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Fr Peter’s pregnant silence

Timesofmalta.com Thursday, March 22, 2012 , by  Ranier Fsadni Fr Peter’s pregnant silence Less than a month before he entered hospital for the last time, Fr Peter Serracino Inglott preached the sermon at the funeral Mass for a two and a half year old girl, Rebecca Aakeroy. Some of the most striking and startling aspects of Fr Peter’s thought came together in his understanding of death - Ranier Fsadni Fr Peter dwelt on her smile, her curly hair, the way she ran, how she loved giving things, her love of butterflies. He spoke as though he wished he could, right then, pick her up in his arms. Her joy, he said, would always be etched in his heart, not as mere memory but as a living love that would not die. Now, that love would have to be experienced as though from behind a screen. But a time would come when it could once again be expressed bodily, in the Resurrection. Whatever reservations we may have about Fr Peter’s convictions, there are some interesting things t

Never Go To Sleep Angry - timesofmalta.com

Thursday, March 15, 2012, 13:19 , by  Alison Bezzina Never Go To Sleep Angry Six years ago I had the honour of interviewing Censu and Maria Tabone about a subject not many had discussed with our ex-President. With Valentine’s day looming, I wanted to know what made their (then) 63 year old marriage tick. One of the things that Censu Tabone advised was to never go to sleep angry. Yesterday morning, the same endearing man sat down in his armchair and slept peacefully for one last time. It was one of the coldest nights in January, not only because the temperature was at an all-time low, but also because for most, it was the first day of work after the holiday season. The mental cold shower I woke up to that morning had lingered on to the evening, and the idea of visiting our ex-President's home to talk about love, marriage and romance did not amuse me at all. The only positive thing I could see at was that least I was lucky enough to find a pa