The Priest of the New Evangelization

Smještajući osobu svećenika u kontekst Božje odvažnosti i milosti koja ga preobražava, a po kojoj onda i svećenik postaje kadar preobražavati ljude kojima je poslan služiti u istini i ljubavi, i svijet oko sebe u kojemu se događaju značajne kulturalne promjene, autor u članku ocrtava ulogu i važnost koju ima svećenik u novoj evangelizaciji koji djeluje in persona Christi capitis. Preko uloge svećenika ukazuje se i potreba za jednom novom antropologijom. Pozivajući se na dvomilenijsku povijest kršćanstva autor ukazuje na potreban oprez kršćanske zajednice koji ona mora imati prema kulturnom okruženju u kojem živi i kojeg želi usmjeriti prema istini evanđelja. Autor ukazuje na neophodnu ljubav prema istini ukoliko se žele ostvariti ciljevi nove evangelizacije, a kao glavni izvor za naše shvaćanje istine navodi riječi sv. Ivana apostola: »Ja sam Put, Istina i Život« (Iv 14,6). Istina je neodvojivo povezana s ljubavlju u kojoj istina pronalazi svoj konačni oblik. Svećenik svojim životom treba ukazivati na smisao i vrijednost svakog ljudskog života za koji autor tvrdi da je u ozbiljnoj opasnosti. Autor na kraju zaključuje da nam povratak Božjoj odvažnosti prema nama i našoj prema svijetu može dati razumjeti koliko je važno otkriti istinu koja se krije u našem svećeništvu: mi smo u njemu preobraženi. Živjeti od toga znači biti na putu prema svetosti.By placing the person of the priest in the context of God\u27s courage and mercy which transfigure him and by which the priest becomes apt to transform the people he is sent to serve in truth and love and, the world around him in which significant cultural changes are occurring, the author describes the role and significance the priest has in the new evangelisation and who acts in persona Christi capitis. It is through the role of the priest that the author points out the need for a new anthropology. Referring to the two thousand year history of Christianity, the author also points out the need for caution that the Christian community should have towards the cultural environment it lives in and wishes to guide towards the truth of the Gospel. The author points to inevitable love toward the truth as a precondition to realise the goals of the new evangelisation. The main source for our understanding of the truth can be St John the Baptist\u27s words: »I am the way and the truth and the life« (Jn 14:6). The truth is inseparable from love in which the truth finds its final shape. It is up to the priest to point out the meaning and value of every human life which the author believes is in peril. The author concludes that returning to faith in God\u27s courage towards us and our\u27s toward the world can lead us to comprehend how important it is to discover the truth which is hidden in our priesthood: in it we are transfigured. To live from this means to be on the path to holiness

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