Priestly spirituality as a giving

Abstract

The main aim of the article is to present the priest’s spirituality in the bestowing aspect. To realise this assumption, firstly it required the disclosure of the basis of priest’s spirituality. It is the sacrament of Holy Orders that makes a man, called by Christ, be joined into His priesthood and receives a power to act on behalf of Him in the Church. The only thing one can do for such a gift is the act of giving. The priest can express it fully and deeply by the recognition of the priesthood gift (in the act of the meek acceptance of his status) in taking some acts which deepens his bond with Him like: fervent prayer, lectio divina practice and ascetism, and by sacrifical holding of sacramental ministries for the believers’ benefits.