According to the Second Vatican Council, as Christians are “united in Christ” through baptism, then we take part in Christ’s threefold mission: priestly, prophetic and kingly (cf. Lumen Gentium, no. 34-36). The lay faithful take part in the priestly mission of Christ. For this reason they are called to offer spiritual worship to God and all that comes from a life of true holiness. “For all their works, prayers and apostolic endeavours, their ordinary married and family life, their daily occupations, their physical and mental relaxation, if carried out in the Spirit, and even the hardships of life, if patiently borne – all these become ‘spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ’ (cf. 1Pet... Read more

...However passionate and tenacious human research is, it is not capable of finding a safe harbour by its own means, because "man is not able to fully elucidate the strange shadow that hangs over the question of eternal realities ... God must take the initiative to encounter and... Read more