01/27/15 1747 MISSIONARY ACTIVITY COOPERATION As members of the living Christ, incorporated into him and made like him by baptism, confirmation and the Eucharist, all the faithful have an obligation to collaborate in the expansion and spread of his Body, so that they might bring it to fullness as soon as possible (cf. Eph. 4:13). So all the children of the Church should have a lively consciousness of their own responsibility for the world, they should foster within themselves a truly Catholic spirit, they should spend themselves in the work of the Gospel. However, let everyone be aware that the primary and most important contribution he can make to the spread of the faith is to lead a profound Christian life. Their fervor in the service of God and their love for others will be like a new spiritual breeze throughout the whole Church, which will appear as the sign raised up among the nations (cf. Is. 11:12), the light of the world (Mt. 5:14) and the salt of the earth (Mt. 5:13). This witness of their life will achieve its effect more easily if it is borne in union with other christian bodies, according to the norms of the Decree on Ecumenism, 12. (Decree on Ecumenism)
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