The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

Day 125: Vocation of the Laity

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May 5, 2023
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INSIGHT

Unique Lay Vocation

  • Lay people have a unique vocation to seek God's kingdom through engaging in worldly affairs.
  • They bring the Gospel to places clergy and religious cannot, sanctifying the world by their presence and actions.
INSIGHT

Lay Christians Share Threefold Mission

  • Lay Christians share in Christ's priestly, prophetic, and kingly offices through baptism and confirmation.
  • Their apostleship includes the duty to evangelize and permeate social, political, and economic realities with Christian doctrine.
ADVICE

Offer Life as Spiritual Sacrifice

  • Offer every part of your daily life to God as a spiritual sacrifice united with Christ's Eucharistic sacrifice.
  • Ask God to be present, offer your actions, and accept whatever outcomes to sanctify your world everywhere.
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