I really enjoyed reading the opinion piece, Resilience and patience, written by Mary Attard about Ġorġ tal-Mużew.

I am really blessed and thankful to Our Lord Jesus Christ for having given me the grace of befriending Ġorġ. His riddles inspire me. They are the result of his deep love for God and his neighbour.

A particular riddle of Ġorġ really encourages me in my Franciscan life. Il-Patri bit-tbissima fuq wiċċu l-midneb imur ifittxu! (A priest with a smile on his face it is him that the sinner would seek!)

Ġorġ is a visible icon of God’s merciful love especially for those who are suffering. He radiates Jesus Christ, “the Word [that] became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14).

Furthermore, Ġorġ reminds me of another great man, Victor Delicata, the late Superior General of the Society of the Christian Doctrine. This charismatic and holy person taught me a powerful maxim: “Meta stajt ma ridtx. U meta ridt ma stajtx. (When I could I did not want to. And when I wanted to I couldn’t).

What a wise paraphrase of what St Paul writes in his letter to the Galatians: “And let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we do not lose heart” (Gal 6:9). I am sure this is Ġorġ’s life motto as well. Keep it up dear friend Ġorġ. Keep being a humble evangeliser of God’s mercy, especially in this Jubilee Year of Mercy! Kindly pray for us as we pray for you.