Fil-bidu\ntar-Randan,\nil-Knisja tippre\u017centalna l-qari mill-ktieb tal-Profeta \u0120oel, li fih Alla,\npermezz tal-profeta, ikellem lill-poplu u jg\u0127id: \u201cEr\u0121g\u0127u\nduru lejja bi qlubkom kollha… \u010aarrtu qalbkom, u mhux ilbieskom, u er\u0121g\u0127u duru\nlejn il-Mulej, Alla tag\u0127kom, g\u0127ax hu twajjeb u \u0127anin\u201d (\u0120oel 2, 12-13).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dal-kliem li nisimg\u0127u kull sena, eluf ta\u2019 snin wara li \u0127are\u0121 minn fomm\nil-profeta, juri x-xewqa li g\u0127andu Alla g\u0127al bniedem ta\u2019 kull \u017cmien. Alla\njixtieq bidla tal-qalb \u2013 bidla minn \u0121ewwa \u2013 u mhux bidla fil-libsa \u2013 \nfil-qoxra ta\u2019 barra, bidla superfi\u010bjali ta\u2019 dak li jidher biss. Il-bidliet\nfl-g\u0127emil u l-im\u0121iba tag\u0127na jkunu bidliet awtenti\u010bi jekk ikunu frott tal-bidla\n\u0121ewwinija: bidla fil-mod kif na\u0127sbu u n\u0127arsu lejn l-affarijiet u l-persuni u\n\u010b-\u010birkostanzi ta\u2019 madwarna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Din il-bidla minn \u0121ewwa tissarraf f\u2019qalb li ti\u010b\u010barrat biex t\u0127obb\nming\u0127ajr ma t\u0127ares lejn u\u010buh; qalb li ti\u010b\u010barrat biex tag\u0127ti mill-\u0127in tag\u0127ha\ng\u0127all-o\u0127rajn u ming\u0127ajr ma tippretendi xejn lura; qalb li ti\u010b\u010barrat u tinfeta\u0127\nbiex tisma\u2019 u tifhem lill-o\u0127rajn ming\u0127ajr ma tg\u0127addi \u0121udizzju; qalb li forsi\nti\u010b\u010barrat malajr, g\u0127ax sensittiva u t\u0127oss g\u0127all-o\u0127rajn; qalb li ti\u010b\u010barrat biex\ntilqa\u2019 fiha lil kul\u0127add, b\u0127all-missier tal-parabbola tal-iben il-\u0127ali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fil-ktieb tieg\u0127u The Return of the Prodigal Son<\/em>, Henri J.\nNouwen jirrifletti fuq il-pittura ta\u2019 Rembrandt li turi lill-missier i\u0127addan\nmieg\u0127u lill-iben li \u2018berbaq \u0121idu kollu f\u2019\u0127ajja mtajra\u2019 (Luqa 15, 13). L-awtur\njikteb dwar kif f\u2019\u0127ajtu jaqbad lilu innifsu jixbah xi drabi lill-iben i\u017c-\u017cg\u0127ir\nli telaq mid-dar tal-missier; xi drabi jkun b\u0127all-iben il-kbir li ma a\u010b\u010bettax\nlil \u0127uh meta wasal lura. Filwaqt li n-nisrani g\u0127andu jirrikonoxxi l-iben\nil-kbir u l-iben i\u017c-\u017cg\u0127ir ta\u2019 \u0121o fih, Nouwen jikteb li s-sej\u0127a tag\u0127na hija dik\nli nsiru nixbhu lill-Missier, li qalbu kienet miftu\u0127a \u2013 im\u010barrta \u2013 bi\u017c\u017cejjed\nbiex tilqa\u2019 fiha li\u017c-\u017cew\u0121 uliedu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ir-Randan huwa \u017cmien li kull sena jfakkarna f\u2019din is-sej\u0127a… li nkunu\nperfetti b\u0127al ma hu perfett Missierna li hu fis-smewwiet (Mattew 5, 48). U\nliema hi l-qalb perfetta? Hija l-qalb tqattar id-demm, forsi mu\u0121ug\u0127a, g\u0127ax\nim\u010barrta g\u0127all-o\u0127rajn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Riflessjoni fil-Bidu tar-Randan mi\u010b-Chapliancy Team Fil-bidu tar-Randan, il-Knisja tippre\u017centalna l-qari mill-ktieb tal-Profeta \u0120oel, li fih Alla, permezz tal-profeta, ikellem lill-poplu u jg\u0127id: \u201cEr\u0121g\u0127u duru lejja bi qlubkom kollha… \u010aarrtu qalbkom, u mhux ilbieskom, u er\u0121g\u0127u duru lejn il-Mulej, Alla tag\u0127kom, g\u0127ax Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2033,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-school-publications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maltaseminary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maltaseminary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maltaseminary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maltaseminary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maltaseminary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2031"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.maltaseminary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2034,"href":"https:\/\/www.maltaseminary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031\/revisions\/2034"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maltaseminary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maltaseminary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maltaseminary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maltaseminary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}