> What can we do as rank and file Catholics other than pray?
That's like what can I do when I'm hungry other than cook dinner? :) (sorry, I'm hungry and ordered a pizza and am waiting for it to arrive.) To pray (and fast and give alms) is the ordinary thing for laypeople to do to make the Church holy. A rising tide of holiness will lift a…
> What can we do as rank and file Catholics other than pray?
That's like what can I do when I'm hungry other than cook dinner? :) (sorry, I'm hungry and ordered a pizza and am waiting for it to arrive.) To pray (and fast and give alms) is the ordinary thing for laypeople to do to make the Church holy. A rising tide of holiness will lift all boats that are still seaworthy. But why not think outside the box? If what the Church needs is MORE SAINTS (I think this is generally acknowledged), what is the fastest way to generate more saints (other than to beg God "make me a saint", which is always the first thing to try)? There are as far as I know a bunch of souls in purgatory that are currently sweating off their debt, for whom we could accelerate the process and obtain new intercessors in heaven who are eager to return favors. I am not sure that this is the equivalent of ordering pizza but I had to put in a good word for them because they are having a very hard time in there, or down there, or whatever the right preposition is.
Or pray for the conversion of those who are going to die today who are not yet in a state of grace. According to Luke 7:47 the one who has been forgiven much loves much. And probably flies through Purgatory for that reason.
> What can we do as rank and file Catholics other than pray?
That's like what can I do when I'm hungry other than cook dinner? :) (sorry, I'm hungry and ordered a pizza and am waiting for it to arrive.) To pray (and fast and give alms) is the ordinary thing for laypeople to do to make the Church holy. A rising tide of holiness will lift all boats that are still seaworthy. But why not think outside the box? If what the Church needs is MORE SAINTS (I think this is generally acknowledged), what is the fastest way to generate more saints (other than to beg God "make me a saint", which is always the first thing to try)? There are as far as I know a bunch of souls in purgatory that are currently sweating off their debt, for whom we could accelerate the process and obtain new intercessors in heaven who are eager to return favors. I am not sure that this is the equivalent of ordering pizza but I had to put in a good word for them because they are having a very hard time in there, or down there, or whatever the right preposition is.
Or pray for the conversion of those who are going to die today who are not yet in a state of grace. According to Luke 7:47 the one who has been forgiven much loves much. And probably flies through Purgatory for that reason.