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Esperjenza fundamentali tal-Ġublew hija li s-sena mqaddsa tkun żmien importanti ta’ grazzja u maħfra. U dan jinħass b’iktar qawwa fi żmien ir-Randan li ta’ kull sena jġedded is-sejħa li biha beda l-ministeru pubbliku tiegħu Ġesù: “Iż-żmien huwa mitmum, u s-Saltna ta’ Alla waslet; indmu u emmnu fl-Evanġelju”; “Indmu, għax is-Saltna tas-Smewwiet waslet” (Mk 1, 15; Mt 3, 2).
“Indmu u emmnu fil-Bxara t-Tajba.” Kliem li smajna jingħad fuqna waqt li s-saċerdot fil-bidu tar-Randan imqaddes, nhar l-Erbgħa tal-Irmied, poġġa l-irmied fuq rasna bħala sinjal ta’ din l-indiema ġenwina minn dnubietna u x-xewqa li nikkonvertu, li ndawru r-rotta, li nerġgħu naqbdu t-triq it-tajba, anzi: li nsibu ruħna mill-ġdid nimxu tul it-Triq li huwa Kristu, Triq li twassalna għall-Verità, li mhijiex biss il-verità tagħna nfusna u ta’ dnubietna, imma wkoll il-Verità li huwa hu, il-Kelma kollha mħabba tal-Missier, li permezz ta’ Ibnu u fih jagħtina l-Ħajja, u l-ħajja bil-kotra (ara Ġw 14, 6; 10, 10).
Meta l-isqfijiet ta’ Malta u Għawdex kienu għal viżta ad limina ġewwa Ruma s-sena l-oħra, fost l-oħrajn iltaqgħu mal-Papa. Din il-viżta hija laqgħa li minn żmien għal ieħor isseħħ bejn l-isqfijiet ta’ reġjun jew pajjiż u s-Santa Sede sabiex jagħtu rendikont ta’ dak li qed iseħħ fid-djoċesijiet tagħhom, jesprimu t-tamiet tagħhom, u jaqsmu d-diffikultajiet li qed ikollhom iħabbtu wiċċhom magħhom. U, waqt l-udjenza tagħhom mal-Papa Franġisku nhar is-17 ta’ Mejju 2024, meta huma staqsewh dwar dan il-Ġublew u xi jfisser, x’jixtieq li jkun, l-Arċisqof irrakkuntalna li, bla tlaqliq, il-Papa weġibhom li għalih il-Ġublew huwa festa kbira ta’ ħniena—“una grande festa di misericordia!”
Imma fil-konkret, din xi tfisser? Wieħed mill-mirakli ta’ Ġesù u fost l-iktar magħrufa nsibu dak tal-fejqan tal-mifluġ (Mk 2, 1-12; Mt 9, 1-8; Lq 5, 17-26). Fl-Evanġelji naqraw kif Ġesù kien qiegħed f’dar jgħallem u, tant kien hemm nies, li l-ħbieb ta’ dan ir-raġel marid kellhom jaqilgħu s-saqaf ta’ dik id-dar sabiex iniżżluh quddiem Ġesù. Meta ra l-fidi tagħhom, Ġesù qal lill-mifluġ: “Ibni, dnubietek maħfura.” U, biex juri quddiem kulħadd li kellu din is-setgħa ta’ Alla, ordna lill-mifluġ: “Qum, qiegħed ngħidlek, aqbad friexek u mur lejn darek.”
Bil-kliem u bil-ġesti tiegħu, Ġesù wera li hu l-Iben ta’ Alla li sar bniedem biex mill-ġdid jerġa’ jagħmilna ħbieb ma’ Alla wara li l-bniedem għażel il-ħażin flok it-tajjeb. Hu ħa fuqu l-ħtijiet kollha tagħna biex hekk aħna stajna niksbu mill-ġdid il-ħajja fis-safa kollu tagħha. Hu ħa fuqu l-ħtijiet kollha tagħna biex hekk aħna stajna niksbu mill-ġdid il-ħajja fis-safa kollu tagħha.
Anke llum Ġesù għadu jagħti dan il-fejqan mid-dnubiet tagħna permezz tal-Knisja li fis-Sagramenti twasslilna l-grazzja ta’ Alla. Permezz tal-Magħmudija aħna niġu msieħbu fil-misteru ta’ Kristu meta mmutu għad-dnub u nqumu għall-ħajja. U, għax ripetutament ikollna bżonn il-maħfra ta’ Alla, permezz tas-Sagrament tal-Qrar aħna nerġgħu rrikonċiljati mill-ġdid ma’ Alla u mal-poplu tiegħu. Din is-setgħa tal-Knisja li taħfer id-dnubiet ġejja mill-kmand ta’ Kristu nnifsu li, meta deher lid-dixxipli tiegħu wara li qam mill-mewt, nefaħ fuqhom l-Ispirtu s-Santu u qalilhom: “Dawk li taħfrulhom dnubiethom ikunu maħfura, u dawk li żżommuhomlhom ikunu miżmuma” (Ġw 20, 23).
