SETTEMBRU 2012 - signumfideimalta

li huma mxerrdin ’l hawn u ’l hemm fid-dinja, ma jlaħħqux iktar minn terz (1/3)ta’ salib normali.Riflessjoni fuq il-Kelma t’Alla: “U billi, fl-għerf ta' Alla, id-dinja b'għerfha ma għarfitx lil Alla, Alla għoġbujsalva lil min jemmen bil-bluha tal-predikazzjoni. Għax il-Lhud jitolbu s-sinjali,u l-Griegi jfittxu l-għerf, imma aħna nxandru ’l Kristu msallab, skandlu għal-Lhud u bluha għall-Griegi; iżda għal dawk li huma msejħin, sew Lhud sewGriegi, Kristu huwa l-qawwa ta' Alla u l-għerf ta' Alla. Għax il-bluha ta' Allahija għarfa iktar mill-bnedmin, u d-dgħjufija ta' Alla hija aqwa mill-bnedmin.”1Korintin 1 : 21-25 “U kif Mosè refa’ s-serp fid-deżert, hekk jeħtieġ li jkun merfugħ Bin il-Bniedem, biex kull min jemmen fih ikollu l-ħajja ta’ dejjem.” Ġwanni 3 : 14,15Meditazzjoni ta’ San Ġwann Battista De La Salle:Med. 165, it-2 partiIt is not fitting that the honor we must pay to the cross of our Lord be limited toshowing it respect and to adoring it. Rather, we must love it with all the affection ofour heart and desire to die attached to it as Jesus Christ our divine Master desired.For, as the author of the Imitation says, those who embrace the cross of JesusChrist with a good heart need not fear the dreadful sentence of damnation.Because we have been freed from sin by means of it, we must not doubt (and weought to have this confidence) that if we love the cross in union with Jesus Christ,who loved it tenderly and bore it with extreme joy, all the miseries of this life willbecome pleasant and agreeable to us. In this way we will be truly happy, havingfound our paradise in this world, because we will have entered into the sharing ofthe suffering spirit of Jesus Christ, who has reconciled us by his death on this holycross, as Saint Paul says, and made us holy, pure, and beyond reproach beforeGod.Let us, then, consider attentively how much we owe to this sacred wood for havingcontributed this way to our sanctification. By a zeal of ardent love, let us raise it upto Jesus Christ to unite it to him, for he still loves it now, as he loves our salvation,and is glad to have borne it for our sanctification. Therefore, when you have sometrouble, unite with Jesus suffering. Love his cross, because you are one of hismembers; this union and love will soothe your pains and make them much moretolerable.Ħsieb:“Meta nroddu is-Salib ifisser li aħna nidħlu fil-ħsieb tal-Persuni tat-Trinità unemmnu li Alla l-Missier ħalaqna, l-Iben fdiena bit-tbatija, bil-passjoni, il-mewt u l-qawmien tiegħu u li l-Ispirtu s-Santu jgħix fina u jqaddisna.”Br. Louis28 SIGNUM FIDEI