This last point makes me think about something

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"Lay people have the duty and the right to acquire the knowledge of Christian teaching which is appropriate to each oneís capacity and condition, so that they may be able to live according to this teaching, to proclaim it and if necessary to defend it, and may be capable of playing their part in the exercise of the apostolate."

I read in a book titled "The crisis of Dissent", written by a priest who used the pseudonym Gerard Morrissey. Referring to "loyal Catholics" (those faithful to the Holy Father and the Magisterium), the author says that the attitude of "the assumption of powerlessness" prevails. That is, the layman points at the priest and says that if the priest did his job, everything would be better. brother cell phone list Pointing at the Bishop, the priest feels that only if his Bishop was a little tougher, dissent would not be so common. The implication is that lay people and priests are powerless, when the reality is the opposite. Good Catholics not only have power, they have the power of the Holy Spirit in them. And, as Canon Law states, at times they have the duty to help fix a bad situation. The important thing is to allow that power to work in them by planning an effective strategy to face, fight, and denounce dissent for the good of the Church.

"What a world we are getting into!" said once Bishop Fulton Sheen in one of his eloquent lectures, and he was right. However, it would be fitting in the midst of all the puzzlement to remember that itís time to act. Itís time for the laity to get involved and get organized at the parish level to plan an approach that will depend on the Holy Spirit and on their power as a parish group. Itís time to create "CCC Ministries" at the parishes to implement the CCC and promote literature faithful to the Church. Letís do it!