Życie duchowe chrześcijanina we wspólnocie parafialnej

Abstract

Parish is the picture of Trinity love, what is why, there are people reach the sanctification in parish. Hence the parish has got a vertical and horizontal dimension. All members of parish community develop their spiritual life in the aspect both individual and of community. This individual dimension is in the vertical dimension, so it relies on the development of theological virtues and the Holy Spirit gifts received in the Sacrament of Baptism, especially by progression of love. That is why the sainthood is response of human love to forestalling gift of God’s love. This is affection for God and fellow human being, realizing in the parish community. It is internal sainthood. In the horizontal dimension we realize it by sacraments, ascetic means and love fellow creature. It is so called external sainthood, because sainthood depends on the development of love. Christians usually mistake both forms of sainthood. The spiritual direction helps in the development of internal sainthood. It does not exist in the parish, and there is only a limit in the form of confession. A confessor is not sufficient spiritual director, because he should have proper theological mystical knowledge and the experience of deep spiritual life. Personal sainthood has to make the fellow human saint. The realization of love fellow humans is the test of personal, internal sainthood.