It-Tnax -il Appostlu Is-Sena tal-Fidi A Martyr's Letter Extraordinary ...
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<strong>Is</strong>-<strong>Sena</strong> <strong>tal</strong>-<strong>Fidi</strong><br />
Nhar is-17 ta’ Ottubru 2011, <strong>il</strong>-Papa Benedittu<br />
XVI ippubblika l-<strong>It</strong>tra Apostolika “Porta fidei”<br />
(Il-Bieb <strong>tal</strong>-fidi) li biha istitwixxa s-<strong>Sena</strong> <strong>tal</strong>-<strong>Fidi</strong>.<br />
Din is-sena speçjali se tibda f’Ottubru 2012 u<br />
tintemm fl-24 ta’ Novembru, 2013. F’Ottubru,<br />
2012 l-Assemblea Ìenerali tas-Sinodu <strong>tal</strong>-<strong>Is</strong>qfijiet<br />
se tittratta dwar “L-Evan©elizzazzjoni Ìdida fit-<br />
Trasmissjoni <strong>tal</strong>-<strong>Fidi</strong> Nisranija”.<br />
F’ dan id-dokument <strong>il</strong>-Papa jistqarr li jixtieq<br />
din is-<strong>Sena</strong> <strong>tal</strong>-<strong>Fidi</strong> bi twe©iba g˙all-kriΩi profonda<br />
<strong>tal</strong>-fidi li qieg˙da taffettwa l<strong>il</strong> ˙afna nies f’dan<br />
iΩ-Ωmien. Huwa jispjega li l-“Bieb <strong>tal</strong>-<strong>Fidi</strong>” huwa<br />
dejjem miftu˙ u huwa l-muftie˙ biex nid˙lu f<strong>il</strong>-<br />
Knisja ta’ Alla. Il-mixja <strong>tal</strong>-fidi tibqa’ sejra tul<br />
<strong>il</strong>-˙ajja kollha, m<strong>il</strong>l-mag˙mudija sakemm naslu<br />
sal-˙ajja ta’ dejjem. Ta’ spiss ji©ri li l-Insara jag˙tu<br />
aktar ˙sieb u jimpenjaw ru˙hom aktar fir-realtajiet<br />
soçjali, kulturali u politiçi minn dawk spiritwali.<br />
Il-bniedem <strong>il</strong>lum g˙alhekk g˙andu bΩonn jer©a’<br />
jisma’ b<strong>il</strong>-fer˙ <strong>il</strong>-Kelma t’Alla u jaççetta l-istedina<br />
ta’ Ìesù biex infittxu l-˙obΩ <strong>tal</strong>-˙ajja ta’ dejjem.<br />
<strong>Is</strong>-<strong>Sena</strong> <strong>tal</strong>-<strong>Fidi</strong> sejra toffri l<strong>il</strong>l-membri <strong>tal</strong>-Knisja<br />
kollha okkaΩjoni biex fiha jirriflettu u jer©g˙u<br />
jiskopru l-fidi tag˙hom. Il-Knisja dejjem g˙andha<br />
bΩonn i©©edded <strong>il</strong>-fidi, issaffiha, tikkonfermaha u<br />
tistqarrha. <strong>It</strong>-ti©did irid ise˙˙ permezz tax-xhieda<br />
ta’ dawk li b’fidi kbira jemmnu u jg˙ixu s-sej˙a<br />
tag˙hom b’mod li titwassal<br />
<strong>il</strong>-verità <strong>tal</strong>-Kelma <strong>tal</strong>-Mulej.<br />
Il-Knisja, g˙andha fi ˙danha<br />
˙afna midinbin u g˙alhekk<br />
hemm bΩonn li tissaffa u<br />
timxi ’l quddiem b<strong>il</strong>-penitenza<br />
u ti©did. <strong>Is</strong>-<strong>Sena</strong> <strong>tal</strong>-<strong>Fidi</strong><br />
g˙alhekk hija stedina g˙allkonverΩjoni<br />
vera, m©edda f<strong>il</strong>-<br />
Hajja Salesjana<br />
Mulej, l-uniku Salvatur <strong>tal</strong>-bnedmin.<br />
“Hija l-im˙abba ta’ Kristu li timl<strong>il</strong>na qalbna,”<br />
kompla l-Papa, “u t˙e©©i©na biex nevan©elizzaw<br />
<strong>il</strong>lum ukoll u tibg˙atna fit-toroq tad-dinja biex<br />
in˙abbru l<strong>il</strong> kul˙add <strong>il</strong>-Van©elu l<strong>il</strong>l-©nus kollha.<br />
Huwa me˙tie© li llum niskopru l-fer˙ fit-twemmin<br />
tag˙na u ner©g˙u nimtlew b’entuΩjaΩmu biex<br />
nikkomunikaw <strong>il</strong>-fidi.” F’din is-<strong>Sena</strong> <strong>tal</strong>-<strong>Fidi</strong>, f’dan<br />
<strong>il</strong>-mument ta’ tant bidla fid-dinja, dawk kollha li<br />
jemmnu jridu jiççelebrawha b<strong>il</strong>li j˙e©©u l<strong>il</strong> dawk li<br />
jemmnu fi Kristu biex jissa˙˙u huma u jsa˙˙u wkoll<br />
l-g˙aqda tag˙hom f<strong>il</strong>-Van©elu. Iridu jistqarru l-fidi<br />
tag˙hom fi Kristu Rxoxt f<strong>il</strong>-Katidrali u l-knejjes<br />
tad-dinja kollha, fid-djar u l-fam<strong>il</strong>ji u jittrasmettu<br />
l-fidi l<strong>il</strong>l-©enerazzjonijiet <strong>tal</strong>-futur.<br />
In-nisrani ma jistax ja˙seb li l-fidi hija xi ˙a©a<br />
privata. Hija titlob minnu responsabb<strong>il</strong>tà soçjali<br />
ukoll. Matul din is-<strong>Sena</strong>, irridu niskopru l-g˙ana<br />
tat-tag˙lim li l-Knisja laqg˙et u ˙arset matul elfejn<br />
sena ta’ storja. Irridu n<strong>il</strong>taqg˙u ma’ Kristu li jinsab<br />
preΩenti f<strong>il</strong>-Knisja, f<strong>il</strong>-Litur©ija u s-Sagramenti.<br />
Irridu nintensifikaw ix-xhieda tag˙na <strong>tal</strong>-karità,<br />
g˙aliex <strong>il</strong>-fidi ming˙ajr karità tkun biss sentiment.<br />
Il-Papa jtemm l-ittra tieg˙u b<strong>il</strong>-kliem: “A˙na<br />
nemmnu b’fidi soda li l-Mulej Ìesù reba˙ fuq <strong>il</strong>-<br />
˙aΩen u l-mewt. B’din <strong>il</strong>-fiduçja Ωgura a˙na nafdaw<br />
fih. Huwa jinsab preΩenti fostna u jirba˙ fuq issetg˙a<br />
<strong>tal</strong>-˙aΩen (Lq. 11,<br />
20). Il-Knisja, komunità<br />
viΩibbli <strong>tal</strong>-˙niena tieg˙u,<br />
tibqa’ fih b˙ala sinjal ta’<br />
g˙aqda mal-Missier.<br />
A˙na nafdaw din is-<br />
<strong>Sena</strong> ta’ grazzja l<strong>il</strong> Omm<br />
Alla, li kienet “hienja<br />
g˙aliex emmnet.” (Lq. 1,45).<br />
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