The Lord ....is a jealous God - Exodus 34:14

...the Lord... is a jealous God. Exodus 34:14

God is jealous of anything that takes His place in your life, especially a 'relationship idol'. You say, 'What's that?' It's the lie that convinces you your happiness depends on another person. When you look to somebody other than God for security, purpose, worth and contentment - all the things He willingly provides - He's jealous. So tear down that idol! Yes, it's hard to have nobody to share your life with, or come home to. But when God wants you to hear His voice, sometimes He silences all the rest. Has it occurred to you that you're alone, not because nobody likes you, but because God is drawing you to a deeper place of intimacy with Him? 'How can I know?' you ask. Joshua was alone when God gave him the plan for conquering Jericho. John was alone on the island of Patmos when Heaven opened and he wrote the book of Revelation. The Bible says, 'Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak' (Genesis 32:24 NIV). That's when God changed his name from Jacob, a deceiver, to Israel, a prince with God. When you don't know who you are, you'll allow yourself to be swallowed up in somebody else's life in order to find worth and fulfilment. You'll think you need them in order to enjoy being you. No, let God tell you who you are. After all, who knows you better? The only way you'll discover your true identity, is by being alone with God!

UCB Word For Today-29 Mar 2010

IS GOD SAYING, 'WAIT' ? Psalm 84:11, Psalm 27:14

Is God Saying, 'Wait'?.........No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly. Psalm 84:11 Often the toughest times in life are those moments when all we know about God doesn't seem to help or get us the results we want. That's when we learn about His silence. Whenever God doesn't say a word, He's teaching, even in stillness. He's allowing us to grow by forcing us to think, study and arrive at conclusions while He stands by like the loving parent He is. Faith comes by hearing, but patience comes by silence. Patience is what God gives you when bad things remain unchanged. It's His sedative for the troubled heart. It's the balm He rubs into your aching muscles when it feels like you're being stretched to breaking point. These are the times when the pain lasts so long that only God can release the patience required - the sheer grace to get you through it. There are great benefits to waiting. For example, if you learn to wait and observe, you'll make better choices. The thing you think you can't live without today, you may be glad to live without tomorrow. '...No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly' (Psalm 84:11 NKJV). So when God says, 'Wait,' trust Him. Either it's not what you need at this time, or He has something better in mind for you. You say, 'But what am I going to do in the meantime?' The Bible says, 'Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart...' (Psalm 27:14 NKJV). Stop fussing, stop pushing, allow God to work and you'll come out of this stronger and with a better result.

UCB Word for Today - 24/Mar/10

video and lyrics --- SALVE REĠINA --- REGINA TAS-SMEWWIET jew SLIEM GĦALIK SULTANA TAS-SMEWWIET --- HAIL HOLY QUEEN

Salve Regina coelitum, O Maria!
Sors unica terrigenum, O Maria!

Jubilate, Cherubim,
Exsultate, Seraphim!
Consonante perpetim:
Salve, Salve, Salve Regina.

Mater misericordiae, O Maria!
Dulcis parens clementiae, O Maria!

Jubilate, Cherubim,
Exsultate, Seraphim!
Consonante perpetim:
Salve, Salve, Salve Regina.

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SLIEM GĦALIK SULTANA TAS-SMEWWIET

Sliem għalik, Sultana tas-smewwiet, Salve Reġina
Omm tal-ħniena, milja tal-ħlewwiet, Salve Reġina

Sema w art, għajtu flimkien: “Int il-għaxqa tal-ħolqien”
L-għanja tidwi kullimkien: “Salve, Salve, Salve Reġina!”

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Ħajja, ħlewwa u tama tal-bnedmin, Salve Reġina

Taqla’ l-grazzja w tfarraġ l-imnikktin, Salve Reġina.

...Sema w art….

