Lay Apostolate

– It is based on the sacrament of Confirmation:

Lc 24,46-49 : In his name, penance and remission of sins were preached to all nations.

Jn 14,16-26 : The Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things.

Jn 15,26s : When the Paraclete comes, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth.

Acts 1:8 : But the Holy Spirit will come upon you and give you strength; and you will be my witnesses.

Acts 2:38 : Baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 4:31 : And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness.

Acts 6:10 : However, they could not resist the wisdom and the Spirit that inspired them.

Acts 8:14-17 : Then the two apostles laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.

Acts 9:31 : Walking in the fear of the Lord, […] the assistance of the Holy Spirit made them increase in number.

Acts 11:15ff : I had just begun to speak when the Holy Spirit fell on them.

Acts 15:8 : Now God, who knows the heart, testified about him by giving them the Holy Spirit.

Acts 19:17 : The Holy Spirit descended on them, and they spoke in strange tongues and prophesied.

– As part of the mystical body of Christ, the faithful have the right and duty to practice the apostolate:

Jn 15:17 : I am the vine; you, the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he bears much fruit.

1Cor 12,4-30 : Now, you are the body of Christ and each one, for his part, is one of its members.

Rom 12:48 : Although we are many, we form one body in Christ, and each one of us is a member of the other.

Eph 4,11-16 : It is through him that the whole body – coordinated and united by connections that are at its disposal.

1Pt 2,5 : You also become the materials of this spiritual building, a holy priesthood.

1Pt 4,10s : Each one of you make the gift you have received available to others: the word.

– Also check:

Phl 4,3 : Since they worked with me in the Gospel, with Clement and with the other collaborators of mine.

1Pt 2,4-10 : Draw close to him, a living stone rejected by men, but chosen and precious in the eyes of God.

Mt 5:16 : That they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Mt 9,37s : Then he said to his disciples: “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few”.

Lk 10,1-12 : After that, the Lord appointed seventy-two other disciples.

Lk 11:23 : Whoever is not with me is against me; who does not collect with me spreads.

Acts 6:17 : In those days, as the number of disciples grew, the Greeks complained against the Hebrews.

1Cor 3,6 : I planted, Apollo watered, but God made it grow.

1Cor 14,3 : But he who prophesies speaks to men, to build them up, exhort them and comfort them.

1Th 1 :8 : Indeed, the word of the Lord not only resounded from you, through Macedonia and Achaia.