EDUCATING THE HEART OF A PILGRIM: IN CONVERSATIONS WITH DILEXIT NOS AND SPES NON CONFUNDIT

Antonius Firmansyah(1*),

(1) Sophia University, Faculty of Theology, Japan
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract


Christians are pilgrims on this earth journeying towards the fulfilment of time. At the same time, they are also journeying along so many different axes of this world. Harmonizing the two journeys presents the Christians with a never-ending task of spiritually revitalizing themselves. The excess of progressing through secular journey as Christians brings a lot of toils to the center of their spirituality, the heart. Pope Francis recent encyclic, Dilexit Nos, provides us with insights on the spiritual capacity of the heart. Especially, his treatment of St. Ignatius of Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises on human heart may provide us with inspiration on the heart as the source of spiritual energy for journeying on the pilgrimage in this world.  Combine with his bull for the Jubilee of 2025, Spes Non Confundit, we can perceive a wider context for the journeying Christians in basing their pilgrim on the capacity of the heart to hope. 

Keywords


Dilexit Nos; Spes Non Confundit; Spiritual Exercises; Pilgrim; Heart; Hope

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