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QUOTES FOR EASTER

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Bniedem bħal ħaddieħor

Il-ħajja hi bħal vjaġġ fuq dgħajsa, u jien qiegħed fit-tmun. Daqqa jkun baħar kalm u daqqa maltemp. Meta ninsa li Ġesù qiegħed miegħi fuq id-dgħajsa, nitwerwer, nibża’, ninfixel. Iżda meta niftakar li Kristu qiegħed miegħi, mill-ġdid insib il-paċi anke jekk il-maltemp jibqa’ hemm. Jista’ jkun li l-mewġ xorta jibqa’ jsabbat din in-naqra dgħajsa li qiegħed fiha, u r-riħ xorta jkompli jvenven. Imma jien se noqgħod nibża’ meta naf li Ġesù qiegħed ħdejja? Forsi rieqed, imma meta jrid se jqum bil-wieqfa u jikkmanda lir-riħ u lill-baħar u taqa’ kalma kbira. Int u jien, bħal ħaddieħor, qed nfittxu l-kuntentizza, dak li jagħmilna ferħana. Niżbaljaw, nitilfu t-triq, kważi naqtgħu qalbna kultant. M’aħniex xi nies iffissati fuq reliġjew jew hekk. Imma nixtiequ kieku nsibu dik il-formola maġika li tagħmilna kuntenti u ma jonqosna xejn. U dak li trid se jseħħ. Jekk qed tfittex, se ssib. Jekk qed tistenna, se taqta’ xewqtek. Jekk qed titlob, se tirċievi. Kważi ridikola llum li tkun ċert minn xi ħaġa. U minħabba nuqqas ta’ ċertezza f’kollox, għandna l-problemi kollha li naraw madwarna. M’hemmx xi mod ieħor kif għandhom ikunu l-affarijiet? Ġesù hu t-triq, il-verità u l-ħajja. Jekk issib lilu tkun sibt teżor u ma tasal titilqu qatt. Issa nħossni ninġibed aktar lejH. Meta nisma’ l-quddies u meta nitqarben, inħossni dejjem iżjed protett u trankwill. Kont naħseb li trid tkun xi qaddis biex issib lil Ġesù. Imma Hu lill-midinbin ifittex. Jekk mingħalik impossibbli tersaq lehH... Jekk mingħalik li int inkonsistenti u m’għandekx ħila tgħix tajjeb... Jekk biex tgħix ġurnata tajba trid tagħmel tlieta ħżiena... Din stedina għalik. Duqu u taraw kemm hu tajjeb il-Mulej. Ħu ċans. Afda fiH. Erħi kollox f’idejH. Tinsiex li min kellu fidi f’Ġesù sa mexa fuq il-baħar, imma appena beda jitlef il-fidi kien se jegħreq. Hekk ukoll il-ħajja. Li kieku t-tbatija kienet biss għall-ħżiena, Kristu qatt ma kien jissallab. Kuraġġ. Jekk tibda se jkollok vjaġġ mill-isbaħ fi ħdan Ġesù.

QUOTES for

Eeaster

"And he departed from our sight that we might return to our heart, and there find Him. For He departed, and behold, He is here." -- St. Augustine

"The joyful news that He is risen does not change the contemporary world. Still before us lie work, discipline, sacrifice. But the fact of Easter gives us the spiritual power to do the work, accept the dis-cipline, and make the sacrifice." -- Henry Knox Sherrill

Tomb, thou shalt not hold Him longer; Death is strong, but Life is stronger; Stronger than the dark, the light; Stronger than the wrong, the right... ~Phillips Brooks, "An Easter Carol"

"The great gift of Easter is hope - Christian hope which makes us have that confidence in God, in his ultimate triumph, and in his goodness and love, which nothing can shake." -- Basil C. Hume

WEBSITES

http://www.eastermalta.org/easter.htm

http://www.easterspirit.com/CenteringPrayer.htm http://liturgijamalta.org/

QUOTES

Prayer for Vocations

O Father, raise up among Christians

abundant and holy vocations to the priesthood,

who keep the faith alive and guard the blessed memory of your

Son Jesus

through the preaching of his word and the administration of the Sacra-

ments, with which you continually renew your

faithful.

Grant us holy ministers of your altar, who are careful and fervent guardians

of the Eucharist, the sacrament of the supreme gift of

Christ for the redemption of the world.

Call ministers of your mercy,

who, through the sacrament of Recon-ciliation,

spread the joy of your forgiveness. Grant, O Father, that the Church may

welcome with joy

the numerous inspirations of the Spirit of your Son

and, docile to His teachings, may she care for vocations to the minis-

terial priesthood

and to the consecrated life. Sustain the Bishops, priests and dea-

cons, consecrated men and women, and all

the baptized in Christ, so that they may faithfully fulfil their

mission

at the service of the Gospel. This we pray through Christ our Lord.

Amen. Mary, Queen of Apostles, pray for us.