{"id":18545,"date":"2026-06-25T14:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/behold.mt\/?post_type=talba-bl-arti&#038;p=18545"},"modified":"2026-06-25T20:58:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:58:01","slug":"martyrdom","status":"publish","type":"talba-bl-arti","link":"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/talba-bl-arti\/martyrdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Martyrdom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 id=\"h-ir-raba-riflessjoni-fuq-il-pittura-tal-laqg-a-ta-san-pietru-u-san-pawl\">Ir-Raba\u2019 Riflessjoni fuq il-Pittura tal-Laqg\u0127a ta&#8217; San Pietru u San Pawl<\/h4>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Qawwina, Mulej Alla tag\u0127na, bit-talb tal-Appostli San Pietru u San Pawl, u ag\u0127ti lill-Knisja tieg\u0127ek g\u0127ajnuna g\u0127as-salvazzjoni ta\u2019 dejjem permezz ta\u2019 dawk li bihom g\u0127allimtha taqdi d-dmirijiet qaddisa tag\u0127ha lejk. B\u2019Ibnek \u0120es\u00f9 Kristu Sidna, li mieg\u0127ek jg\u0127ix u jsaltan flimkien ma\u2019 l-Ispirtu s-Santu, Alla, g\u0127al dejjem ta\u2019 dejjem. Ammen<\/p><cite><em>Kolletta tal-Quddiesa tal-V\u0121ili tas-Solennit\u00e0 ta\u2019 San Pietru u San Pawl<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Din il-lunetta li nsibu f\u2019wa\u0127da mill-kappelli tal-Knisja tal-\u0120i\u017cwiti l-Belt Valletta turina lil Pietru u lil Pawlu rraffigurati b\u0127ala \u017cew\u0121t ir\u0121iel li g\u0127exu \u0127ajjithom u li l-martirju ser jinkuruna \u0127ajja mog\u0127tija g\u0127ax-xhieda tal-isem ta\u2019 \u0120es\u00f9.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>Il-fermezza tag\u0127hom fil-mument tax-xhieda tidher fil-kuntrast li hemm fuq il-palk ta\u2019 din it-tila bejn il-karattri ewlenin li donnhom qeg\u0127din fi freeze, sodi, \u010berti mill-fidi tag\u0127hom, u l-bqija tal-persona\u0121\u0121i li qeg\u0127din f\u2019moviment (dak li hu tran\u017citorju f\u2019oppo\u017cizzjoni ma\u2019 dak li hu etern) sabiex ji\u0121bduhom\u2014lil wie\u0127ed na\u0127a u lil ie\u0127or o\u0127ra\u2014g\u0127all-ispettaklu a\u0127\u0127ari bl-g\u0127an li jkasbruhom. Imma din ix-xhieda sal-a\u0127\u0127ar g\u0127all-Img\u0127allem imsallab, \u201cskandlu g\u0127al-Lhud u bluha g\u0127all-Griegi\u201d (1 Kor 1, 23), tkompli ssawwar il-binja tal-Knisja msejsa fuq il-\u0121ebla tax-xewka li hi Kristu (Ef 2, 20). Kif jikteb Tertuljanu: \u201cIktar noktru kull meta ni\u0121u ma\u0127sudin minnkom; id-demm tal-Insara hu \u017cerrieg\u0127a\u201d (<em>Apologeticum <\/em>50, 13).<\/p>\n\n<p>Mhux ta\u2019 b\u2019xejn li, b\u0127alma Ruma pagana (li r-rovini tag\u0127ha jidhru fl-isfond) kienet ti\u010b\u010belebra festa flimkien lill-a\u0127wa fundaturi Romolo u Remo, hekk ukoll il-Knisja sa minn sekli bikrin bdiet ti\u010b\u010belebra festa wa\u0127da flimkien lil dawn i\u017c-\u017cew\u0121 Appostli biex tfakkar il-martirju tag\u0127hom. U dan g\u0127aliex, permezz ta\u2019 dawn i\u017c-\u017cew\u0121 a\u0127wa fi Kristu li twieldu fl-istess jum g\u0127all-\u0127ajja ta\u2019 dejjem, il-belt ta\u2019 Ruma twaqqfet mill-\u0121did fuq ix-xhieda mdemmija tag\u0127hom.<\/p>\n\n<p>Quddiem din ix-xhieda tag\u0127hom u x-xhieda li jiena wkoll imsejja\u0127 nag\u0127ti, nag\u0127mel tieg\u0127i l-istedina tal-awtur tal-Ittra lil-Lhud:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Ladarba a\u0127na wkoll g\u0127andna madwarna s\u0127aba hekk kbira ta\u2019 xhieda, ejjew inwarrbu minna kull xkiel u kull dnub li malajr ifixkilna, u b\u2019qalbna qawwija nibqg\u0127u ni\u0121ru t-triq tal-prova li g\u0127andna quddiemna; in\u017commu g\u0127ajnejna merfug\u0127a lejn \u0120es\u00f9, li minnu tibda u fih tintemm il-fidi tag\u0127na; hu li, flok l-hena li kellu quddiemu, qag\u0127ad g\u0127as-salib bla xejn ma qies l-g\u0127ajb tieg\u0127u, u issa qieg\u0127ed fuq in-na\u0127a tal-lemin tat-tron ta\u2019 Alla. A\u0127sbu mela fih, li qag\u0127ad g\u0127al oppo\u017cizzjoni hekk kbira min-na\u0127a tal-midinbin, biex ma teg\u0127jewx u ma taqtg\u0127ux qalbkom.<\/p><cite>Lhud 12, 1-3<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13053,"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>Martyrdom - 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\/martyrdom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Martyrdom - Behold\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ir-Raba\u2019 Riflessjoni fuq il-Pittura tal-Laqg\u0127a ta&#8217; San Pietru u San Pawl Qawwina, Mulej Alla tag\u0127na, bit-talb tal-Appostli San Pietru u San Pawl, u ag\u0127ti lill-Knisja tieg\u0127ek g\u0127ajnuna g\u0127as-salvazzjoni ta\u2019 dejjem permezz ta\u2019 dawk li bihom g\u0127allimtha taqdi d-dmirijiet qaddisa tag\u0127ha lejk. 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