Call of Lay People to the Mystical Life

The Person and the Challenges. The Journal of Theology, Education, Canon Law and Social Studies Inspired by Pope John Paul II

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Wojciech Zyzak¹ 

[1] The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Cracow, Poland;

关键词: Spirituality;    mysticism;    laity;    contemplation;    action;    baptism;    world;   

DOI  :  10.15633/pch.857

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Thesubjectofthisarticleisthecalloflaypeopletothemysticallife.Thetopic under consideration indicates two poles, around which the main refl ection revolves: the mystic and the lay state of life. The call of lay people to mysticism isnotjustahypothesis,butarealexperience,researchedanddecribedbytheologians.Soreflectingonthecalltothemysticlifeoflaypeopleisnotsomuch a matter of ‘whether’, but of ‘how’. In the light of the above, four issuesare fundamental: the impossibility to provoke the mystical experience, its dependence on the spirituality of the baptism, the relation of contemplation to action and the relation to the world. It occurs however, that every Christian, together with God’s life of grace bestowed in baptism, receives the basis for the mystical life. Neither an active life in the world, nor work or marriage, hinders the development of this gift.

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