Świętowanie Dnia Pańskiego umocnieniem wspólnoty Kościoła domowego

• Authors: Andrzej Pryba

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Celebrating the Lord’s Day strengthens home church community

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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Sunday is a day devoted to God. Community of the Church recalls the first day of the existence of the world with thanksgiving and worship. This is the day of the Lord. According to God’s plan, it is also a day of rest. The Creator separated Sunday from the other days. Thus, it has become a determinant for the proper functioning of man in his earthly existence. But in order to be experience the Lord’s Day in this manner, it is necessary to be aware of the proper meaning of rest and man should live it in the act of praise and thanksgiving to the Creator himself. The Lord’s Day is the day when man should express his human relationship with God through prayer. Especially on this day we are to remember the great works of God and we should take a rest in God in an attitude of thanksgiving, praise, filial attachment and spousal friendship. In addition, Sunday is also Passover and Pentecost, when the faithful celebrate Christ’s victory over sin and death and the outpouring of the Spirit Paraclete with His gifts. Sunday is a special day and in its centre there should be the Eucharist which is of great importance for the functioning of the ecclesial community. A special place in the community of the Church is the home church, which is also called the Church in miniature. This community has to live Sunday in a manner characteristic of the Universal Church, meeting in prayer and the breaking of bread in the communion of the Church. Thus the family as a home church should live with the Eucharist, which is the sacrament of the love of the Bridegroom and the Bride. It strengthens the unity and sacramental love of spouses. Celebration of the Lord’s Day on the basis of the celebration of the Eucharist helps to strengthen individuals and individual marital-family community.

Keywords

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Sunday; the day of the Lord; family; home church; the Eucharist

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
• Journal: Forum Teologiczne
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 14
• Pages: 67-78

Contributors

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Andrzej Pryba

• Zakład Teologii Moralnej i Duchowości, Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, ul. Wieżowa 2/4, 61-111 Poznań