Main qualities of spiritual profile of blessed father Jerzy Popiełuszko

Abstract

There are many serious studies dedicated to the person of blessed father Jerzy Popiełuszko that describe his biography. The acts of the lawsuit regarding his murder by the officials of the State Security Service describe different thems of his life and describe his person and facts of his life. His biography is many-sided. Another interesting and many-sided question is the presentation of spiritual profile of that famous, in the whole world, Polish priest, who lived in the second half of the 20th century. He did not leave any spiritualtestament, and his memoire and sermons, that contain many interesting thoughts, only indirectly describe his main spiritual specific traits. John Paul II during his trip to Poland in 1991 said in Wloclawek (7 June) that father Jerzy Popieluszko may be characterised by a biblical expression, an “inner man” . This article presents main qualities of spiritual profile of the blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko, that appear from the analysis of his biography, memoires, interviews, sermons, and testimonies of those who knew him. His martyrdom, attitude of a strong faith, confidence to God, and fidelity until death justify our search for his spiritual profile in all what he preached.