Bp Andrzej Dziuba,On the path of Christian vocation, the fundamental of love is held in two
commandments of charity: Love the Lord your God and love your neighbour
as yourself. These have a value of law, but are also included in the everyday
experience of the personal dynamics of mankind, whereupon every individual
is uniquely developed and diverse.
Love therefore manifests itself particularly in charity, a sign characterised
by a special creative force and perfect means of inscribing individual liberty
in the freedom exercised through charity. The Good Samaritan offers a practical
example of charity, perhaps unreachable, but awaited by most. The act of
charity is a very appreciated element of testimony of Christian faith.
Moreover, since the dawn of Christianity, martyrdom has also represented
the manifestation of love. After all, the place intended for martyrs is a very
special one. They are a gift of life, made by Christ and signed by blood shed
in the service of faith. They are the most perfect sign of human love on this
earth, because their decision is made in full freedom, and in the strength of
Christ’s grace.
Love is therefore the ultimate fulfilment of liberty. However, as it presents
itself, liberty through which love reaches its full potential is found in the one
revealed by the person of Jesus Christ, particularly in His Incarnation and in
the Pasqual Mystery of Redemption.
Liberty is bound to truth. Liberty is only fully manifested in love. Today,
mankind makes liberty absolute and often doesn’t ask and doesn’t want to
know what the truth is. Consequently, at the personal level, people do know who they are, where they come from or what their destiny is. These deficiencies
steer mankind to their auto-destruction.Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawi