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Lilek ngħajtu f’dan il-wied tad-dmugħ, Salve Reġina

Biex fis-sliem u l-barka nżommu r-ruħ, Salve Reġina

...Sema w art…

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REGINA TAS-SMEWWIET

Int tas-sema w l-art Sultana, O Marija
Fik it-tama kollha tagħna, O Marija

Kerubini bl-akbar ġieħ,
Serafini bla mistrieħ
tennu l-kelma tal-Ħabbar
sliem għalik, sliem għalik, sliem għalik, Marija

Inti l-għaxqa tal-kbir Alla, O Marija
Kollha l-grazzji f'idejk ħalla, O Marija

Kerubini bl-akbar gieħ,
Serafini bla mistrieħ
tennu l-kelma tal-Ħabbar
sliem għalik, sliem għalik, sliem għalik, Marija

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Hail Holy Queen enthron'd above, O Maria
Hail Mother of Mercy and of love O Maria

Triumph all ye Cherubim
Sing with us ye Seraphim
Heav'n and earth resound the hymn
Salve Salve Salve Regina

Our life our sweetness here below O Maria
Our hope in sorrow and in woe O Maria

Triumph all ye Cherubim
Sing with us ye Seraphim
Heav'n and earth resound the hymn
Salve Salve Salve Regina

We honour you for Christ, your Son, O Maria!
Who has for us redemption won, O Maria!

Triumph all ye Cherubim
Sing with us ye Seraphim
Heav'n and earth resound the hymn
Salve Salve Salve Regina

03 Marzu 2010 - Fr Hayden Williams - messaggi tal-Madonna miktubin min-nemel

Il-messaggi tal-Madonna miktubin min-nemel!



 
Ċerti persuni, fil-kelma ta’ Alla, fl-istorja tal-Knisja, Alla l-Imbierek jagħtihom vokazzjoni, sejħa, li huma jkunu sinjal, sinjal għall-poplu, sinjal sabiex in-nies jinbidlu, sinjal għan-nies biex jikkonvertu, sinjal għan-nies biex iwasslulhom messaġġ mis-Sema. U xi drabi dan il-messaġġ li s-Sema titlob li dal-messaġġ jitwassal lin-nies ikun xi ftit stramb f’għajnejna:

a) Ikun stramb għaliex ma jkunx fin-normalità ta’ kif forsi Alla naħsbu li jitkellem.
b) Ikun stramb għaliex forsi ma nistennewx illi Alla jitlob ċerti affarijiet minn persuni – bħal Ħosea li kellu jiżżewweġ prostituta u li kienet se tmut – sabiex Alla jurieh, juri lil poplu kif permezz ta’ dan il-profeta miżżewweġ prostituta, Alla jibqa’ fidil lejn il-poplu tiegħu, minkejja xi drabi l-poplu jaqlibielu, ma jibqax fidil lejH, imma Alla xorta jibqa’ fidil lejh. Ċertament huwa ġest stramb illi Alla jitlob dan it-tip ta’ żwieġ mill-profeta, iżda l-profeta, għax hu bniedem t’Alla, u jaf x’qed jesperjenza, f’ubbidjenza lejn Alla, jagħmel dak illi Alla jgħidlu.

Xi drabi dawn il-modi strambi jitfaċċaw ukoll anke f’każijiet tad-dehriet tal-Madonna, per eżempju bħalissa hemm kas ta’ dehriet tal-Madonna li qed jiġu studjati, ġewwa l-Brażil, illi l-messaġġi qegħdin jaslu mhux biss permezz ta’ waħda mara li tara l-Madonna hemmek, però wkoll b’mod stramb:
Fejn tidher il-Madonna hemm ġnien illi qed jaqgħu l-weraq minn fuq dawn is-siġar u propju f’dawn il-weraq qed jinstabu miktuba, il-messaġġi li qed twassal il-Madonna hemmek. Meta studjawhom skoprew illi dan li qed jiġi miktub fuq dawn il-weraq, QED JIKTBUH IN-NEMEL – vera, jiena rajt werqa minnhom, ġabuhieli – In-nemel qegħdin jieklu, jtaqqbu dawn il-weraq, kull toqba mihiex bħal oħra fil-fatti, illi qed jitfaċċaw fuqhom il-messaġġi tal-Madonna. Daqsxejn stramb. Alla xi drabi għandu l-modi strambi tiegħU, ma nistennewhx li forsi jwassal ċerti messaġġi.

