Omelia pronunciata da p. Jerzy Popieluszko during the Holy Mass celebrated in Bydgoszcz
few hours before being killed by two police officers and was thrown into the lake of Wloclawek tied to a sack full of stones. His words weigh much more than the stones ...
October 19, 1984 [1]
"We must live life with dignity because we have only one. Today, it is necessary to talk much about the dignity of man to become aware that the man above all that can exist in the world except for God's wisdom over the world. Safeguard the dignity to make greater good and overcome evil.
safeguard the dignity to make greater good and overcome evil, that is, orient your life to justice.
Justice is the fruit of truth and love. The more truth and love in humans, there is more justice. Justice must go hand in hand with love, because without love, can not be fully correct. Where love and miss the good in their place came the hatred and violence, and we shall be guided by hatred and violence is not possible to speak of justice.
Overcoming evil with good, ie, maintain fidelity to the truth. The truth is a very sensitive property of our intelligence.
The desire for truth has been instilled in man by God himself, why does man have a natural desire for truth and rejection of the lie.
The truth, like justice, is linked to love, love is expensive. A true love is capable of sacrifice and therefore the truth must cost. The truth always puts together the men.
But overcome evil with good, we must guard the virtue of courage. The virtue of courage is the victory over human weakness, especially fear. The Christian must not forget that you should fear only to betray Christ for thirty pieces of silver a mean peace of mind. The Christian can not be content only to reject the evil, lying, cowardice, violence, hatred, abuse of power, but he must be a true witness, a spokesman for and defender of justice, goodness, truth, freedom and love. It must boldly assert these values \u200b\u200bfor themselves and for others. "
[1] some Polish friends in Warsaw in September, they told me that this is not an actual sermon, but a comment made during the recitation of the Rosary (d. Max).
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