Lekcjonarz mszalny podstawą kaznodziejskiej interpretacji problemów moralno-politycznych

Abstract

The Holy Scripture concerns many issues, among them also moral problems of a social and political nature. The Lectionary for Mass reflects this fact to a certain extent – as it contains among others the texts that indicate directly (explicite) or indirectly (implicite) such problems. The author of the article attempted to divide the biblical readings into two groups explaining that such distinctions of the pericopes, although clearly emphasizing the discussed problem, may be controversial. The L ectionary contains also many other texts of moral, social and political nature – therefore those of them have been chosen which express the problem in a better way and may help people exercising power and politicians to find guidance in the Divine Revelation. It is worthy stressing that the lists of biblical texts should spur the priests to proclaim God’s Word faithfully and courageously; the priests should also actualize it taking under consideration the specific social and political life conditions. The preacher of the Word of God may, however, fall into disfavour of with such politicians who promote the laic style of life and even impose it on others taking advantage of their power. Jesus Christ is the best example of courageous and uncompromising proclamation of the Good News and He grants the preachers salutary power that allows them to follow Him faithfully.