IL-KELMA ISSA FUQ IL-QARI TAL-QUDDIESA
għas-11 ta 'April, 2014
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DIN ġenerazzjoni hija bħal raġel wieqaf fuq bajja, jara vapur jisparixxi fuq l-orizzont. Ma jaħsibx f’dak li hu lil hinn mill-orizzont, fejn sejjer il-vapur, jew minn fejn ġejjin vapuri oħra. F'moħħu, dak li hu r-realtà huwa biss dak li jinsab bejn ix-xatt u l-orizzont. U dak hu.
Dan huwa analogu għal kemm ħafna jipperċepixxu l-Knisja Kattolika llum. Ma jistgħux jaraw lil hinn mill-orizzont tal-għarfien limitat tagħhom; ma jifhmux l-influwenza li tinbidel tal-Knisja matul is-sekli: kif introduċiet l-edukazzjoni, il-kura tas-saħħa, u l-karitajiet f’diversi kontinenti. Kif is-sublimità tal-Vanġelu biddlet l-arti, il-mużika u l-letteratura. Kif il-qawwa tal-veritajiet tagħha dehret fl-isplendur tal-arkitettura u d-disinn, id-drittijiet ċivili u l-liġijiet.
What they see, rather, are only the follies of a small number of priests, only the mistakes and sins of some of her members, and the lies of revisionists who have distorted the facts of her past. And so, today’s first reading becomes more and more their crude anthem:
Terror on every side! Denounce! let us denounce him!
Indeed, Catholics are fast becoming the new “terrorists” of our time—terrorists against peace, tolerance, and diversity, so they say. Of those who do in fact admit of the Church’s contribution to the foundations of civil society, one can hear the rising chorus of “intellectuals” crying out:
We are not stoning you for a good work but for blasphemy. (Today’s Gospel)
The blasphemy of holding fast to moral absolutes; the sacrilege of having holy convictions; the audacity of believing in the existence of a Creator of the heavens and the earth. Indeed, defending family, babies, and marriage is now deemed “hateful” and “bigoted.”
... dan huwa l-verdett, li d-dawl daħal fid-dinja, imma n-nies ippreferew id-dlam għad-dawl, għax ix-xogħlijiet tagħhom kienu ħżiena. (Ġwanni 3:19)
But we must not be afraid to stand our ground, for truth is not just doctrine, but a Person. To be on the side of truth is to defend Christ.
Minħabba sitwazzjoni gravi bħal din, issa għandna bżonn iktar minn qatt qabel li jkollna l-kuraġġ li nħarsu l-verità fl-għajnejn u li nsejħu l-affarijiet bl-isem proprju tagħhom, mingħajr ma nċedu għal kompromessi konvenjenti jew għat-tentazzjoni ta ’qerq innifsu. F’dan ir-rigward, it-tmaqdir tal-Profeta huwa estremament sempliċi: “Gwaj għal dawk li jsejħu l-ħażen it-tajjeb u l-ħażin it-tajjeb, li jpoġġu d-dlam għad-dawl u d-dawl għad-dlam” (Is 5:20). —BLESSED JOHN PAUL II, Evangelium Vitae, "L-Evanġelju tal-Ħajja", n. 58
The climax of the “final confrontation” of our times draws nearer. But this should be a cause, not for sadness, but joy. Because Truth will be victorious, in the end…
The breakers of death surged round about me, the destroying floods overwhelmed me… In my distress I called upon the LORD and cried out to my God; from his temple he heard my voice… he has rescued the life of the poor from the power of the wicked! (Psalm; first reading)
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