"Every Baptized Person Is Called To Evangelize" by Francis Cardinal Arinze

Chapter 1 of The Layperson's Distinctive Role


When
our beloved Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was inaugurating the Kingdom
of God, he called people to come after him. ‘‘Follow me’’ is
the invitation he gave to his first disciples (Mt 4:19; Mk 1:17; Lk


This important book by the highly regarded African prelate, Cardinal
Arinze, describes in positive and simple terms who the lay person is,
his distinctive role in the Church, and how the lay apostolate
distinguishes the lay faithful from the clergy and the religious.


The call of lay people to be witnesses of Christ in the ordinary
areas of secular life, such as family, work, recreation, politics and
government, shows how demanding the apostolate of the lay people is. The
book draws from the dynamic teachings of the Second Vatican Council,
the riches of the 1987 Synod of Bishops on the Lay Faithful, and the
emphasis on the lay apostolate by recent Popes, to present to lay people
an attractive and demanding call to witness to Christ in society.


Leaders and participants of various lay groups and movements will
find this book liberating and encouraging. Clerics and religious will
find these considerations by Cardinal Arinze of great help, both in
appreciating the limits of their own apostolates and of seeing how to
put before the lay faithful the demands of their calling.


Cardinal Francis Arinze grew up in Nigeria, became the
youngest Bishop in the world, and the first African Cardinal to head a
Vatican office. He was the head of the Congregation for Divine Worship
and the Discipline of the Sacraments. His biography, God's Invisible Hand, was published by Ignatius Press as well as Celebrating the Holy Eucharist.

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