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Pentecost Reflection

The laity, dedicated to Christ and anointed by the Holy Spirit, are marvellously called and equipped to produce in themselves ever more abundant fruits of the Spirit.  For all their works, prayers, and apostolic endeavours, their ordinary married and family life, their daily labour, their mental and physical relaxation, if carried out in the Spirit, and even the hardships of life, if patiently borne - all of these become spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Vatican II, Constitution on the Church, 1964:34