To Continue from yesterday....

John Meehan continues his discussion from yesterday of Vatican II and the laity (from Two Towers):

"The 'special vocation' of the laity, (See Dogmatic Constitution of the Church, no. 31) assumes that almost every baptized person is, first of all, a layman called to live a life of personal holiness, without which no apostolate can be effective, and no spirituality genuine. The life of personal holiness is the intimate and vital bond that holds together the new People of God-that is, the life of the Holy Spirit, Who dwells within each member, and thus binds together the members of the Mystical Body of Christ."

I think this is key to our living our vocation-personal holiness, which starts with a deep prayer life.

John Paul II (the Great) writes in NOVO MILLENNIO INEUNTE "But it would be wrong to think that ordinary Christians can be content with a shallow prayer that is unable to fill their whole life."(my emphasis)

UPDATE: To the point above, just read a post here (at Ad Altare Dei) which quotes John Paul II on the need for lay saints.