Born in Lancashire in the 1560s Gerard was educated at Oxford, Rheims and Paris before returning to England where he had his first experience of imprisonment for
the Faith as a layman.
Not exact matches
Catholic
laymen must take up their place in life and face their family, their love, their children (who perhaps do not always come up to their expectations), their professional duties which grow ever more irksome and their duties
as citizens; in doing so they will meet situations in which, because they reflect on their
faith, they will know how to behave
as Christians living in the grace of God, the light of the gospel and the imitation of the crucified Christ.
All liturgical renewal, all changes in the education and way of life of priests, all adaptation of the religious orders to contemporary conditions, the activities of mature
laymen as well
as the frank dialogue with the present world, all these must only serve the love of God and one's neighbour in the unfeigned
faith which will always be foolishness and scandal to the wise and prudent of this world.
Laymen also make comments which show that they feel the need of more direct address in preaching and less talking about the
faith as if it were only a set of optional ideas.
Only
as laymen decide they care enough about the applications of the Christian
faith to unite in study under leadership, or to unite in discussion to learn from one another in a fellowship, are we apt to get far toward bridging the gap between the Church and the world.