OUR LOVE OF HOLY
TRINITY, IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE OF OUR LIFES.
After the introducction to this theme we will have parts of
a converted muslim to christianity.
When we experience the love of
God, his love for us , and our love for thy, we feel some how that the Second Person
of the Holy Trinity is the most close to us, this is natural, since this Second
Person, became a perfect man. Lived among us humans, and being God at the same
time. This is due to all the things he did and left for us forever, we can
mention, the Gospel, te Sacraments, the Doctrine, etc. that will stay among us until
the end of times, Thy will be with us, in his real own presence in the
Eucharist. The Sacrament of the comunium is: Thy, God, with its holyness, his resucitated
and glorious body, his human soul, his humanity, that decided to institute the
Sacrament to visit us, to embrace us with His presence in us, presence of the
Holy Trinity in our soul.
A MUSLIM WON OVER BY JESUS
These are parts of the intervieu with Timo Aytac
Güzelmansur.
Q.- How did your
conversion to Catholicism come about.
A.- “I began to approach the
Christian faith at the age of 18, after meeting a Christian with whom I became
friends……I come from a Muslim family…….. After
my encounter with some Chistians I began to read the Bible, in
particular the New Testament, And I was inmediately fascinated by the person of
Jesus. This fascination wich still overwelms me, and the surprise (because of
the wonder) that Jesus loves me so much, as to go upon the Cross and give his
life for me, are the reasons why I became a Christian”.
As you can imagine this brougth Timo different reactions with his
family and friends, it took certain distancing with his father, frieds broke
off all contact, so I emigrated. In two years I decided to be baptized and took
the Christian name of Timothy.
Q.- What aspect of Chistianity
struck you the most?
A.- I converted to Christianity
because of Christ, as I have allready said, what still fascinates me is the
love of Jesus for men. He loved us to the point of giving himself for us on the
Cross. If Jesus gives his life for me, how can I respond? For me tis represents
the fundamental question, and it seems logical for me to repay this love by
following Christ and receivng Baptism.
Q.- Are there aspects of Islam that you consider
positive?
A.- Islam is not a homogéneos religión. Within it
we may find many religious currents and diverse cultural imprints, and all of
them are presented as islamic……..there are however, various aspects in Islam that
I cannot accept, like for example the relationship between man and woman, the
unclear relationship with force, the often cited concept of “Holy war”.
Q.- Is peaceful coexistence
between Chistian and Muslims posible?
A.- Yes, I think that it is posible, in part
because I have the impression that both
in Europe and in Turky everyone knows Little about the other. We often
live close to one another but not with the other. We must show more interest in
the others by exchanging our religious experiences . As persons seeking the
will of God we have many global
challenges that we can overcome only together.
It seems to me that weigth of
history is bearing down even more upon
us and upon the possibility of knowing
one another. This is nonetheless the time, as Vatican Council II said in the
document “Nostra Aetate” on the religions, to leave aside the past, in order to
seek to understand one another sincerily and mutually, and to support together
the promotion and protection of social rigths, wich are moral goods; not last,
among these rigths, peace and freedom for men. We must have the courage to
approach one another.
He tells us regarding convertions
of musims to cristianity, in the first place he mentions that the profound religioun sensibility of them, when having
the oportunity of knowing Cristianity, in their seek of God, they find the
peace and acceptance, as a new ítem a new discovery. Other reasons are the will
to integrate completly, and this includes the acceptance of creeds of the
majority.
He feels a great sorrow due to
the christians that are slained in muslim countries or by muslims in not
islamic places, and comments the rice of Young people, that do not want to be
exploited by the power of the state, they want more freedom for their wrigths.
Finnaly he argues that there is
need of more education and formation, with voices of opposition to fundamentalism,
that are also in in great need.
Taken from the intervieu done by Lorenzo
Fazzini with help of Antonio Ripamonty.
Prepared by Jordi Casas.
