77.5月9日平信徒的聖召和使命－白孟德神父（Fr. Charles Belmonte Lopez）語錄-譯者:林豪
“The basic characteristic of the development of the laity is new awareness of the dignity of the Christian vocation. God’s call, the character conferred by Baptism, and grace, mean that every Christian can and should be a living expression of the faith. Every Christian should be ‘another Christ, Christ himself,’ present among men.” [St Josemaría]
「平信徒發展的基本特徵，是重新對基督徒聖召尊嚴的認識。天主的召喚，洗禮所賦予的角色，以及恩典，代表著每位基督徒都可以而且應該成為信仰鮮活的呈現。每位基督徒都應該是『另一個基督，基督自己』，臨在於人中間。」(聖施禮華)
St. Josemaría’s message entails a deep understanding of Baptism as a personal call from God, that is, as a vocational path. This focus makes it easier to understand the vocation proper to the lay faithful, as a specific way of contributing to the Church’s holiness and apostolate. Thus, the specific vocation to Opus Dei brings with it a commitment to respond personally to the call to holiness in ordinary life, and to spread the awareness of this universal call. Incorporation in Opus Dei requires a divine vocation; it is not simply an association resulting from the will of the person involved.
聖施禮華的訊息需要深刻理解，洗禮是來自天主對個人的召喚，即作為聖召的道路。這個焦點使我們更容易理解平信徒的聖召，作為促進教會聖善和使徒工作的一種具體方式。因此，主業團的特殊聖召伴隨著一種承諾，即親自回應平凡生活中奉召成聖的召喚，並傳揚對這普遍性召喚的意識。加入主業團需要神聖的聖召；這不只是由相關人員的意願，所產生的聯繫。
Understanding this specific vocation in the Church requires appreciating the vocation and mission of the laity, which “brings with it a deeper awareness of the Church as a community made up of all the faithful, where all share in one and the same mission, which each should fulfill according to their personal circumstances.” To foster awareness of the lay vocation, a new pastoral approach is needed, “aimed at discovering the presence in the midst of the People of God of the charism of holiness and apostolate, in the infinitely varied forms in which God bestows it.” This, in turn, requires the organic cooperation of the lay faithful with priestly ministers.
瞭解教會內這項特殊的聖召，需要欣賞平信徒的聖召和使命，這「帶來對教會作為一個由所有信友組成的團體，更深刻的認識，所有的人都分享同一份使命，每個人都應該根據自己的個人情況來實踐。」為了培養對平信徒聖召的認識，需要一種新的牧靈方法，「目的在於發現在天主子民中，存在聖善和使徒的神恩，以天主賜予它無限多樣的形式。」這相反的，又需要平信徒與司鐸有機性的合作。
This renewed program, is needed, “calling for the supernatural gift of discernment of spirits, for sensitivity towards the things of God, and for the humility of not imposing personal preference upon others, and of seconding the inspirations which God arouses in souls. In a word: it means loving the rightful freedom of the sons of God who find Christ, and become bearers of Christ, while following paths which are very diverse but which are all equally divine.”
這個更新的計畫是必要的，「是超自然召喚的恩賜，即分辨靈魂，對天主事務的敏感度，謙遜不是將個人偏好強加予他人，並配合天主在靈魂中所喚起的靈感。一言以蔽之：這意味著熱愛天主子女的合法自由，他們找到主基督，成為主基督的傳遞者，同時遵循著非常多樣化，但是同樣神聖的道路。」
