Ministry of the Priest and of the Laity

In every structure, people have roles that need filling. In a business, for example, someone needs to be the boss; someone needs to take care of the computers; someone needs to make sure that the elevators are working; someone needs to make sure that everything is done with safety in mind; all without including the employees who keep the company in the black.

The Church has a lot of similarities to this view. There are people required in local parishes for things to remain functioning - someone to open the doors; the person to organise for the bills to be paid; the person to order (or make) the candles; the person to do yardwork around the church land; all without including the people to make the services themselves happen.

From my observations, there are some who have a very distorted view of the priest...

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