UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF THE LAY APOSTOLATE
By Sir Fosuaba Banahene
The urgent message that this Writer has sought to put across is that lay persons and lay societies as well as fraternities must summon fresh energy for tackling the problem of how to announce the Gospel anew in such a way that this world can receive it and make a change.
This is a call to duty; not to say a task. In doing their bit, the laity should not see themselves as being in contention with the Clergy and should not also seek to push themselves forcefully into joint-decision-making roles with the Clergy – when it is time for it, the Holy Spirit will open the gates for it. Rather, they should see their role now as complementary.
The important thing today is for the Church to work to remove the spurious mentality among some persons that God is superfluous and that matters of faith have become archaic and mythical and belong to a bygone civilisation.