Title: Gift and mystery /
Authors: John Paul 1920-2005
Publisher: Doubleday,
Year: 1997
Subjects: John Paul; Catholic Church Poland Clergy Biography.; Popes Biography; Priesthood
Abstract: Pope John Paul II reflects on the events of his life, on his vocation to the priesthood, and on the meaning of priesthood as gift and mystery.
Contents: At the beginning.... The mystery! -- The first signs of my vocation -- Studies at the Jagiellonian University -- The outbreak of the second world war -- The theater of the living word -- My decision to enter the seminary -- Holidays as a seminarian -- Cardinal Adam Stefan Spiecha -- Influence on my vocation -- Family -- The Solvay plant -- Debniki parish: the Salesians -- The Carmelite fathers -- Father Kazimierz Figlewics -- The "Marian thread" -- Brother Saint Albert -- The experience of the war -- The sacrifices made by Polish Priests -- Goodness expeirenced amid the harshness of wars -- A priest! -- Remembering a brother in the priestly vocation -- Veni, Creator Spiritus! -- The floor -- My first mass -- Among the people of God -- Rome -- "Learning Rome" -- Pastoral perspectives -- The European horizon -- In the midsst of immigrants -- The figure of Saint John Mary Vianney -- Heartfelt gratitude -- My return to Poland -- Niegowic: a country parish -- At Saint Florian's in Cracow -- Scholarly work -- To the church in Poland, Thank you! -- The presbyterate of Cracow -- The gift of lay people -- Who is the priest? -- Admirabile commercium! -- The priest and the eucharist -- In persona Christi -- Mysterium Fideli -- Christ, priest and victim -- Being a priest today -- Humanity's profound expectations -- A minister of mercy -- A man in contact with God -- Called to holiness -- Cura animarum -- A man of the word -- Scholarly study -- Dialogue with contemporary thought -- To my brothers in the priesthood -- Pupilla oculli -- Deo Gratias! -- Litany of Our Lord Jesus Christi, priest and victim.