Fr Jerzy Popieluszko: the value of fact and slavery to lies

On the 40th anniversary of the martyr's death, Fr Jerzy Popiełuszko should be reminded of the moving discipline of the blessed with the value for which he paid the highest price – the truth. At a time erstwhile the tyrannical impulses of the left take on the seriousness, the clergyman’s attention to the enslavement of lying and not questioning propaganda shows their timeless value.

Fr Jerzy Popiełuszko's sermons on the importance of fact were recalled during a paper delivered at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome by Dr Ewa Czaczkowska. As the author of many biography of prominent clergy and saints pointed out, the liberating sense of this value was at the center of not only the message – but besides of the full spiritual life.

– The fact is for Fr Jerzy Popiełuszko Jesus Christ, it is the fact about the inalienable dignity of man and about the strategy of enslavement of man, which was PRL, spoke a speaker. “The fact is simply a very delicate property of our minds. The Lord God implanted the fact in man. Hence, in man there is simply a natural desire for fact and aversion to lies," said Fr Jerzy – reminded

“The fact is unchanging. The fact cannot be destroyed by 1 decision or another, by 1 act or another. That's fundamentally what our bondage is, is that we surrender to a lie, that we don't exposure it, that we don't protest it all day. We don't protest him, we keep quiet or pretend we believe in him. Then we live alone in a lie," said Dr Czachkowska.

– This thought concerns, of course, not only surviving in a communist system, based on a lie, due to a false anthropological imagination of man. It can affect any social-political system, at any time, built on a utopian imagination of a man, and can affect any man who succumbs to specified a vision, both in individual life and in social life, when, according to the fresh political correctness, he freely admits or approves it. fact is simply a peculiarly desirable value in the planet of half-truths, erstwhile evil dresses in appearances of good— She commented on the martyr's words.

“There are prisons invisible, there are many. There are prisons where people are born, grow and die. There are prisons of systems and systems. These prisons not only destruct the bodies, but go further, scope the soul, scope deep into actual freedom," she reached for further indications of the blessed. – In the meantime, Fr Jerzy reminded us that the root of all crises is the deficiency of fact to which we are called, to witness it with our lives, to “stand by the truth, even though it will cost a lot” – added.

As Dr Czachkowska stressed during her speech, Fr Jerzy Popiełuszko knew perfectly well that the 1 who “is testifying to the truth” must be prepared to pay a advanced price for them. "Truth, like justice, connects with love, and love costs – actual love is self-sacrifice, hence fact must cost. The fact always unites and binds people. The greatness of fact frightens and exposes the lies of small, fearful people. For centuries there has been a constant conflict against the truth," he taught.

– So the fact must be defended to the end - said Fr Jerzy, who saw his large task in it: just as Christ gave his life for the fact the apostles are to do so, the function of the priest is “to proclaim the fact and endure for the truth, and if necessary, even to give his life for the truth” he said a fewer months before his death. – the author pointed out.

– Another large value – freedom – is connected with the fundamental value of fact in teaching Fr George. “The courageous witnessing of fact is the way leading straight to freedom,” said Fr Jerzy – emphasized the speaker. The condition of surviving in freedom, regardless of external circumstances, is to live in truth, like the belief of the blessed. "To stay spiritually free, 1 must live in the truth," Fr. The pastry and these words can be considered his spiritual motto – she added.

– The man who lives in the fact who gives her evidence is “a free man even in conditions of external enslavement, even in the camp or prison.” Moreover, the consequence of the spiritual freedom of millions of people surviving in a strategy of enslavement is external freedom, which, as shown by the past of man and the world, must come in specified a situation sooner or later – Fr Popieluszko repeated this thought after the second, alongside the pope, his spiritual master: the primate of Poland cardinals. Stefan Wyszynski – noted Dr Czachkowska.

– Therefore, in order to proclaim the fact and to live in interior freedom besides in a strategy of enslavement, 1 must overcome fear and fear. The virtue of valor must be strengthened. Fr Jerzy himself went through this spiritual way – she pointed out. "The essential thing about the liberation of man and nation is to overcome fear. Fear is always born of danger. We fear that we are in danger of suffering, the failure of any good, the failure of freedom, wellness or office. And then we act against our conscience, which is simply a standard of truth," she recalled the teaching of the Blessed. – Instead, we overcome fear erstwhile “we accept suffering or losing something in the name of higher values. If fact is specified a value for us to suffer, it is worth taking risks, then we will overcome the fear that is the direct origin of our enslavement. – she continued.

According to the scholar, “The tomb of Fr Popieluszko at the church of St Stanislaw Kostka in Żoliborz in Warsaw is always a large sign and a constant question: how about you? What do you stand for? Which side are you on: fact or lies? Freedom or enslavement? Love or hate? Good or bad?” – Catholics come to the tomb of Fr Popieluszko, who, despite the right to freedom of conscience and religion guaranteed in their constitution, live in fear. In Blessed Fr George, they search advice on how to live values in lay society, how to fight for the right of man to be Catholic, to tell the fact in public life without fear and fear – said Dr Czachkowska in her speech.

– There is another commemorative plaque in the church of St Stanislaw Kostka in Żoliborz, built respective years after the death of Fr Popiełuszko, on which the inscription reads: "The mission of Fr Jerzy present is simply a reminder of the full Polish nation, including from the summit itself from Warsaw to the ends of our Bieszczad – do not build without the Truth, for it will collapse." I think that these words can be extended to the full world: "You do not build without the truth, for it will collapse" – all life: individual and life of all community – summarized the speaker.

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