Opatrzność i przeznaczenie. Teologiczna refleksja nad rzeczywistością przeznaczenia
Providence and destiny. A theological reflection on the reality of destiny

Summary/Abstract: God accompanies man from the beginning, from the moment of birth, and leads him faithfully to the meeting with Himself. God did not leave man without a purpose, he did not make him wander in the desert of the world, but He showed him a clear goal (and this is Destiny), that is, salvation, fellowship with Himself. On the one hand, the incarnation of Jesus Christ is the highest expression of God’s Providence, and on the other, the best ‘commentary’ to understand what Destiny is and to what God calls us. Through His life, words and deeds, and above all through His suffering, death and resurrection, Jesus teaches that everyone’s destiny is eternal happiness in communion with God. This vocation is not a secret known only to God, but through the work of Jesus Christ He made it clear to everyone and calls everyone to Himself. But God not only calls (from above) to fellowship with Himself,but He sent his Son to men to go with them, help them overcome difficulties and the darkness of suffering and death, and finally lead them to salvation. Therefore Destiny is no longer thesecret of God, but rather the ‘secret’ of man; for it depends on man, on his freedom, whether he will open himself to God and accept His grace and receive salvation, or – on the contrary– he will reject the grace and remove himself freely from God’s presence.

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