tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713690386078138466.post6099557015019336450..comments2023-05-16T01:41:21.590-07:00Comments on The Master Beadsman: Mere Laymen?Phillip Rolfeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00604064969596497957noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6713690386078138466.post-84881588655874916902014-05-31T15:17:22.912-07:002014-05-31T15:17:22.912-07:00One thing I appreciate about the Catholic church i...One thing I appreciate about the Catholic church is the opportunity for laymen and laywomen to participate in various orders, like the Carmelites and the Franciscans. As a layman in the Maronite Oblates of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, it is a wonderful privilege and duty to be a secular and yet be able to engage in this rich form of Christian spirituality! And there are so many of those blessed variations of spirituality available to us Christians. Sometimes I feel like I have the best of both worlds, having a wonderful family and belonging to a wonderful secular order. May God be praised!DJKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06332711691399455442noreply@blogger.com