Rola Eucharystii w budowaniu małżeńskiej „communio personarum”

Abstract

The category of communio personorum occupies a special place in the reflection on marriage and family in the teaching of John Paul II. It stems from the marital covenant, and is founded in the sacrament of marriage. Reference to this interpretative key ensures a more complete anthropology of the person and gift in the marital fellowship. In the interpretation of communio personarum one cannot stop at the anthropological-ethical perspective, but should be completed with the theological perspective. Marriage is not only a covenant of a couple of people between each other, but is also their covenant with the Persons of the Trinity. In the Christian vision of marital communion one should not lose the truth about man's sinfulness. Sin has destroyed the primeval harmony in man, and thereby between people. Instead of the spousal love there appears temptation and desire to rule. Due to sinfulness, man is not able, of his own might, to build a marital communion. Although sin has made it that the building of the communion of persons in marriage becomes a difficult task, God's plan in relation to marriage has not changed and is still valid. The redemptive grace brings back the fullness and perfection to the primary anthropological truth about marriage. Presenting marriage in this historical-salvific perspective allows to show both the gift of salvation and moral obligations that result from it. The sacrament of marriage is inherently linked with every other sacrament. In this study the role of the Eucharist has been shown in the building of marital communio personarum. Both marriage and the Eucharist are testimonies of the incomprehensible love of God. Not only does He call people, but also makes them capable of a covenant with Him. Both sacraments may be most fully comprehended in their spousal dimension. In the Eucharist spouses not only accept Christ, but also Christ accepts each of them. It is He who gives power to self-sacrifice and overcome any difficulties.