Published: 2023-08-28

The Idea and the Theology of the Fatherland in the Texts of the Paul VI Missal

Andrzej Żądło
Collectanea Theologica
Section: Articles
https://doi.org/10.21697/ct.2023.93.3.05

Abstract

The contemporary context of life is conducive to deepening reflection on the fatherland. Nowadays, this idea has revived in our thinking. It raises our concern about what is related to the fatherland and conducive to its security, development and living in peace. The sacred liturgy does not depreciate the earthly homeland; however, it instills and deepens in Christ’s disciples the belief in eternal life in the Father’s house, where there are many dwelling places (cf. John 14:2). The Church’s liturgy calls the homeland which is prepared for the believers in heaven the eternal or true homeland, thus the one to which the believers are led by Jesus, the Precursor of eternal happiness in heaven. According to the Missal texts analyzed in this article, the task of Christ’s disciples is to make their stay and life on earth become a way leading to the heavenly homeland.

Keywords:

blessing, prayer, eternal homeland, earthly homeland, peace

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Żądło, A. (2023). The Idea and the Theology of the Fatherland in the Texts of the Paul VI Missal. Collectanea Theologica, 93(3), 119–146. https://doi.org/10.21697/ct.2023.93.3.05

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