Spoločenstvo ako sociálny priestor pokánia
Community as Social Space for Penance

Summary/Abstract: Humanity has been constantly trying to interpret evil in order to overcome it. We do not want justice to be found only in dictionaries. Who but God can fathom the dephts of the evil? We are far behind, but it is possible that we will end up prevailing thanks to Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. The theology of the Second Vatican Council accomplished the shift from merely christological to explicit trinitarian. It suggests a conversion from impersonal to relational. The formula of the absolution in the sacrament of penance is but one example of the trend. The exegesis of the parable of the prodigal son and his older brother by Benedict XVI. stresses the change of the relationship to the father from "a slave" to "the son" in freedom. Conversion into the relationship can take the example of friendship with Jesus Christ. His love (agape) leads the love (filia) of Apostle Peter to fellowship and to accomplishment. Community is a social space where reconciliation can be reached through love and fraternal admonition. Two "modi operandi" are suggested: family discussion and the hour of truth.

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