O personalno-dialogiczny przekaz słowa w katechezie

Abstract

The essence of the Revelation is the free initiative of God, who reveals His plan of salvation for mankind. God expresses Himself in the Word, which becomes the Body and is present in man’s history, determining its future. The Word of God initiates the saving dialogue with man, reveals the saving will of the Father, and carries out the plan of salvation of mankind. Christ, in whom the revelation reaches its climax, is present in the Church through His Spirit. The Church, the mystical Body of Christ, is also the Word of God, the Word which creates and reveals: it reveals to people the fullness of God’s gift, that is the Church itself. In the Church, whose main mission is to preach the Word, the Word is preached through the medium of a catechist. In order to fulfil his mission, a catechist must be the sign of what he proclaims, the sign of the reality which he presents to his listeners, a living commentary to the Word of God. A true catechist is a witness whose whole life follows in the footsteps of Christ, depending on the circumstances and the personal gifts he received; he is a teacher who shows how to recognize and understand te signs by which God constantly reveals Himself, speaks, and gives Himself to us; he is a tutor who leads catechumen to the fullness of humanity as exemplified by Christ. A catechist is the servant of the Word. This determines his personal attitude towards the Revelation and not the catechumen. This is why he is obliged to show that the effects of living by faith and witnessing about it can get better and better by conscious effort, remembering that it is the Holy Spirit alone who can open man’s heart to the Word of God. Faith is always man’s free response to the Grace of God, who is revealing Himself. The catechesis of personal relationship assumes that only a person has the power to summon another person, and only the word said by that person can awaken the personal powers of another. Also in the catechesis the main role is played by the personal contact: a person opens to kerygma if there is another person who shares and demonstrates it.