Kitba tar-Rev. Kan Joseph Bonello<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fil-\u0127ajja ta\u2019 Dun \u0120or\u0121<\/strong>, il-Madonna kellha post spe\u010bjali. Ma kien jg\u0127ejja qatt jirrakkomanda devozzjoni kbira lejha. Sa minn \u017cg\u0127o\u017citu kellu m\u0127abba enormi lejn il-Madonna, b\u2019mod spe\u010bjali lejn \u201cIl-Kon\u010bepiment Immakulat\u201d. Ta\u2019 spiss kien i\u0127obb jitlob hekk: \u201cAlla Missier, nirringrazzjawk g\u0127al kull ma Inti g\u0127amilt ma\u2019 Marija, spe\u010bjalment fil-Kon\u010bezzjoni Immakulata tag\u0127ha\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kull meta kien ji\u0121i Bormla, kwa\u017ci dejjem kien jg\u0127addi fis-Santwarju Kospikwan biex jag\u0127mel vi\u017cta lill-Madonna. Kien devot \u0127afna ta\u2019 l-Immakulata tal-kwadru tal-kor, tant li ordna li fid-djar tal-M.U.S.E.U.M. g\u0127andu jkun espost fil-kappella ta\u2019 kull Qasam dan il-kwadru tant sabi\u0127 tal-Madonna. Ried ukoll li quddiem ix-xbieha ta\u2019 dan il-kwadru f\u2019kull dar tal-M.U.S.E.U.M. g\u0127andu fis-7, 17 u 27 ta\u2019 kull xahar tas-sena ting\u0127ad it-talba tant sabi\u0127a VESTIS HONORIS<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Il-\u0126amrun u Bormla<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Il-\u0126amrun u Bormla huma \u017cew\u0121 postijiet ta\u2019 tifkira qaddisa g\u0127all-M.U.S.E.U.M. u g\u0127al Dun \u0120or\u0121. L-ewwel erba\u2019 djar tal-M.U.S.E.U.M. kienu fil-\u0126amrun, imma wara l-\u0126amrun, l-ewwel dar uffi\u010bjali tal-M.U.S.E.U.M. kienet f\u2019Bormla; minbarra li dan il-Qasam hu tal-bidu nett, dan hu l-ewwel Qasam li jaf il-bidu tieg\u0127u lil Ew\u0121enju Borg<\/strong>, l-ewwel Superjur \u0120enerali tas-So\u010bjeta` tal-M.U.S.E.U.M.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ew\u0121enju Borg kien \u0127addiem fit-Tarzna, li wara li jispi\u010b\u010ba mix-xog\u0127ol fil-5.00p.m. kien imur f\u2019xi klabb jew \u0127anut fejn kien ikun hemm \u0127afna r\u0121iel u \u017cg\u0127a\u017cag\u0127: hekk da\u0127al f\u2019\u0127afna familjarita` man-nies ta\u2019 Bormla, u nkora\u0121\u0121it minn Dun \u0120or\u0121 idde\u010bieda li jifta\u0127 il-Qasam ta\u2019 Bormla. Dan kien fi Frar ta\u2019 l-1908.<\/p>\n\n\n\n L-ewwel Superjur tal-lokal kien \u0120i\u0121i Vidal<\/strong>. Jiena niftakru l-M.U.S.E.U.M. fi Triq Nelson<\/strong> fejn dam \u0127afna snin: mill-ewwel il-M.U.S.E.U.M. f\u2019Bormla g\u0127amel progress sewwa, tant li \u0127afna so\u010bji minn Bormla \u0121ew inkora\u0121\u0121iti biex jift\u0127u Oqsma o\u0127ra fin-Naxxar, i\u017c-\u017bejtun, il-Kalkara, u o\u0127rajn kienu jmorru jg\u0127inu fit-tag\u0127lim \u0126al Tarxien, Ra\u0127al \u0120did, il-Gudja u postijiet o\u0127ra. G\u0127all-\u0127abta ta\u2019 l-1930 kien hemm f\u2019Bormla 24 so\u010bju. Fl-1939 meta jiena kont g\u0127adni mal-Mag\u0127\u017culin<\/strong> il-membri kienu 50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ta\u2019 min jg\u0127id ukoll li kif Ew\u0121enju Borg ta