Review article
Ivan Merz - Example to the lay faithful and those consecrated to God
Božidar Nagy
; Filozofski fakultet Družbe Isusove, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
The upcoming beatification of the Servant of God Ivan Merz is in itself a great gift from the Church and the Holy Father to our people and demands spiritual preparation. This involves acquainting ourselves with the person of Ivan Merz and also with the message which God imparts to us through him. Ivan Merz, a layman who lived an exemplary saintly life, is living testimony to God's existence and to the supernatural realm of faith. He was a Catholic intellectual who integrated science, culture and faith and emphasized the primacy of the spiritual life over action. As a man of the Church and the papacy he was a tireless and devout apostle and educator of Catholic youth in particular, and as such serves as an example to all persons consecrated to God but also to the lay faithful. Having taken up his cross and endured suffering in a Christian manner, he died reputed for his holiness and an unwavering trust in God's mercy. The decree on his heroic virtues, announced in the Vatican on July 5, 2002,
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1189
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Publication date:
3.3.2003.
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