he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.”
-- Mk
9:30-37
The very differences which the Lord has
willed to put between the members of his body serve its unity and
mission. For "in the Church there is diversity of ministry but unity of
mission. To the apostles and their successors Christ has entrusted the
office of teaching, sanctifying and governing in his name and by his
power. But the laity are made to share in the priestly, prophetical, and
kingly office of Christ; they have therefore, in the Church and in the
world, their own assignment in the mission of the whole People of God."
Finally, "from both groups [hierarchy and laity] there exist Christian
faithful who are consecrated to God in their own special manner and
serve the salvific mission of the Church through the profession of the
evangelical counsels."
-- CCC 873
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