{"id":16587,"date":"2025-09-05T08:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T06:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/behold.mt\/?post_type=talba-bl-arti&#038;p=16587"},"modified":"2025-09-05T08:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T06:20:09","slug":"the-dialogue-between-st-lawrence-and-the-angel-the-martyr-and-the-messenger","status":"publish","type":"talba-bl-arti","link":"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/talba-bl-arti\/the-dialogue-between-st-lawrence-and-the-angel-the-martyr-and-the-messenger\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dialogue between St Lawrence and the Angel, the Martyr and the Messenger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>It-Tmien Riflessjoni dwar il-kwadru titulari tal-Kolle\u0121jata ta\u2019 San Lawrenz, il-Birgu<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Kif di\u0121\u00e0 nnutajna fir-riflessjoni ta\u2019 qabel, b\u2019seng\u0127a liema b\u0127ala, permezz tax-xenarju u t-tqassim tat-tila, l-artist imexxina biex inserr\u0127u \u0127ajjitna fuq il-punt fokali ta\u2019 din l-opra massiva, li hu d-djalogu tal-martri mal-an\u0121lu\u2014bil-Grieg \u1f04\u03b3\u03b3\u03b5\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2 (angelos) li litteralment tfisser messa\u0121\u0121ier\u2014li jservi ta\u2019 pont bejn l-art taqbad bin-nar u bl-im\u0127abba u s-sema miftu\u0127 biex jilqa\u2019 l-fjamma tal-im\u0127abba fil-forn bla qies u ta\u2019 qawwa infinita tal-im\u0127abba ta\u2019 Alla g\u0127all-bniedem.<\/p>\n\n<p>Huwa djalogu bejn ix-xhud li jixhed g\u0127all-im\u0127abba ta\u2019 Alla bl-im\u0127abba li hu jibqa\u2019 juri sal-a\u0127\u0127ar, u l-messa\u0121\u0121ier li ji\u017cfen u jtir fid-dawl tas-sema miftu\u0127, kif San Stiefnu, id-djaknu proto-martri stqarr quddiem is-Sinedriju: \u201cAra, qieg\u0127ed nara s-sema miftu\u0127 u lil Bin il-bniedem fil-lemin ta\u2019 Alla\u201d (Atti 7, 56).<\/p>\n\n<p>B\u0127ax-xena li jpittrilna Luqa fil-\u0120nien ta\u017c-\u017bebbu\u0121 meta \u0121ie an\u0121lu mis-sema biex ifarra\u0121 lil \u0120es\u00f9 fl-agunija tieg\u0127u (ara Lq 22, 43), hekk ukoll dan id-djalogu jfakkarna li l-persekuzzjoni, il-martirju, ix-xhieda, qatt mhuma se ji\u0121u fa\u010bli. It-ti\u010brita ta\u2019 dawl fis-sema mag\u0127qud bis-s\u0127ab ixheb mhijiex kbira \u201cg\u0127ax wiesa\u2019 l-bieb u spazju\u017ca t-triq li tie\u0127u g\u0127at-telfien, u \u0127afna huma li jg\u0127addu minnha. Imma kemm huwa dejjaq il-bieb u dejqa t-triq li tie\u0127u g\u0127all-\u0127ajja, u ftit huma li jsibuha!\u201d (Mt 7, 13-14). Daqstant ie\u0127or ikun \u010bar l-Appostlu Missierna San Pawl meta lil Timotju jiktiblu: \u201cDin hi kelma ta\u2019 min joqg\u0127od fuqha: Jekk a\u0127na mitna mieg\u0127u, g\u0127ad ng\u0127ixu mieg\u0127u wkoll; jekk insofru bis-sabar, g\u0127ad insaltnu mieg\u0127u wkoll; jekk ni\u010b\u0127duh, ji\u010b\u0127adna hu wkoll; jekk nonqsu mill-kelma li tajna, hu jibqa\u2019 j\u017comm kelmtu; g\u0127ax hu ma jistax iqarraq bih innifsu\u201d (2 Tim 2, 11-13).<\/p>\n\n<p>Mill-banda l-o\u0127ra, jekk nieqfu sodi u nibnew fuq il-pedament wa\u0127dieni, li hu \u0120es\u00f9 Kristu (1 Kor 3, 11), x\u0127in in-nar ja\u0127raq kollox, jo\u0127ro\u0121 il-\u0121ojjell tad-deheb prezzju\u017c li s-Sultan \u0127adem b\u2019sena kbira. Minn din il-perspettiva, kif irrimarka l-filosfu Kattoliku Fran\u010bi\u017c ta\u2019 nisel Lhudi, Fabrice Hadjadj, waqt konferenza \u0121ewwa l\u2011Vatikan nhar is\u201126 ta\u2019 Novembru 2011, il\u2011persekuzjonijiet ma jibqg\u0127ux ostaklu imma, minnhom infushom,<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>jift\u0127u spazju g\u0127ax\u2011xhieda g\u0127ax huma okka\u017cjoni biex nitkellmu tassew dwar Alla u dwar l\u2011im\u0127abba tieg\u0127u li hi qawwija daqs il\u2011mewt. Minkejja kollox, il\u2011persekuzzjonijiet jippermettulna li nitkellmu kif tkellem il\u2011Verb ta\u2019 Alla, ji\u0121ifieri bil\u2011<em>lingwa\u0121\u0121 tas\u2011salib<\/em> (1 Kor 1, 18). Minkejja kollox, il\u2011persekuzzjonijiet jippermettu li <em>jitqaddes l\u2011Isem <\/em>[ta\u2019 Alla], ji\u0121ifieri li mhux biss illissnuh b\u2019xufftejna qisu kelma b\u0127all\u2011o\u0127rajn, imma li nistqarruh b\u2019\u0127ajjitna kollha, li nistqarruh bil\u2011ferit\u00e0 ta\u2019 qalbna stess. <\/p><cite>Fabrice Hadjadj, <em>Come parlare di Dio oggi? Anti\u2011manuale di evangelizzazione<\/em>, Il Cortile dei Gentili, maqlub minn Cristina Santambrogio (Padova: Messaggero di Sant\u2019Antonio \u2011 Editrice, 2013), 173.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16138,"template":"","rizors":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v16.4 (Yoast SEO v16.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Dialogue between St Lawrence and the Angel, the Martyr and the Messenger - Behold<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/talba-bl-arti\/the-dialogue-between-st-lawrence-and-the-angel-the-martyr-and-the-messenger\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Dialogue between St Lawrence and the Angel, the Martyr and the Messenger - Behold\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It-Tmien Riflessjoni dwar il-kwadru titulari tal-Kolle\u0121jata ta\u2019 San Lawrenz, il-Birgu Kif di\u0121\u00e0 nnutajna fir-riflessjoni ta\u2019 qabel, b\u2019seng\u0127a liema b\u0127ala, permezz tax-xenarju u t-tqassim tat-tila, l-artist imexxina biex inserr\u0127u \u0127ajjitna fuq il-punt fokali ta\u2019 din l-opra massiva, li hu d-djalogu tal-martri mal-an\u0121lu\u2014bil-Grieg \u1f04\u03b3\u03b3\u03b5\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2 (angelos) li litteralment tfisser messa\u0121\u0121ier\u2014li jservi ta\u2019 pont bejn l-art taqbad bin-nar u bl-im\u0127abba u s-sema miftu\u0127 biex jilqa\u2019 l-fjamma tal-im\u0127abba fil-forn bla qies u ta\u2019 qawwa infinita tal-im\u0127abba ta\u2019 Alla g\u0127all-bniedem... 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