Friday, April 29, 2016
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 139 - Part II.
(Youcat
answer - repeated) The Laity are sent to engage in society so that the kingdom
of God can grow among men.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC 899)
The initiative of lay Christians is necessary especially when the matter
involves discovering or inventing the means for permeating social, political,
and economic realities with the demands of Christian doctrine and life. This
initiative is a normal element of the life of the Church: Lay believers are in
the front line of Church life; for them the Church is the animating principle
of human society. Therefore, they in particular ought to have an ever-clearer
consciousness not only of belonging to the Church, but of being the Church,
that is to say, the community of the faithful on earth under the leadership of
the Pope, the common Head, and of the bishops in communion with him. They are
the Church (Pius XII, Discourse, February 20, 1946: AAS 38 (1946) 149; quoted
by John Paul II, CL 9).
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment)
A lay person is not a
second-class Christian, for he shares in the priestly ministry of Christ (the
universal priesthood). He sees to it that the people in his walk of life (in
school, family and work) come to know the Gospel and learn to love Christ.
Through his faith he leaves a mark on society, business, and politics. He
supports the life of the Church, for instance, by becoming a lector or an
extraordinary minister, by volunteering as a group leader, or by serving on
church committees and councils (for example, the parish council or the board of
directors of an institution). Young people especially should give serious
thought to the question of what place God might want them to have in the
Church.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC 900 a)
Since, like all the faithful, lay Christians are entrusted by God with the
apostolate by virtue of their Baptism and Confirmation, 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.
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