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The Vocation of the Laity

The Vocation of the Laity . A Call to Holiness and Mission. . VOCATION. Human vocation = All People Gaudium et Spes. Christian Vocation = All Catholics . Lay (Christian) Vocation = Laity . Human Vocation = a call to God. GS 19 CCC GS 22 27

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The Vocation of the Laity

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  1. The Vocation of the Laity A Call to Holiness and Mission.

  2. VOCATION Human vocation = All People Gaudium et Spes Christian Vocation = All Catholics Lay (Christian) Vocation = Laity

  3. Human Vocation = a call to God GS 19 CCC GS 22 27 GS 29 30 GS 24 31 GS 92 51-2

  4. SALVATION HISTORY • What God did : • God chose to share divine life • After original sin • did not abandon us • offered salvation through Christ • to become conformed to Christ • He determined to call together in a holy Church whoever believes in Christ (LG 2)

  5. Human Vocation = called to Christ and to the Church CCC LG 2 758-9 LG 3 775-6

  6. Christian Vocation • Incorporation • Transformation • Participation

  7. INCORPORATION into Christ CCC 790 797 Baptism Confirmation Holy Eucharist HOLY EUCHARIST CONFIRMATION HOLY EUCHARIST CONFIRMATION HOLY EUCHARIST

  8. Incorporation in Christ joins us to: • Christ in His death and rising • God the Father, God the Holy Spirit • Communion of Saints [Church ]: • on earth • awaiting Heaven / Purgatory • in Heaven LG 49

  9. INCORPORATION into the Church

  10. Mary our Model, pray for us

  11. Christian Vocation • Incorporation • Transformation • Participation

  12. Transformation Participation • We become a holy people • There are holy ones in the family. • original sin is removed • faith, hope and charity given to us • We become a Temple of God • We share in the Divine Life • We are a “new creation” (LG 40)

  13. Christian Vocation • Incorporation • Transformation • Participation

  14. ACTIVATION of Christian Vocation In Christ Holiness Mission PARTICIPATION

  15. PARTICIPATION • worship • witness

  16. WORSHIP NOTHING IS GREATER • …every liturgical celebration = • action of Christ the priest • (action )of His Body the Church, • a sacred action surpassing all others; • No other action of the Church can equal its efficacy…(SC 7)

  17. WORSHIP • …the liturgy, "through which the work of our redemption is accomplished," (SC 2) • …From the Eucharist • grace is poured forth upon us;… • sanctification of men in Christ • the glorification of God, SC 10

  18. Font and Summit SC 10

  19. Font and Summit SC 10

  20. WORSHIP • …The liturgy: • moves the faithful, • it prays • draws the faithful into the compelling love of Christ • sets them on fire. (SC 10)

  21. Salvation by WORSHIP

  22. Praise in WORSHIP

  23. Participation in the Liturgy Church desires that the faithful be led to PARTICIPATION that full, conscious and active participation in liturgical celebrations … their right and duty by reason of their Baptism. SC 14

  24. THE LAITY (LG 31) CCC 897 • secular nature • engaged in temporal affairs • ordering temporal affairs • live in world • secular professions/occupations • ordinary family and social life

  25. Share in the Mission

  26. LAITY (LG 34) • Christ gives them share in his priestly function of: • offering spiritual worship for: • the glory of God; • the salvation of men.

  27. works CCC 901 • prayers • apostolic endeavors • ordinary married life/family life • daily occupations • physical / mental relaxation • hardships patiently borne • if carried out in the Spirit become "spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ” (LG 34)

  28. Spiritual sacrifices of the Laity • together with offering of the Lord’s body • are mostfittinglyoffered • in celebration of the Eucharist. • Thus, as those who adore in holy activity • THE LAITY • CONSECRATE THE WORLD • ITSELF TO GOD. (LG 34)

  29. Activation of Vocation • In Christ • Holiness Mission • PARTICIPATION • worship • witness

  30. ACTIVATION of Lay Christian Vocation • PARTICIPATION • worship • witness

  31. Participation by WITNESS

  32. Special Vocation of Laity: • make Church present and fruitful • where only through them • (Church)can become salt of the earth. • Every lay person is a • witness • living instrument of • the mission of the Church itself (LG 33)

  33. LAITY - led by Spirit of Gospel • WHERE? • called within world • work from within as leaven • WHAT? • work for sanctification of world • make Christ known to others • testimony of a life of faith, hope and charity (LG 31)

  34. WITNESS in Word and Deed “success depends upon laity’s living union with Christ AA 4, CCC 864

  35. Participation

  36. LAITY (LG 34) • Christ wills to continue, through laity • his witness and • his service • Christ vivifies them in this Spirit • Christ increasingly urges them on to • every good and perfect work. • Christ intimately links them to • his life • his mission

  37. The Christian vocation of Laity Activation of the Vocation PARTICIPATION A Call to Worship A Call to Witness A Service to the World

  38. CCC 901-903 Priestly Participation

  39. CCC 904-907 Prophetic office

  40. CCC 908-913 Kingly participation

  41. ApostolicamActuositatem, Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity November 18, 1965 Vatican Council II Lumen Gentium , Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, November 21, 1964 Vatican Council II ChristifidelesLaici , Apostolic Exhortation of St. John Paul II, December 30, 1988

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