Pregledni rad
Blesed Maria of the Crucified Jesus Petković on the way to holiness
Mladen Parlov
orcid.org/0000-0002-7248-3959
; Katolički bogoslovni fakultet, Sveučilište u Splitu
Sažetak
The author deals with the topic of the title through several
headlines. First, he explains the particularities of Christian
holiness. Then, in the second part, he presents holiness as
dynamic reality and an aim to which the entire Christian
life aspires, which is discussed under the third headline.
Holiness is, in fact, Christian life itself lived in actual historical
circumstances. It is a gift of God, but a task too. To be on the
way of Christian holiness means to be the follower of Jesus
Christ. He calls his followers on the way that he himself went
through. Under the fourth headline, the author displays the
ways of growing up in Christian holiness and how those ways
were understood through the history of Christian spirituality.
In the fifth, and last, part of the article, the author how and in
what way blessed Maria of the Crucified Petković was maturing
on her way of holiness. He stresses that her way of holiness
was primarily in her trying to respond, over and over again,
to gracious moments (kairoi) offered by her heavenly Father.
The way of holiness is the way that knows stages and periods,
ups and downs, leaps and halts. However, it is important to
persevere, to reach the end. Maria reached the end.
Ključne riječi
holiness; way; dynamic reality; imitation of Jesus Christ; devotion to God
Hrčak ID:
93026
URI
Datum izdavanja:
15.6.2004.
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