{"id":144380,"date":"2023-05-21T12:33:45","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T10:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sds.mt\/doubt-and-beyond\/"},"modified":"2023-07-07T20:59:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T18:59:35","slug":"doubt-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sds.mt\/mt\/doubt-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"Id-dubju u lil hinn minnu!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit<\/h4>\n\n<p>God mounts his throne to shouts of joy: a blare of trumpets for the Lord.<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Let us open our hearts to receive God\u2019s Word<\/h4>\n\n<p>Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, \u201cAll authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.\u201d (Mt 28, 16-20)<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/sds.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-9-1024x609.png\" alt=\"pexels\/min an: returning to what?\" class=\"wp-image-144368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sds.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-9-1024x609.png 1024w, https:\/\/sds.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-9-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/sds.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-9-768x457.png 768w, https:\/\/sds.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-9-640x381.png 640w, https:\/\/sds.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-9-800x476.png 800w, https:\/\/sds.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-9-20x12.png 20w, https:\/\/sds.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-9.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br\/>i. the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.<\/h4>\n\n<p>Now they\u2019re eleven not twelve!<br\/>A failure?<br\/>Back to Galilee<br\/>where everything had started!<br\/>Can they start afresh?<br\/>They went to the mountain<br\/>identified by Jesus!<br\/>Would he repeat the words: \u201cBlessed are the poor in spirit\u201d?<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reflect:<\/h4>\n\n<p>Where do you find it difficult to start again?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sds.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-10-683x1024.png\" alt=\"pexels\/dominika roseclay: there is a future, despite ... !\" class=\"wp-image-144371\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br\/>ii. When they saw him, they worshipped him; but some doubted.<\/h4>\n\n<p>They worshipped him \u2013<br\/>the One who seemed to have been conquered by darkness &#8211;<br\/>\u201cHe has risen, just as He said\u201d<br\/>\u201cHis clothes as white as the light\u201d<br\/>\u201cHis face shone like the sun\u201d.<\/p>\n\n<p>But some doubted!<br\/>Doubted what?<br\/>Him?<br\/>Themselves?<br\/>Each other?<\/p>\n\n<p>But still they worshipped him!<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reflect:<\/h4>\n\n<p>What kind of doubt do you struggle with? What does it mean for you to worship Him?<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sds.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-11-683x1024.png\" alt=\"pexels\/erik mclean: trust renewed: go forth\" class=\"wp-image-144375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sds.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-11-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/sds.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-11-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/sds.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-11-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/sds.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-11-640x960.png 640w, https:\/\/sds.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-11-13x20.png 13w, https:\/\/sds.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-11.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p><br\/>iii. Jesus came and said to them, \u201cAll authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Two thousand years later and we\u2019re here<br\/>with our failures<br\/>doubts<br\/>poverty<\/p>\n\n<p>but<br\/>we enable others to take courageous steps<br\/>to immerse themselves in God<br\/>to adopt a lifestyle inspired by the Gospel!<br\/>We remain poor \u2026<br\/>But never alone!<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reflect:<\/h4>\n\n<p>Listen to the trust that Jesus is communicating to you.<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Our Father<\/h4>\n\n<p>Thanks to Fr Jimmy Bonnici for this reflection<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit  <\/p>\n<p>God mounts his throne to shouts of joy: a blare of trumpets for the Lord.<\/p>\n<p>  1. Let us open our hearts to receive God\u2019s Word  <\/p>\n<p>Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/sds.mt\/mt\/doubt-and-beyond\/\">Kompli aqra&#160;&raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":144367,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119,367],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-mt","category-edukaturi-mt"],"toolset-meta":{"custom-fields":{"subtitle":{"type":"textfield","raw":"Celebrating the Gospel of the seventh Sunday of Easter"}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sds.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sds.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sds.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sds.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sds.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144380"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sds.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146725,"href":"https:\/\/sds.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144380\/revisions\/146725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sds.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sds.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sds.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sds.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}