Homilia a ewangelizacja parafialna

Abstract

The Church has noticed today that homily as a long-standing form of preaching the Word is significant in evangelization. Among other things, this is due to its kerygmatic status which is being established continuously in catechetic and liturgical regeneration, especially in mass regeneration, in biblical apostolate, in bringing a fellowship characters back to local churches, and in preachment. In keeping with this, homily is entrusted with special role to keep ap a continuous contact between the faithful and the living Word in all those forms of evangelization in which it makes a complementary element. Let the texts of Vaticanum II testify to the fact how important function is ascribed to homily today. These texts do not read about preachment and sermons but about homily in which, starting from the text of the Bible, one explains the mysteries of the faith and moral norms in the church year (see KDK, KK, KL, KO, etc.). The case in question concerns something much more important, that is introducing the faithful into the understantding of the mysteries of salvation, pointing at concrete life obligations which make possible the spiritual and existential participation in the salvatory mysteries. In order to depict the evangelizational and parochial values of homily I have characterized some crucial, to my mind, themes. They are the following: I - conditions and requirements, elements and chances for its efficiency, II - traditional and modern forms of its transmission when it is applied to social and religious contexts, to the needs of the faithful and their associations, to the biblical and theological requirements, III - ecclessial orientation which establishes the parochial and evanelizational status of homily. It results from the above consideration that homily should be regarded as self-independent and indispensable form of preaching and in the whole evangelization. It should be developed in its content and forms and adjusted to the social and religious contexts and to pastoral as well as apostolic potential of a parish. We have to treat homily as a true and efficient Manifesto of Christ Himself, which is put into effect by virtue of the preacher’s witnessing and qualifications, and by means of the responsible structures of the Church, mainly the family and fellowship. An appropriate climate of dialogue, fellowship and love are verified and constituted by an ecclesia! and ecclesial-forming of the Word. There is a necessity to complementary include homily within pastoral ministries and apostolate in all-parochial evangelization. All this should consist the sanctifying and ecclesial homily preaching which indeed evangelizes the parish.