The experiences of human relationships as glimpses of Grace.: A dialogal investigation with Hans Urs von Balthasar and Krzysztof Kieslowski.

Abstract

In our daily life we interact with other people. Some are very close to us, like family or friends; others may be just unknown people. Surely, many of these relationships are no more than ?eeting encounters or they are just determined by our practical needs. But some relationships may be much more than that. Suddenly, if we look closely, through them we can fnd Beauty, Truth and Love. Even more, through them we can get a glimpse of the Grace of God in the world. This paper aims to be a re?ection on the possibilities and scope of such a gracefulness encounter. In order to do it, we are going to dialogue with two authors. The body of our research will be based on von Balthasar’ s theology, specially his work Epilogue and his intuitions about the presence of Grace in the world through out the comprehension of the Trascendentals of being. Lately, as a very extensive applied conclusion, we will analyze –and let us question- by the flm Bleu, directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski. Our commitment is to unravel the presence of Grace in the middle of our humanity; pretending the dialogue between these two works: between theology and art.