Istota i znaczenie modlitwy w świetle nauczania ks. Kazimierza Aleksandra Hamerszmita

Abstract

The article undertakes an issue of the prayer meant by father Kazimierz Aleksander Hamerszmit (1916-1996), an ex-prisoner of the concentration camps in Sachsenhausen and Dachau. He has also been a long-term parish priest and dean in Suwałki, who still is held in memory of the faithful as a calm and modest minister of the great heart. His multi-aspects pastoral activity conduced to a certain literary legacy. In his speeches and sermons Fr. Hamerszmit underlines a necessity of the prayer in a Christian life. He highlights that the Christian finds the pattern of prayer in Jesus Christ, Blessed Virgin Mary, angels, and saints. He also encourages to developing one’s spiritual life, and recommends a good prayer that leads to the sainthood, and warns of threatening difficulties.