MP no longer in deep coma

F. Camilleri

Aug 20th 2008, 09:17

@Paul Formosa
I am sure that all appreciate your comment.

Malta should be proud of people like you who adhere to their faith and pray for their fellow men especially from all the way from Ukraine .

Warmenst regards.
May the Lord grant peace and serenity to you and all your family .
Take care and God Bless you and all.

Paul Formosa

Aug 19th 2008, 17:45

I am ukraine now but apart from thinking of my family i dayly think and hope for the best for honor.dr chircop and all his family i hope god helps them pass this situation with serenity and a little peace of mind i may not agree with his politics but as a man i fully sapport him with my prayers may god give him back to us

Jeremy J Camilleri

Aug 17th 2008, 20:16

I am sure that this was NEVER the place to start such a debate, and I stated so.

All of the people who know Karl have one wish...Be they religious or otherwise

F. Camilleri

Aug 17th 2008, 19:12

@Scerri S, Carl Pol & Jeremy J Camilleri.

Your doubts and anger show GREAT SENSITIVITY to human suffering.
This is laudable.

In times of suffering and sorrow ALL OF US, to a greater or lesser extent, experience these very human feelings of doubt and anger.

In times of suffering we are tempted to ask 'Why me?'
However, 'Why NOT me?'
What makes me so special to be above human suffering?

Life is made up of moments of happiness and moments of sorrow and suffering.
Selection has nothing to do with this.
We cannot escape this reality.

We either face it by letting the Lord guide us or try to guide ourselves often ending up in a greater mess and despair.
The choice is ours.
The Lord leaves us free to choose.

Moreover, as selfish human beings, sometimes we bring upon us so much suffering, namely, through polluting the environment for personal gain, uneven distribution of wealth, abuse of the poor, drug trafficking - the list is endless.

One final point:
84% plus of last Friday's comments turned to prayer, the Lord and the Virgin Mary.


Take care and may the Lord bless you all.

Jeremy J Camilleri

Aug 17th 2008, 15:09

Carl, I am agnostic, and do not believe that God has anything to do in recoverys or miracle. I refuse to believe that a kind God could be so indiscriminate in his actions.

However, on the other hand, if people believe in miracles, and if their faith helps them through the hard times, even, as, in this case, their prayers are of an altruistic nature, we should let them get on with it.

Prayers do not harm anyone. So lets all leave the controversy for some other time, and all hope, or pray if you believe in such a thing, for Karl.

I for one, would love to hear his voice again, be it an alleged miracle or science.

Carl Pol

Aug 17th 2008, 14:32

well said Scerri. And F camilleri...Yes YOUR GOd is selective when a child of 6 yrs dies of cancer and a 90 year old recovers from a heart attack... Now I don't believe that of course. Prayers don't help a 6 yr old ..he dies because medical solution are not advanced yet to save him or her...no prayers help....If prayers did help everybody would survive ...but that's not reality.

Scerri S

Aug 17th 2008, 13:44

@F Camilleri - Oh please... What about the ones who never made it? Are you implying that 'the lord' is selective? Or that it's the fault of their relatives & friends because they did not pray enough or at all? Where's the sensitivity to these other people?

Good luck to Dr. Chircop & well done to the medical team, keep up the hard work.

F. Camilleri

Aug 17th 2008, 10:48

This is GREAT news.
Thanks be to the Lord and Our Virgin Mary of LOURDES.

We will continue to pray for Dr. Karl for a speedy recovery.

We will continue to pray for Dr. Karl's family who are surely facing difficult times.
The Lord is with you too.
He has surely provided you with sincere caring friends.

A big THANK YOU is more than appropriate for the DEDICATED MEDICAL STAFF and ALL PERSONNEL in hospitals who treat and help the sick and the aged with such great love and dedication. The Lord is always with you.

God bless you all.

F. Camilleri

Aug 17th 2008, 10:29

@Carl Pol

Yesterday, you argued:
‘If you recover it was through prayers! And the scientists and medical staff never get any merits for their professionalism’.

Prayer is a deep spiritual contact with the Lord.
Our prayer should be to pray the Lord to open our eyes of faith and accept whatever comes along in life in faith, hope and love: a tall order – that is why we should pray for it.

Admittedly, when I was much younger, there were times when my arguments ran parallel to yours especially after my father passed away (due to cancer) when I was just ten years old. However, as I grew up, through the grace of God I realized that my arguments were unfounded.

You ‘attribute medical progress to scientific research.’
I agree with you.
However, the gifts of intelligence and dedication of scientists to carry out scientific research come from God.
Thanks to the Lord for providing us with such dedicated persons!

It is up to us to thank God and these dedicated persons; a duty which we sometimes neglect especially when things turn out well!

A old Russian saying runs:’ in dire extremity, man remembers his God.’

God Bless Carl Pol