31. Collaboration with the laity
Do we collaborate with the laity in the mission, or is our relationship with them exploitative?
Do we collaborate with the laity in the mission, or is our relationship with them exploitative?
Whatever we achieve while working alone in the ministry will always be doubled if we work together.
Religious experience differs from spirituality because one or multiple experiences with God do not always equate to a relationship with him
The lack of self-worth induced by disregard by ecclesiastical authority snuffs out the burning zeal for our father’s house
The vine-dresser in John 15 is not interested in branches with beautiful flowers but in those that bear fruits. The Church is the mystical body of Jesus Christ (Mysticum Corpus Iesu Christi), and it is ONLY Christ’s criteria for the mission that should govern everything we do. Every other thing is secondary.