The first stone

 

As God sees us

 

Ghaliex Alla ma jwaqqafx il-Covid?

 Il-bierah smajt lil min staqsa: ‘Ghaliex Alla li hu setaghni ma jwaqqfux il-Covid-19 b’kelma wahda tieghu?’ Hemm min ghax Alla ma jaghmilx dak li jidhirlu hu, jghid li Alla ma jezistix jew li ma jimpurtahx minna. Ma jiftakarx li Alla l-kelma tieghu setaghna qalha. Izda kemm semghuha? Ma tkellimx hu b’xi vuci tremenda, li tbezaghna. Tkellem u ghadu jitkellem permezz ta’ bnedmin bhalna.

Fil-kaz tal-Covid-19, kemm ilu jitkellem permezz tal-awtoritajiet tas-sahha, ta’ dawk li jahdmu biex jikkontrollaw din il-pandemija! Kemm smajna minnhom? Meta hafna semghu minnhom il-Covid-19 gie kkontrollat hafna. Dehrilna li rbahnielu, u hafna ma tawx aktar kaz li jkomplu jsegwu lil min iridilna l-gid, u l-Covid-19 rega’ gholla rasu.

Dan tort ta’ Alla, li ma ghamel xejn? Jew hu tort taghna li rridu naraw mirakli u ma rridux naghtu sehemna? Ghax il-maskla ddejjaqna, ghax irridu nixxalaw, jghidu, per ezempju... Alla qal lill-Poplu tieghu: “La ġġarrbux lill-Mulej, Alla tagħkom” (Dewt 6, 16). Lill-Korintin San Pawl qalilhom: “Anqas ma għandna nġarrbu l-Mulej, kif xi wħud minnhom ġarrbuh, u qerduhom is-sriep” (1 Kor 10, 9).

Ejja ma nkunux boloh, u nrabbu l-ghaqal. Alla halaqna ntelligenti u liberi. Jistedinna nahdmu id f’id mieghu. Jekk ma nisimghux minnu ghalxejn nistennew mirakli. Alla mhux seftur taghna, u ma jmurx kontra r-rieda hielsa taghna. Din il-pandemija mhix kastig tieghu. Hi xoghol il-bniedem li jahseb li hu alla u, wara li jghaffeg u jfarrak, jistenna li Alla jsewwi kollha f’hakka t’ghajn.

Alla jistenna li nisimghu minnu ghall-gid taghna.

Teach me the art of Patience

 

We are the Church

Opinions

Truth

IMAGINATION

Ask… The Father loves you

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John (Jn 16:23B-28)

Jesus said to his disciples: Very truly, I tell you, if you ask anything of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

“I have said these things to you in figures of speech. The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures, but will tell you plainly of the Father. On that day you will ask in my name. I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf; for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. I came from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and am going to the Father.” This is the Word of the Lord.

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I believe in God

Heaven is not deaf

Where God is

TRUE FREEDOM

Nobody can see God

I BELIEVE IN MAN

I believe in man! I find it important to state my belief in man, the human beings God created, to occupy the world, and to govern it hand in hand with him in order to bring it to its perfection and to live in it happily, possibly for long, long years. So my belief in man is not a stand against God. It is because I believe in the true God, the holy and living God, that I can state frankly: I believe in man!

Why do I believe in man? My answer is: Because God believes in man! If God believes in man, what is to keep me from believing in man, in my brothers and sisters, and in myself?