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Article: LAY PREACHING.
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- Commonweal
- Article date:
- September 8, 2000
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Thirty-five years after the close of Vatican II, the role of the Catholic laity remains generally underdeveloped and underappreciated. A tremendous pool of talent and energy inhabits our pews every Sunday, waiting to be summoned. And since the end of the council, the need for active laity has only increased.
Vatican II urged priests to "discover with the instinct of faith, acknowledge with joy, and foster with diligence the various charisms of the laity." Further, the council called on the entire church to evangelize the modern world through renewal of the laity's role. It affirmed that the laity, by virtue of baptism, are entitled to hold office in the church ...