Reviews for Moja wielka nowenna

The average rating for Moja wielka nowenna based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-10-14 00:00:00 Kenneth Harl Written as a book of reflection on half a century after taking up his priestly vocation, this book by Pope John Paul II is very personal. In it he talks about how he came to be a priest, and what shaped him as an individual. He lost his father at a young age and fate decreed that he be born in Poland leading up to WWII. As such he witnessed first hand evil pressures all around, all of which were dehumanizing. "The two totalitarian systems which tragically marked our century'Nazism on the one hand, marked by the horrors of war and the concentration camps, and communism on the other, with its regime of oppression and terror'I cam to know, so to speak, from within. And so it is easy to understand my deep concern for the dignity of every human person and the need to respect human rights…" (67) It is easy to understand this indeed, and it is important to understand the first hand experience of all survivors of these regimes. I'm worried that, as their memory recedes into history, we will forget or be desensitized to their cruelty and end up allowing similar regimes to creep back. He traces his early years as a seminarian, his intellectual and spiritual influences, and ultimately his rise to the papacy. He discusses his theory of priesthood, and many of the mysteries of the Roman Catholic faith. Pope John Paul II was always a man of work. "I became a Bishop twelve years after my priestly ordination: a good part of these fifty years has been marked by this care for vocations. A Bishop's joy is great when the Lord gives vocations to his Church, while their absence causes him anxiety and concern. The Lord Jesus compared this concern to that of the reaper: 'The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest' (Mt 9:37)." (98) With a little hindsight, it is easy to get a clearer picture of the impact of Pope John Paul II. He was a major force for change in the world, and took it upon himself and the Church to resist the forces of Totalitarianism everywhere. He did not advocate violence, he resisted it. He also never backed down from proclaiming the truth, and calling people to their spiritual calling. He was clearly conservative as well, and as such there are a group of people who emphasize his rejection of many progressive policies. His purpose in this book is not to argue these points, but merely to explain how he got to where he was. This is an interesting book.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-11-25 00:00:00 Seymour Butts Książka ma dwie części, jedna płynnie przechodzi w drugą. Pierwsza część to autobiografia papieża z czasów kształtowania się jego powołania do kapłaństwa, z seminarium i pierwszych lat po święceniach. Jest tu trochę dygresji, ale większość to fakty i raczej nic odkrywczego w niej nie znalazłem. Druga, krótsza część to zbiór rozmyślań o kapłaństwie. Dygresji jest całe mnóstwo, papież skacze od wątku do wątku, co mi nie przypadło do gustu.