Miłosierdzie jako odpowiedź człowieka na zło
Mercy as human response to evil

Based on the sermon texts of Prof. Zbigniew Wolak, Professor of John Paul II Pope University in Cracow

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the attempt of philisophical description of the Mercy as a a phenomenon, one of dimensions of human love. The web sermons of Fr. Zbigniew Wolak have been analised within. According to his standpoint, mercy shown by a human means sympathy, i.e. showing that one understands another's suffering a wrong followed by an actual deed aimed at remedying that. A full form of that love - seen as such due to the fact that it is shown not only the closest ones but also one's enemies or wrong-doers - expresses itself in a time of ordeal while confronted with some negative situation it becomes possible for it to be fulfilled. The Mercy is the response to evil committed by a human. Also, it reveals the very truth of a human, leading them to better understanding themselves. The author states that the merciful love can be found among human experience and it requires the proper upbringing. Given that, it cannot be described in a purely logical way. What is more, it is a spuritual human ability that brings into the open the mysterious upper level of human existence.

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