Studia Pastoralne
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MYSTAGOGICAL ASPECTS IN PREACHING OF CARDINAL KAROL WOJTYŁA IN THE SANCTUARY OF OUR LADY OF PIEKARY
Cardinal Karol Wojtyła several times preached the homily during the annual pilgrimage of men to Our Lady of Piekary. Mystagogy was the key element in his speeches. Preaching the Word of God should be a reminiscence and a presentation of the work of Jesus Christ. The goal of preaching is to transform the life of each individual who listens to the word of God and to point him to all of the possiblities on how to answer to God in daily life. The listener should hear how his or her faith is going to resonate in the contemporary world. The content of mystagogical homilies of Cardinal Karol Wojtyła in Piekary was clearly seen in initation in the mysteries of faith and the rules of Christian life.

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS PUBLISHED BY FATHER JAN TWARDY

LIST OF DISSERTATIONS SUPERVISED BY FATHER JAN TWARDY AS ON APRIL 1, 2011

CHRISTOCENTRISM IN THEORY AND PRACTICE OF PREACHING THE WORD OF GOD.
Summary
Christocentrism is a viewpoint or an attitude according to which Jesus Christ is the central point of the whole reality of the thoughtful world and most of all a man. The need to apply christocentrism in the preaching ministry is underlined by the teaching of the Church, especially after Vaticanum II. Also a contemporary homiletics theory states that the whole preaching should be christocentric since God revealed himself in the fullest way in Jesus Christ and it is in Him where the salvation of the world and man takes place. The question is, however, whether the practice follows the guidelines? The aim of this study is an attempt to answer the following question: to what extent contemporary preachers apply the rule of christocentricism and in what way it is manifested in their practice? From the conducted analyses it can be seen that chrystology-oriented issues are common ones in preaching. Priests talk about issues of divinity and humanity of Christ very often. The same applies to mysteries of His life and actions within the Church. In most cases they are faithful to the Church’s guidelines to place Christ in the centre of each preaching. This positive assessment of the contemporary preaching requires, however, a few words of comment concerning certain deficiencies. The most common mistakes in christocentric preaching are as follows: historicism, inadequate proportions between a redemptive indicative and a moral imperative as well as a disturbed rules of a hierarchy of the articles of faith in preaching.

TRANSMISSION OF BIBLICAL AND CATECHISMAL CONTENT IN PREACHING. POSTULATES FOR THE YEAR OF FAITH

THE CONTENT OF PREACHING ACCORDING TO THE APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION EVANGELII GAUDIUM
Summary
At the end of the year of faith (24.11.2013) pope Francis announced an apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium. This exhortation contains numerous guidelines relating to preaching, and concerning, inter alia, several instructions regarding the content of preaching. Pope Francis reaffirms the principle of Christocentrism in preaching. „God who revealed his immense love in the crucified and risen Christ” (EG 11), is the centre of preaching the word of God. At the same time the pope confirms the council’s principle, which says that the secondary subject of preaching are existential problems of contemporary people and worldly issues which are to be presented in the light of Christ. For the pope, a preacher is a man who listens to the people of God and knows their problems, a man who contemplates the Word and the people of God at the same time (EG 154). A very wide panorama of problems faced by man, problems with himself, with the others, the community of men and the community of the Church presented by the Pope is a guide for today’s preachers of the Word of God, and at the same time indicates a great insight of pope Francis into the reality which surrounds us.

Music, “the most noble servant” of liturgy. About music as the source preaching matter
Summary
Music can help man in prayers and make him sensitive to the matters of God. Today, in the times of low level of a general culture of the society we can perceive a danger of misunderstanding the need of music in liturgical rites. This state of affairs imposes duty to foster musical culture in our churches, so that music performed at our churches is of the most perfect form possible. If the aim is met,music shall become a tool for transmitting faith. This task is also to be taken on by homilists and preachers. In this paper music is shown as the source and matter of preaching the Word of God. The place of music in particular preaching units has been discussed (homilies, sermons and conferences). Also, the author points at dangers of misuse of music in preaching the Word of God. The paper is concluded with proposals and suggestions.