U xi drabi wkoll ċerti messaġġi jaslu wkoll permezz ta’ tpinġijiet – li messaġġ jasal bi tpinġijiet. Li messaġġ jasal bi tpinġija, fuq livell, qed ngħidu, fil-ħajja ta’ kuljum, hija xi ħaġa antika fil-hajja tal-bniedem. Per ezempju, l-eġizzjani tawna x’kien jigri fi żmienhom, mhux permezz ta’ kliem kif nafuh illum, imma permezz ta’ tpinġijiet. L-istess il-Knisja, aħna l-knisja, l-ġebel, il-knisja li hija kkonsagratha, anke jsir rit uffiċċjali mill-Knisja li tikkonsagra l-bini lil Alla, miegħu indendlu wkoll immaġnijiet, pitturi li jwasslulna l-Vanġelu. L-istess aħna nwassluh permezz ta’ santi, inwassluh b’ikoni, inwassluh bi xbiehat. Ċerti persuni, anke qrib ta’ Alla, f’mumenti ta’ intimita ma’ Alla, naqqxu huma stess fuq ġisimhom, per ezempju l-isem ta’ Ġesù: Qed nirreferi għall-qaddisa franġiskana kappuċċina, Santa Veronica Giuliani - għal darba, tnejn, tlieta u aktar naqqxet litteralment fuq il-laħam tagħha l-isem ta’ Ġesù, sforz l-imħabba kbira li kellha lejn Kristu.  

SANTA VERONICA GIULIANI

Forsi xi ħaġa stramba, tgħid din is-soru, klarissa, kappuċċina, kellha l-pjagi, qaddisa u tnaqqax fuq ġisimha l-isem ta’ Ġesù, darba, tnejn, tlieta, erbgħa, ħamsa ghax kellimnt espert li huwa fiha u qalli li aktar minn ħames darbiet għamlet din il-ħaġa.

Ċertament mhiex normali, ħa ngħidu hekk illi ssir, però fejn tidħol dan il-messaġġ profetiku li Alla jkun irid iwassal, il-messaġġ ikun irid iwasslu b’kull mod – iwasslu bil-kliem, iwasslu anka bil-ġisem ta’ l-istess persuni illi huwa jagħżel. Il-ġisem tal-persuni magħżulin minn Alla biex ikunu profeti tiegħu, ma jibqax tagħhom, isir propjeta ta’ Alla, strument f’idejH, biex anka bih iwassal il-messaġġ tiegħU. Per eżempju d-don tal-pjagi huwa don imnaqqax fil-ġisem ukoll, tal-persuni li jirċievu dan id-don. F’ġisimhom iwasslulna l-messaġġ tal-imħabba ta’ Ġesù mislub għalina lkoll. Allura importanti li aħna nifhmuha din il-ħaġa u nirriflettu fuqha. Hija sejha partikulari, li insibuha anka fl-iskrittura, li l-Mulej jagħżel persuni li jkunu sinjal, u xi drabi huma sinjal xokkanti, sinjal illi forsi jħawwad.

Però għaliex ikun hemm bżonn sinjal daqshekk xokkanti u li jħawwad ? Li jħawwadna, biex iġgħelna nistaqsu, biex iċaqlaqna, għaliex ? Għaliex inkunu qed ngħixu fi żmien ta’ ħafna jrus iebsa. Nkunu qed nghixu fi żmien ta’ ħafna nies li huma għomja u ma jridux jaraw, huma torox u ma jridux jisimgħu. U allura l-Mulej ikun irid isemma’ lehnu b’kull mezz biex jasal għand dawn in-nies. Allura dan kollu jkun att ta’ ħniena kbira minn naħa ta’ Alla l-imbiereK !




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