Small Glimpses of a Hidden Kingdom
Lemħiet Żgħar ta’ Saltna Moħbija
A wall keeps the warmth of a vanished sun. A cup catches light. Coins pass slowly across a counter. Nothing remarkable happens – yet the divine reality or kingdom Jesus proclaimed may already be drawing near, hidden within the ordinary and waiting for the heart to recognise the Father’s presence.
Is-saltna, dik ir-realtà divina jew realtà tas-smewwiet li Ġesù jħabbar, mhux dejjem tasal bid-dija li nistennew minn rivelazzjoni. Tista’ tinkixef permezz ta’ ħajt li għadu jerħi s-sħana, tazza ħdejn is-sink, interruzzjoni, jew ġest żgħir ta’ sabar: ħwejjeġ ordinarji li jibdew iħallu tidher minn ġo fihom Preżenza li ilhom iġorru fis-skiet.
- Where the Ordinary Opens – Meta tas-Soltu Jinfetaħ …
- The Plan Is Not the Point – Il-Pjan Mhux il-Qofol …
Allowing Grace
“Let go and let God.” In this series of 5 episodes, nine deep Christian writers answer the question: what should we allow grace to do? In this first episode, we discover that even our seeking itself is already stirred by grace: “No one can seek the Lord who has not already found Him.” (St Bernard of Clairvaux)
1. Awakening to Grace and Divine Nearness
2. Unmasking and purification
3. Passage through mystery and transformation
4. Communion in love
5. Freedom for the world and the whole creation
When the Heart Ripens
Using as witnesses those whose spiritual heart has clearly ripened, each episode reflects on an aspect of the ripened heart, such as rootedness, spaciousness, or surrender. A typical episode contains a story, a reflection, a practice box and a discernment box.
B1. SPACIOUS – Spaciousness of Heart
B2. SPACIOUS – Love as Gift Rather than Possession
C1. SURRENDERED – Letting Go of Image and Role
C2. SURRENDERED – Freedom from the Need to Win
D1 – Shadow Faced, Shadow Integrated
D2– Shadow – Ripeness Through Vulnerability
D3 – Shadow – Compassion Widened Through Suffering
D4 – Shadow – When Joy Has Learnt Sorrow
E1: MYSTERY – Living at Ease with Paradox
E2: MYSTERY – From Certainty to Mystery
F1: WISE – Humility as trustworthy presence
Meditazzonijiet – Meditations
Meditazzjonijiet qosra li jqawwu l-qalb, biex tgħaddihom lill-ħbieb – Short, uplifting meditations to pass on to friends.
1. Il-Qrubija Perikoluża t’Alla / The Dangerous Nearness of God
2. Meta s-Smewwwiet Jisktu – When Heaven Falls Silent
4. Il-Kuntlarjetà Oħt il-Għerf / Adversity, Sister of Wisdom
5. Għaraf Lilek Innifsek u Sir Sħiħ f’Alla
6. Is-Silenzju Franġiskan bħala Faqar fl-Għarfien / Silence as Franciscan Poverty of Knowing
7. Ngħixu “lejn” il-Mulej – kif u għaliex? / Living “to” the Lord – how and why?
Ecospirituality and Interbeing
Reflections on the spiritual wisdom of the living earth, where biblical insight, interfaith perspectives, and contemplative awareness illuminate our shared belonging within creation.
1. Watchfulness as Spiritual Ecology
2. The Human and Animal Contemplatives..
3. Sacred Balance – The Qur’an and the Living Earth
From Ego to …
A contemplative exploration of how the ego loosens and the soul awakens to grace, moving through silence, surrender, and transformation toward a more spacious identity in God.
3. Preparing for Healing and Transformation
5. Objectless Awareness – From Ego to Consent in CP.
7. Stillness Returns To Gratefulness
8. Are Joy and Suffering the Same?
9. Christian and Sufi Stages on the Path to God
10. Contemplation: The Hidden Stream within Christian Prayer
11. A Love That Learns to Sing?
Playful reflections where humour and paradox reflect the joyful wisdom within spiritual life.
Christian Light from Sufi Stories
Short Sufi teaching stories read through a Christian contemplative lens, revealing unexpected, fresh insights into the spiritual journey.
Series link … https://laikosblog.org/category/sufi-stories
1. The Tale of the Stream and the Desert
4. The Silence Beyond the Answer
Unfolding Wholeness
Explorations of the deeper coherence of reality, where philosophical musings and modern science meet in the search for meaning and wholeness.
The Unexpected Responses of Jesus
Meditations on surprising moments in the Gospels where Jesus responds in ways that unsettle expectations and invite deeper understanding.
Other posts by Tony Macelli
Category link … https://laikosblog.org/category/by-tony-macelli/
Silence and Incarnation – One Path to God
Our Parishes: When a role carries too much weight
Metanoia in the Main Message of Jesus. Part 1
Metanoia in the Main Message of Jesus. Part 2
Maħfra / Forgiveness (bl-istampi)
Practical Kenosis – a Self-Help Handbook
Environmental attitudes and action
Ego-Tricks – for youth of 18 and over / Il-Logħob Sigriet tal-Ego – għaż-żaghżagħ minn 18 ‘il fuq
Stations – A gift booklet for you
Pope Francis and the Eye of the Heart
Alla Hu Inġust? / Is God Unfair?
Sister Claire in the Places of Sorrow
Make Room for the Spirit – using non-directive facilitation