Everyone who is baptised shares in the priesthood of Jesus. That means that we are all called to make God present in the world. We can do this simply by the way we live our lives, so that people can recognise God in the way we interact with others.
We call this the ‘common priesthood’ of the people of God. Every Christian is a member of the people of God, which makes up the Church. The vast majority of our Church consists of lay faithful. Their vocation is to live as Christians in their own place in society, and thus to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus.