bidu g\u0127all-M.U.S.E.U.M. f\u2019Bormla, hekk ukoll kienet \u0120annina Cutajar<\/strong> (l-ewwel Superjura \u0120enerali tal-bniet) li fet\u0127et l-ewwel dar f\u2019Bormla. Inzerta li anke g\u0127all-bniet it-tieni Qasam hu dak ta\u2019 Bormla. L-ewwel Superjura tal-lokal kienet Kon\u010betta Borg<\/strong>. G\u0127alhekk Dun \u0120or\u0121 kien ji\u0121i kemm-il darba Bormla biex jara x\u2019inhu jsir u biex jag\u0127mel kura\u0121\u0121 lil dawk il-membri \u0121odda Bormli\u017ci.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Il-Kwadru Santwarju ta\u2019 Bormla<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n L-idea ta\u2019 dan il-kwadru devot ta\u2019 Marija Immakulata, kienet tar-Rev.du Kan. Ludoviku Mifsud Tommasi, Teologu mag\u0127ruf, poeta Malti mill-aqwa, u Bormli\u017c devot kbir tal-Madonna. Il-pittur Pietru Pawl Caruana<\/strong> rnexxielu jo\u0127loq mill-kapolavuri l-aktar artisti\u010bi li l-Arti Maltija qatt setg\u0127et tipprodu\u010bi f\u2019dawk li huma su\u0121\u0121etti reli\u0121ju\u017ci.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Il-pittur Caruana, f\u2019dan il-kwadru devot, \u0121abar b\u2019su\u010b\u010bess kbir \u2013 dejjem fuq is-su\u0121\u0121erimenti tas-sa\u010berdot Mifsud Tommasi \u2013 il-privile\u0121\u0121i kollha tal-Madonna skond it-tag\u0127lim tad-duttrina Kattolika. Bir-ra\u0121un g\u0127alhekk li din il-pittura jist\u0127oqqilha tabil\u0127aqq it-titlu ta\u2019 Pittura Teolo\u0121ika tal-Madonna<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dun \u0120or\u0121 kien devotissimu ta\u2019 dan il-kwadru santwarju: tant li meta kien ji\u0121i Bormla kwa\u017ci dejjem kien jg\u0127addi fil-knisja parrokkjali u wara li jinvi\u017cta lil \u0120esu` Sagramentat kien jid\u0127ol fil-kor biex isellem lil Marija quddiem ix-xbieha sabi\u0127a tag\u0127ha li hemm wara l-artal ma\u0121\u0121ur: kien idum \u017cmien twil jitlob b\u2019devozzjoni kbira, u meta kien imur fil-Qasam tal-M.U.S.E.U.M., lis-so\u010bji kien jg\u0127idilhom kemm huwa devot u mirakolu\u017c dan il-kwadru ta\u2019 l-Immakulata.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dun \u0120or\u0121 kien \u0127abib \u0127afna tal-Kanonku Bugelli, sa\u010berdot Bormli\u017c ta\u2019 l-affari tieg\u0127u. Darba fost l-o\u0127rajn waqt li kien fil-knisja ta\u2019 Bormla jinvi\u017cta lill-Madonna, resaq lejh dan il-Kanonku Bugelli, li Dun \u0120or\u0121 tant kien i\u0127obb u bdew jitg\u0127annqu mimlija bl-im\u0127abba t\u2019Alla u tal-Ver\u0121ni Marija u Dun \u0120or\u0121 stqarr mieg\u0127u kemm huwa devot dan il-kwadru. Qallu lill-Kanonku Bugelli: \u201cQatt ma nixba\u2019 nitlob quddiemu\u201d. Bir-ra\u0121un li Dun \u0120or\u0121 ordna li xbieha ta\u2019 dan il-kwadru g\u0127andha tkun esposta f\u2019kull dar tal-M.U.S.E.U.M. fil-kappella f\u2019post prominenti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Il-Vestis Honoris<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n G\u0127al dawk li qatt ma kienu fis-So\u010bjeta` tal-M.U.S.E.U.M., il-kelmiet