Lay Life in a Year

52 Reflections on JPII's vision for the Laity

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Week 3: Real Holiness

For thirty years, Jesus grew up in Nazareth living a quiet, ordinary life. But it was an ordinary life of extreme holiness. He learned a trade, helped around the house, and spent time growing in wisdom and favor with God and man (Lk. 2:52). Jesus didn’t limit holiness...

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Week 2: You Too Are Called to Holiness

The Church teaches that everyone is called to holiness. But many of us make the mistake of thinking, “Really the ones who are supposed to be holy are priests and religious. Deep prayer and evangelization—that falls under their job description, not mine.”  “Maybe” we...

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Week 1: The World Is A Vineyard

The world is not how it should be; the Church is not how it should be; I am not how I should be.  Things are broken and seem to demand a solution. But every time one of us takes it upon ourselves to fix it, things only get worse. But that’s because the world is not a...

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