Speak And Live The Faith by Bishop Donald Wuerl

Bishop Donald Wuerl - Bishop of Pittsburg

Imagine what the world would be like if every baptized Catholic accepted the challenge to share the faith with every other person and to live out the call to holiness wherever he or she might be – in the midst of the family, at work, in the public sector – wherever we live and work and experience God’s grace.

Each of us must be a force for the Gospel in our sphere of life. The voice and activity of the laity will ultimately determine the direction of society. The voice of Catholic physicians needs to be heard in the area of medicine. Catholic lawyers need to speak out on the ethics involved in the practice of the law. Catholic parents should be involved in education issues. Each of us must be a force for the Gospel in our sphere of life. In our lands where increasingly we see the arrogant claim of secularism to be the only true expression of national ideals and goals, the voice of committed Catholics is all the more necessary. It is the task of each layperson to speak and live the faith today.