Hajja Salesjana July-September 2022

A son took his old father to a restaurant for an evening dinner. His father being very old and weak, while eating, dropped food on his shirt and trousers. Other diners watched him in disgust while his son was calm. After he finished eating, his son who was not at all embarrassed, quietly took him to the wash room, wiped the food particles, removed the stains, combed his hair and fitted his spectacles firmly. When they came out, the entire restaurant was watching them in dead silence, not able to grasp how someone could embarrass themselves publicly like that. The son settled the bill and started walking out with his father. At that time, an old man amongst the diners called out to the son and asked him, "Don't you think you have left something behind?" The son replied, "No sir, I haven't". The old man retorted, "Yes, you have! You left a lesson for every son and hope for every father." The restaurant went silent. A lesson worth a million euro! Talba lill-Madonna tal-Mellieħa Omm Verġni tal-Verb Inkarnat, Omm Alla meqjuma għal sekli sħaħ f’dan il-post qaddis. Ġenerazzjonijiet ta’ Maltin resqu lejk u talbuk; hawn sabu s-serħan, il-faraġ u l-ħarsien. Verġni Omm, kun għalina Omm it-Tenerezza li tilqa’ lil kulħadd bħala wlied il-Missier u twassalhom għat-tgħannieqa tal-Ħniena mill-aktar ħelwa. Verġni Omm, kun għalina Omm il-Viċinanza li tersaq biex tiltaqa’ ma’ kull persuna li qed tbati u togħtor, u twassalha għall-fejqan tal-ġisem u tar-ruħ. Verġni Omm, kun għalina Omm il-Ħniena li tiftħilna l-Qalb ħelwa u umli ta’ Ibnek Ġesù u tgħallimna li l-vera mħabba tagħmel minna ulied tal-Aktar Għoli. Omm Verġni tal-Mellieħa, itlob għalina. Ammen Franciscus PP. Din hi t-talba li Papa Franġisku bagħat lis-Santwarju tal-Madonna tal-Mellieħa meta kien fostna f’ Malta bejn it-2 u 3 ta’ April 2022. 14 Lulju - Settembru 2022 hajja