Vestis Honoris <\/em>ma jfissru xejn. G\u0127all-kuntrarju, dawk li xi darba messew mas-So\u010bjeta` ta\u2019 Dun \u0120or\u0121 jafu kif dan il-kant sabi\u0127 ta\u2019 Vestis Honoris <\/em>jitkanta b\u2019devozzjoni kbira kull 7, 17 u 27 tax-xahar tas-sena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dan il-kant ta\u2019 Vestis Honoris <\/em>(Libsa ta\u2019 \u0120ie\u0127) huwa spe\u010bi ta\u2019 litanija lill-Madonna, li fiha Dun \u0120or\u0121 jinse\u0121 tif\u0127ir lill-Immakulata. Dun \u0120or\u0121 sawwar kuruna ta\u2019 tif\u0127ir lil Marija billi sej\u0127ilha Domina <\/em>(Sinjura, Sidt) tal-\u0127lejjaq kollha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kif \u0121ietu l-idea Dun \u0120or\u0121 biex nise\u0121 dan il-kant sabi\u0127 ta\u2019 din il-litanija \u0121dida?<\/strong> Dun \u0120or\u0121 ikkompona l-Vestis Honoris <\/em>qrib is-sena 1924 u l-idea g\u0127al din il-litanija \u0121ietu waqt li kien jinvi\u017cta l-kwadru tal-kor ta\u2019 Bormla. Jing\u0127ad li darba osservawh li dam i\u0127ares g\u0127al \u017cmien twil lejn ix-xbieha nkurunata u meta xi so\u010bji sabuh u qalulu li kul\u0127add kien qed jistennih biex jibda l-laqg\u0127a, we\u0121ibhom li waqt li kien i\u0127ares u jitlob quddiem il-kwadru \u0121ietu l-idea biex jikteb din il-litanija tant sabi\u0127a, biex jg\u0127allimha lis-so\u010bji tieg\u0127u \u0127alli jkantawha quddiem xbieha b\u0127al dik tal-Madonna. Difatti f\u2019kull Qasam tal-M.U.S.E.U.M. g\u0127andek issib kwadru mdaqqas ta\u2019 Marija Immakulata kif pittirha l-mag\u0127ruf artist Pietru Pawl Caruana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dan il-kantiku ta\u2019 Vestis Honoris<\/em> inizjalment immu\u017cikah Toussaint Briffa<\/strong>, Superjur tal-M.U.S.E.U.M. ta\u2019 l-Isla imma wara re\u0121a\u2019 \u0121ie mu\u017cikat u adattat g\u0127all-vu\u010bijiet minn Maestro Fr. Albert Borg O.S.A.<\/strong>, g\u0127all-akkademja li saret fl-ewwel anniversarju mill-mewt ta\u2019 Dun \u0120or\u0121.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Id-devozzjoni spe\u010bjali ta\u2019 Dun \u0120or\u0121 lejn l-Immakulata tidher \u010bar f\u2019din il-litanija ta\u2019 Vestis Honoris <\/em>li tispi\u010b\u010ba bil-kant ta\u2019 Salve Filia Patris<\/em> li s-so\u010bji kull nhar ta\u2019 Sibt ikantaw quddiem ix-xbieha ta\u2019 Marija.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Riferenzi:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Kitba tar-Rev. Kan Joseph Bonello Fil-\u0127ajja ta\u2019 Dun \u0120or\u0121, il-Madonna kellha post spe\u010bjali. Ma kien jg\u0127ejja qatt jirrakkomanda devozzjoni kbira lejha. Sa minn \u017cg\u0127o\u017citu kellu m\u0127abba enormi lejn il-Madonna, b\u2019mod spe\u010bjali lejn \u201cIl-Kon\u010bepiment Immakulat\u201d. Ta\u2019 spiss kien i\u0127obb jitlob hekk: \u201cAlla Missier, nirringrazzjawk g\u0127al kull ma Inti g\u0127amilt ma\u2019 Marija, spe\u010bjalment fil-Kon\u010bezzjoni Immakulata tag\u0127ha\u201d. 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