134 every aspect of their lives and trials in unity with God. Saint Paul had to learn this in humility in order to persevere in a continuous state of gratitude, of which he wrote in his Letter to the Romans: “… all have sinned and are deprived of the glory of God. They are justifi ed freely by his grace through the redemption in Christ Jesus” (3:23-24), and to be able to proclaim with conviction: “By the grace of God, I am what I am” (1 Cor 15:10). Incidentally, this shows us the reason why the Church is being rejected in modern times. Many people perceive the Church today as an institution that proclaims above all moral principles. This has been seen as a manifestation of arrogance on the part of the clergy, thus provoking reactions like: “See!” As soon as a sin of a cleric is known, it becomes publicized. Here you are proclaiming principles which you do not uphold! Saint Paul proclaimed Christ who defended and transformed sinners into just men … leaving them, however, with troubles that humiliate and remind of the need to depend on God.”4 How to Evangelize in Our Congregation? My giving here some sort of a brilliant solution would be absurd. I believe that our Congregation ought to make a wide-scale refl ection on this problem by fi rst creating a chance for those among our confreres who personally have experienced being evangelized to share it with the community and then to pass this experience on to others, to whom they would be sent on behalf of the Church along with other confreres. However, until such a communal road is worked out, we must use the existing experiences of the Church, which have withstood the test of time, in the domain of evangelization and catechism in the communities. 4 W. Giertych OP, Rozważania Pawłowe, Wydawnictwo Księży Marianów, Warszawa 2008, p. 63-64.
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