Young people and Eucharist

U ovom se članku ponajprije pokušava osvijetliti pitanje odnosa mladih prema Euharistiji, koji se u crkvenoj praksi često doživljava problematičnim, a potom se naznačuju pravci u kojima treba tražiti rješenje navedenog pitanja. Kao prvo razmatraju se razlozi zbog kojih se mladi distanciraju od Euharistije, a potom identificiraju očekivanja i potrebe mladih u odnosu na oblikovanje euharistijskih slavlja. U trećem se koraku propituje kako je moguće pomiriti liturgijske potrebe mladih s objektivnošću kršćanske liturgije, zatim ukazuje na širi spektar pastoralnih pitanja u koja je utkana problematika odnosa između mladih i Euharistije, a o kojima cijela župna zajednica treba razmišljati i razgovarati zajedno s mladima. Nadalje se daju neke smjernice glede oblikovanja misa s mladima te naznačuju šire dimenzije religioznog odgoja i pastoralnog rada s mladima koje ih osposobljavaju za razumijevanje, slavljenje i življenje Euharistije. U kontekst odgoja za euharistiju pripadaju poglavito: odgoj vjere, promišljanje života, tumačenje i otkrivanje euharistijskih simbola te odgoj za crkvenost. Autorica se na kraju okreće samom shvaćanju Euharistije i posvješćuje postojanje različitih naglasaka koji utječu na pristup euharistijskom otajstvu. Riječ je io ndividualnom, komunitarnom i širem socijalnom značenju Euharistije - o naglascima koji ne smiju biti isključivi, nego komplementarni.This article deals with the issue of the young people’s attitude towards the Eucharist, which in church practice has been recognized as problematic. Some guidelines on how to find solution to the issue are given. First, the reasons why the young have distanced themselves from the Eucharist are considered. Then the young people’s expectations and needs regarding the form of the Eucharist celebrations are identified. The third part of the article tries to find an answer to the question how to restore harmony between liturgical needs of the young and objectivity of Christian liturgy. Then, a broader spectrum of pastoral issues connected with the relationship between the youth and the Eucharist is presented, emphasising that those issues should be analysed and discussed by the whole parish community, together with the young people. Furthermore, some guidelines regarding the form of the masses with the young are given, pointing at wider dimensions of religious education and pastoral work with the young, making them competent for understanding, celebrating and living the Eucharist. Education for the Eucharist implies the following: cultivation of faith, evaluation of life, interpretation and identification of the Eucharist symbols, and education for the ecclesiastical. At the end, the author discusses the very conception of the Eucharist and brings around the existence of various emphases that influence on the approach to the mystery of the Eucharist. The subject of this work is the individual, communal and wider social meaning of the Eucharist, and also the stresses that should not be exclusionary but complementary