Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 86 No. 3, 2016.
Review article
Mercy as the Basic Element of Every Proclamation
Nikola Vranješ
orcid.org/0000-0002-0895-0284
; Theology in Rijeka, Dislocated Studies of Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb, Rijeka, Croatia
Abstract
While opening the extraordinary Holy Year of Mercy on April 11, 2015, Pope Francis has prompted the whole Church to additional and renewed efforts in order to make God´s mercy more evident in all ecclesial activities. From this one can conclude that mercy is the main characteristic of pastoral work. In fact, pastoral work, as such, should always be in service of God´s mercy. One of the first and key elements of ecclesial activity is certainly the proclamation of the gospel. This is realised in various ways and in various occasions; however, the main characteristic of this proclamation, whose advantage consists in its concrete realisation, is precisely its directedness to God´s mercy and its actualisation in the encounter of the Church and all its members, and especially priests with each other and with all peoples of this world. This article analyses, from the theological-pastoral perspective, possibilities and forms of improvement of the pastoral approach in relation to the proclamation of the gospel, in order to make attitudes, language, and works of mercy clearer and more significantly present in the life and activity of the Church.
Keywords
grace; mercy; proclamation; Church; pastoral work; evangelisation
Hrčak ID:
170882
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Publication date:
17.12.2016.
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