Published: 2016-09-20

Love – the essence of pastoral care hospital chaplain

Józef Zabłocki
Warszawskie Studia Pastoralne
Section: Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/wsp.2015.10.4.29.04

Abstract

The spirit of service and the service of charity, the two coordinates of the attitudes that intertwine and express the style of priestly life. Without love of neighbor can not be genuine love of God, and thus apostolic zeal in the ministry of the sick. The resulting consecration of a priest commits to follow his Master, expressed in the service of man, in a total gift of self, the sacrifice even to the sacrifice of the cross. The basis for pastoral charity hospital chaplain is constant communion with God. Hospital chaplain to pursue the objective of pastoral charity,
which is the making present the love of God, should live in close intimacy with Christ. Pastoral charity hospital chaplain should carry out certain specific tasks. These are: to help a sick person unification with God, and assistance to, the removal of the causes and consequences of evil, as well as bringing spiritual help to the sick. For these tasks the hospital chaplain should take adequate formation and mature through life.

Keywords:

The ministry, spirit of service, the hospital chaplain, pastoral charity, union with Christ formation

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Zabłocki, J. (2016). Love – the essence of pastoral care hospital chaplain. Warszawskie Studia Pastoralne, (4(29), 81–100. https://doi.org/10.21697/wsp.2015.10.4.29.04

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