Consecrated Life in the Service of Searching for Sense – Benedict XVI’s approach Cover Image

Życie konsekrowane w służbie poszukiwania sensu według Benedykta XVI
Consecrated Life in the Service of Searching for Sense – Benedict XVI’s approach

Author(s): Małgorzata Pagacz
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Systematic Theology
Published by: Papieski Wydział Teologiczny
Keywords: consecrated life; Benedict XVI; sense; search for God

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the significance of consecrated life in the service of searching for sense as viewed by Benedict XVI. The Pope shows in his teaching the contemporary crisis of sense and values; he also urges and reminds us of the sense of our existence – a question that is deeply inscribed into human nature. Consecrated life is (and has ever been since its very beginnings) the search for God: quaerere Deum. The person fully devoted to God sets Christ, “eternal Sense,” in the centre of his/her life and commits himself/herself totally to Him. Benedict XVI teaches that consecrated life, being a special way of following Christ and entrusting to Him one’s whole existence, is the evidence of finding life’s sense and constitutes an aid for those who search for it.

  • Issue Year: 29/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 323-344
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish