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Role of the Catholic LaityIt’s
interesting to look back on my life only a year ago, my life before the
seminary. So much has changed, I have gained so much in the span of a year.
When I was home about a month ago, I was talking with my thirteen
year old sister, we were talking about prayer and mass, how important they
were and it stunned me when she said, “Well, yeah, you have to do that
stuff, you’re a seminarian, it’s a part of your life.” I began to think
then and realized that even I had come to believe, before the seminary, that
the Catholic Church is priests and a few holy people. It’s
not, its the laity that are the Church, and the ordained are it’s servants.
I’ve come to realize this over time, I’ve seen so many good lay people that
are devoted to God with their life. I see now that the Church
encompasses the young, the old, the priestly, the married, all of God’s
children. But what is the life of the lay? If I am called to
be the priest, what are the laity called to? First and foremost the laity
are called to be examples of Christ to the world. It is from
this that all other callings stem, whether married, celibate, priesthood, or
any particular calling. I will give two specific examples, the Catholic
family which should be a model to society, and the Catholic laity as
ambassadors to our world today. But first, the Catholic laity
as examples of Christ.
“For we must all “practice the truth in love, and so grow up in all things
in Him who is Head, Christ””(Lumen Gentium, para. 30). There
are over one billion Catholics in the world today, if there were over one
billion examples of Christ in the world today, I guarantee the world would
be much different. Every Catholic was baptized as priest, prophet, and
king. That means that every Catholic has been called to
sacrifice, to proclaim, and to rule.
The priestly aspect of the laity is closely linked to the ordained
priesthood. The lay are all called to sacrifice, Jesus did not
die on the cross just for the ordained, He died for all, and so all must
sacrifice as He did. This sacrifice is part of the daily life, “For all
their works, prayers, and apostolic endeavors, their ordinary married and
family life, their daily occupations, their physical and mental relaxation,
if carried out in the Spirit, and even the hardships of life, if patiently
borne-all these become “spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus
Christ””(Lumen Gentium, para. 34). As Christ suffered, so must
the laity suffer to receive the grace of the Spirit. It is in the
celebration of the Eucharist that these sacrifices can be offered up to God
through the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. This is true of
all Catholics, those of the past, those of the present, and those of the
future.
How is the Catholic Church to grow in today’s society unless the laity
proclaims the message of Christ in their lives and in their words?
This is the prophetic aspect of the laity. The laity makes up the
majority of the Church, for that same Church to grow into fulfillment each
member must proclaim Christ’s message. Each member must be a witness to the
faith and to the love of Christ as they perform their actions in this life.
To do all of this the laity must strive to reveal the truth of the
faith within their lives. They must strive to learn the truth Christ has
revealed to all within His Church. The laity must be a body of
active learners and proficient teachers, “still it remains for each one of
them to cooperate in the external spread and the dynamic growth of the
Kingdom of Christ in the world”(Lumen Gentium, para. 35).
The final aspect of the laity, is the laity as king. “Now
Christ has communicated this royal power to His disciples that they might
be constituted in royal freedom and that by true penance and a holy life
they might conquer the reign of sin in themselves”(Lumen Gentium, para. 36).
The laity have been given a place in Heaven, freedom from sin, if
they lead the life Christ has called them to. This is the completion in
Christ, the faithful lead holy lives and are rewarded in Heaven.
This holy life includes the before mentioned acts of priest and
prophet, and gaining the rewards of kingship. This life includes all the
aspects of lay life: family, work, technology, should all be done in the
Spirit so as to bring this world closer to the Kingdom of Christ.
This distinction and resolution between society and Church is a
primary responsibility of the laity.
Up until now, a very broad description of the role of the laity has been
given, now the focus will be on two specific examples, the role of the lay
family and the role of the laity as ambassadors to the rest of the world.
The Catholic view on politics has long held the view of subsidiarity,
the idea that the smallest unit possible should fulfill its obligations,
and whatever it cannot provide then the larger unit should intervene to
furnish. What smaller unit can there be than the family? From
the family unit comes the basis for society and politics.
“Family life is an initiation into life in society”(Catechism, para. 2207).
Then what of the Catholic family? It is within the family life
that a mother and father primarily express the holy life of Christ. The
family is their community in which they practice the virtues of faith, hope,
and charity, by teaching and raising their children in the faith, and
bringing each other closer to Christ. The Catholic family
should be an example of the faith to society. I recall a story of my
great-great-great- grandfather, John Emanuel. He had settled
with his family near North Bend, NE, and when settled, John set out with a
friend at three in the morning on Palm Sunday in 1870. He walked across the
plains on foot, no roads, swimming across streams, in search of a Catholic
Church and made it that day just in time for Mass. From then
on the entire family would go every Sunday to Mass in the family wagon or
sleigh. This is an example of the past, an example today is that of Mary Jo
Copeland, who has spread the love of her family to society’s lowest.
Two excellent examples of the Catholic family working with the faith
God provided them. If the family is a basis for today’s society, then it
follows that the family has a large part in society’s problems. The
Catholic family should take its lead from Jesus, Mary, and Joseph and be
examples of strength, hope, and love in today’s society.
The idea of the laity as ambassadors is summed up in one simple question:
who spends more time with the outside world, the priest or the
layman? In today’s Church where the ratio of priest to lay increases daily
and the priest finds himself with more responsibilities than ever, it is the
laity that express the ideas of the Church to the world. An
example of this is suffering, something universal to all. So few Catholics
truly understand it and even less does today’s society, the priests can’t
handle every case of suffering, it is the laity who should be there in place
of the priest to comfort and console, and to explain the need for suffering
in God’s plan of mercy. “They have the right and duty,
individually or grouped in associations, to work so that the divine message
of salvation may be known and accepted by all men throughout the
earth”(Catechism, para. 900). Christ was an ambassador sent by God to bring
all men in Him to God, the laity are ambassadors sent by Christ to bring all
men into His Body. To be like Christ is to be His ambassador
to the world, whether in family example, work, or life in general, the
Catholic laity take a primary role in bringing all men into the one Body of
Christ, the Church. In a world without sin, the role of the Catholic laity would be simple, the world would be Heaven and all would be a part of it. There would be no need for ambassadors and models, the laity would be everyone. But in this world there is suffering, sin, temptation, and evil, so the laity must fight, they must fight the fight of Christ. Here, today, in this society, the laity must be like Christ, and in doing so they must model Christ to the rest of the world. One billion Catholics, one billion examples, as Christ was so must all of us be. Heaven is not reserved for the ordained, Christ has brought salvation to all, but all must lead the holy life that they are called to in Christ.
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leaders, the laity should say "we are the Church," in the same way that the
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Boston Globe / Spotlight / Abuse in the Catholic Church / Cardinal ...
Scandal shakes Catholic laity, theologians. By Michael Paulson and Brian C.
Mooney, Globe Staff, 1/27/2002. C ardinal Bernard F. Law's failure to deal
with ...
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Leadership and the Age of the Laity: Emerging Patterns in Catholic ...
EJ674964 - Leadership and the Age of the Laity: Emerging Patterns in Catholic
Higher Education.
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ALL INDIA CATHOLIC UNION
12 Jun 2004 ... (Founded in 1919, Representing the 1.6 Crore Catholic Laity in
India). National President: Dr. Maria Emilia Menezes National Vice President:
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Laity -- Catholic Church -- History (subject at ISBNdb.com)
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HandsNet: For Catholic Laity, a Spirit of Change
Since launching the first online network for activists in 1987, HandsNet has
aggregated current human services and community development information ...
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[PDF] Priests' mediation inspires, empowers Catholic laity
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Catholic laity. Archbishop Alex J. Brunett. from The Catholic Northwest
Progress . January 15, 2004. Jesus told them,. "Fill the jars with. water."
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One Body: Different Gifts, Many Roles: Reflections on the American ...
Alibris has One Body: Different Gifts, Many Roles: Reflections on the American
Catholic Laity and other books by Dolores R. Leckey (Designer), Catholic ...
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Sizing up Catholic schools: A partnership between religious, laity ...
"Far from being an impoverishment, this transformation constitutes a great
potential for the Catholic school," Msgr. Zani said. A mature and committed
laity ...
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Full text of "Declaration of the Roman Catholic laity of England"
Moreover, we protest most strongly against the glaring impropriety of founding
measures against the Catholic 'Bishops, Clergy and Laity, ...
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Catholic Biblical Federation - Bible and Laity
Bible and Laity, Catholic Biblical Federation ... The Bible in the Vocation
and Mission of the Laity, p. 7-8 ... 2000-11-10 - Catholic Biblical
Federation.
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Roman Catholic Church
Addressing the laity of the Kerala Catholic Bishop Conference at Kochi,
Archbishop Mar Joseph Powathil said the present Left government in Kerala was
a ...
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Reasons for hope : laity in Catholic health care facilities ...
Subject: Catholic hospitals., Laity, Catholic Church., Catholicism, United
States., Health Facilities, United States., Hospitals, United States.,
Hospitals , ...
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Catholic Laity in the Mission of the Church : Target
Catholic Laity in the Mission of the Church, ... are some of the questions
Russell Shaw answers in his latest book on the role of the laity in the
Church. ...
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Priests, laity experience conversion at retreat — Catholic News
30 Dec 2008 ... The Official Newspaper of the Catholic Archdiocese of
Singapore.
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Moderate line prevails; bishops give thumbs-up to women, laity ...
I am apalled by your boasting of numbers of MEN who are in the Roman Catholic
clergy. Married men who can do nothing more than the laity, except to preside
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Outraged Catholic laity urges accountability from the pulpit ...
From the lawsuits that forced the most damaging revelations of sexual abuse in
Boston, to an Irish Catholic judge who made them public, to the uprisings of
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www.baltimoresun.com/bal-te.md.church15dec15,2,4637941.story - 86k -
CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF HONG KONG
As there is a great need for the formation of the Catholic Laity in Hong Kong,
the Diocese welcomes donations to increase the Capital Fund. ...
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On the reproduction of segmentation: Divergences in Catholic ...
We theorize these findings in terms of how the Catholic Church has reproduced
segmentation between professionals and laity in a Vatican II era marked by an
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Laity: Catholic Professionals
For more information on the Catholic Medical Association or to join click here
to down load a brochure. Archdiocese of Saint Paul & Minneapolis - Office of
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Called and Gifted: The American Catholic Laity: National ...
Called and Gifted: The American Catholic Laity: National Conference of
Catholic Bishops: Amazon.ca: Books.
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Catholic Culture : Library : Cultural and Social Importance of ...
The Apostolic Exhortation Christifideles laici defined the magna charta for
Catholic laity of our time is the mature fruit of the reflections and of the
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The Catholic Laity in Elizebethan England 1558 - 1603 - TRIMBLE ...
The Catholic Laity in Elizebethan England 1558 - 1603; TRIMBLE, WILLIAM R..
Offered by Steve Liddle.
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U.S. Catholic Bishops - Secretariat for Family, Laity, Women & Youth
Secretariat for Family, Laity, Women & Youth United States Conference of
Catholic Bishops 3211 4th Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20017-1194 (202)
541-3000 .
www.bishop-accountability.org/resources/resource-files/churchdocs/AlwaysOurChildren.htm
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Laity, Priests, and Holiness
Newman's call for a devout, educated Catholic laity was not set in a vacuum.
He realized, in a truly prophetic way, the absolute necessity of holy lay ...
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Scarboro Missions — A Society of Canadian catholics, priests, and ...
Scarboro Missions is a Society of Canadian Catholics, priests and laity,
motivated by the Spirit, ... "A Canadian Roman Catholic Mission Society" ...
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RISU /English /News /Priests, Laity Protest at Greek Catholic Synod:
2 Nov 2005 ... Lviv – A group of priests and laypeople from the Buchach
eparchy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) forced their entry into
the ...
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Philippine Catholic Lay Mission invites laity to serve the church ...
Philippine Catholic Lay Mission invites laity to serve the church. MANILA,
June 29, 2008—The Philippine Catholic Lay Mission (PCLM) invites lay
missionaries ...
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