\u0127al dak il-mument solenni li fih kellhom jag\u0127tu l-akbar xhieda. Minkejja l-weg\u0127diet fierg\u0127a li r\u010bevew, baqg\u0127u sodi, jag\u0127mlu l-qalb lil xulxin. Il-Providenza riedet li l-jum tal-og\u0127la xhieda kellu ja\u0127bat fil-lejl tal-festa ta\u2019 Kristu Re, il-25 ta\u2019 Ottubru. Wara tra\u0121itt qasir, ni\u017c\u017cluhom minn fuq trakk fejn kienu mg\u0127obbija u wa\u0127da wara l-o\u0127ra ng\u0127ataw l-e\u017cekuzzjoni tal-mewt. G\u0127alkemm kienu ser jibdew mill-omm, din talbet bil-\u0127erqa sabiex jibdew minn uliedha l-g\u0127e\u017cie\u017c: \u201chekk immut b\u2019mo\u0127\u0127i mistrie\u0127a li baqg\u0127u fidili sal-a\u0127\u0127ar\u201d tenniet. B\u0127all-omm tas-seba\u2019 wlied fil-Ktieb tal-Makkabej, hija g\u0127amlitilhom il-qalb sakemm rathom fuq xulxin, i\u0121sma bla \u0127ajja, iffu\u010billati. Temmew l-e\u017cekuzzjoni bl-omm, qalbiena b\u0127al uliedhom. L-i\u0121sma ta\u2019 dawn il-\u0127ames martri ndifnu fil-kunvent, trasformat f\u2019\u0127abs, ta\u2019 Fons Salutis. Aktar tard, ittie\u0127du b\u2019venerazzjoni kbira, fil-knisja parrokkjali ta\u2019 S. Piju X f\u2019Algemes\u00ed.<\/p>\n
Wara li n\u0121abru x-xhieda dwar il-martirju, u wara li sar il-pro\u010bess kanoniku, il-Papa S. \u0120wanni Pawlu II ibbeatifika lil Sr. Marija \u0120u\u017ceppa u lil \u0127utha u lil ommha nhar il-11 ta\u2019 Marzu 2001, flimkien ma\u2019 g\u0127add kbir ta\u2019 martri o\u0127rajn li mietu fl-istess \u010birkustanzi tal-persekuzzjoni Spanjola.<\/p>\n
Ix-xhieda tal-Beata \u0120u\u017ceppa Maria Masi\u00e1 tal-Purifikazzjoni, flimkien ma\u2019 ommha u \u0127utha, tibqa\u2019 g\u0127alina stedina kontinwa g\u0127all-fedelt\u00e0 li msej\u0127in li jkollna fl-g\u0127ajxien tal-kuljum tal-fidi tag\u0127na, misjuqin minn xewqa ta\u2019 g\u0127aqda s\u0127i\u0127a ma\u2019 Alla fil-\u0127ajja ta\u2019 dejjem.<\/p>\n
Fr. Josef Sciberras osa<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fis-snin tletin tas-seklu XX, il-Knisja fi Spanja g\u0127addiet minn martirju kbir, hekk kif l-awtoritajiet \u010bivili bdew persekuzzjoni sistematika li \u0121ebbdet g\u0127al madwar tliet snin u li fiha mietu numru kbir ta\u2019 insara: laj\u010bi, reli\u0121ju\u017ci, sa\u010berdoti u isqfijiet. L-a\u0127wa tal-Familja Agostinjana, f\u2019din is-sitwazzjoni mwieg\u0127ra, wkoll taw xhieda qawwija tal-fidi tag\u0127hom quddiem din il-persekuzzjoni \u0127arxa, mag\u0127mula minn \u0127uthom Spanjoli. Fit-22 ta\u2019 Settembru l-kalendarju litur\u0121iku Agostinjan ifakkar lill-Beata \u0120u\u017ceppa Masi\u00e1. 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