Catholics receive communion during a celebration in Nepal. (Photo Salvacampillo / Shutterstock.com)
Oct 29 2021
We are called to participate in the Church’s journey as a pilgrim people. Participation is an integral aspect of communion and geared towards mission. To be in communion is to actively participate in the life and mission of the Church.
According to Vatican II, by virtue of our baptism we are united to Christ and his Church and empowered by the Holy Spirit to actively participate in Christ’s and the Church’s priestly, prophetic and kingly/servant mission.
This means that in a synodal Church there is active participation of everyone in the liturgical celebration as a priestly people and community. This also means participation in living a holy life, a life of prayer and self-sacrifice.
The role of the priest is to preside over the Eucharistic community and enable the lay faithful to actively live out their priestly mission.
A synodal Church is where there is unity in faith and where all participate actively in the prophetic mission – a mission of evangelization and proclaiming the Good News of salvation and liberation, of announcing the gospel of life, of justice and peace. This also includes the mission of denouncing evil and all its manifestation in society and calling people to conversion.
This prophetic mission includes catechesis and education. The role of the priest to lead and enable the faithful in exercising their prophetic mission in their own way.
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