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?

Statuette of St. Peter I did in Malta stone and which was given to Pope St. John Paul II by my sister Josephine.

“Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit”

A reading from the holy gospel according to Luke (Lk 12, 39-48)

Jesus said to his disciples:  “Know this: if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour.”

Peter said, “Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for everyone?” And the Lord said, “Who then is the faithful and prudent manager whom his master will put in charge of his slaves, to give them their allowance of food at the proper time? Blessed is that slave whom his master will find at work when he arrives. Truly I tell you, he will put that one in charge of all his possessions. But if that slave says to himself, ‘My master is delayed in coming,’ and if he begins to beat the other slaves, men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk, the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour that he does not know, and will cut him in pieces, and put him with the unfaithful. That slave who knew what his master wanted, but did not prepare himself or do what was wanted, will receive a severe beating. But the one who did not know and did what deserved a beating will receive a light beating. From everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required; and from the one to whom much has been entrusted, even more will be demanded.

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INT ĦIELES TASSEW?

Kieku kelli nistaqsi jekk aħniex pajjiż ta’ nies ħielsa, żgur li tweġbuni: Da żgur li aħna nies ħielsa. Pajjiżna kiseb l-indipendenza u sar repubblika. lmma jekk nistaqsu b'aktar attenzjoni: Aħna li ngħixu fuq din l-art ħelwa veru li aħna nies ħielsa? It-tweġiba tista' tkun oħra.

Aħna nies ħielsa daqs kemm nagħarfu lil min se nħallu jmexxina. Jekk se nħallu l-għaqal imexxina, aħna ħielsa. Iżda jekk se nħallu l-pika tmexxina, aħna m'aħniex ħielsa. Jekk aħna se naħsbu b'rasna, aħna nies ħielsa. Jekk se naħsbu b’ras ħaddieħor, inħallu lil ħaddieħor jaħseb u aħna nibilgħu, aħna m’aħniex ħielsa, u forsi qatt ma nkunu.