Preliminary communication

Eucharist – the centre of priests’ pastoral activity

Nikola Vranješ ; Theology of Rijeka, Dislocated Studies of Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb, Rijeka, Croatia

Abstract

Ministerial priesthood and the Eucharist are closely linked to one another. Priesthood is born with the Eucharist, and there is no Eucharist without a priest. In our contemporary cultural and even pastoral context, sometimes the sense of the original and central meaning of the Eucharistic celebration for the Christian life is lost. Not even the priest is excluded from the danger of an insufficient recognizing and evaluation of the central meaning of the Eucharist in his own life and activity. In this paper, by using the theological-pastoral evaluating method the crucial theological and pastoral elements stemming from the celebration of the mystery, are presented, reflecting the centrality and the meaning of the Eucharistic celebration for the life of the priest and pastoral activity in general. On the other side, some weak points are noted, visible today in respect to the centrality and the meaning of the Eucharistic mystery in the life of the priest and his activity, so that some of theological and pastoral elements are pointed out in order to help the overcoming of difficulties.

Keywords

Eucharist; priest; Church; life; pastoral ministry

Hrčak ID:

74818

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/74818

Publication date:

16.8.2010.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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