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- Title
UTJECAJ OBITELJSKOG OZRAČJA NA ZRELO I ODGOVORNO OPREDJELJENJE ZA DUHOVNO ZVANJE.
- Authors
KESTEN, Ana Marija
- Abstract
The family always has been and always will be the nursery of spiritual vocations in the Church. The first and foremost task of the family is to bring up children - and for this we can look to the example of the Holy Family's life in Nazareth. In the family, children have their first experience of faith, hope and love. In the family they learn what community life is. The family plays a mediating role when a person enters full communion with the Church, where she or he will grow and prosper in brotherly love and solidarity, hearing the Word of God, celebrating the Eucharist and living out the sacraments. The family is the place where vocations are first fostered. Young people today reflect the prevalence of broken families, families that have not transmitted authentic values to their children - and for this reason contemporary young people often do not want to face up to life's challenges in a forthright way, and very few even consider the possibility of entering the priestly or religious life. What do young people find in the Church today? How does the Church reach out to young people? We should look at young people through Jesus' eyes. He goes out to meet young people. He offers answers to the fundamental questions of life and He offers salvation. We, as the community, have to stand for the values that Christ teaches, and we have to show young people that Christ is actually saying: "I need you." Young people today, like those of every generation throughout history, need support while they are growing to full maturity, while they are learning to discern God's love in their lives, while they are learning that God's way towards each person is unique and inimitable. In this mystery - the mystery of human nature - we find the mystery of the spiritual vocation. When the desire for God illuminates the heart of a young person - the desire to know God's face - when a young person sees their own life in the mirror of God, a sense of profound gratitude emerges. And this is the essence of a spiritual vocation. This process takes place over a long period in families that are filled with Christian love.
- Subjects
RELIGIOUS life of families; FAMILIES &; religion; JESUS Christ -- Family; RELIGIOUS life of children; VOCATION; LORD'S Supper
- Publication
Vrhbosnensia, 2009, Vol 13, Issue 1, p55
- ISSN
1512-5513
- Publication type
Article