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English[en]
When it considers the tremendous evangelical resource embodied in the millions of lay Catholics who devote their lives to schools, it recalls the words with which the Second Vatican Council ended its Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity, and " earnestly entreats in the Lord that all lay persons give a glad, generous, and prompt response to the voice of Christ, who is giving them an especially urgent invitation at this moment;... they should respond to it eagerly and magnanimously... and, recognizing that what is His is also their own (Phil 2, 5), to associate themselves with Him in His saving mission...
Spanish[es]
La S. Congregación para la Educación católica, al hacerse eco de esta esperanza y considerar el enorme caudal evangélico que representan en el mundo los millones de católicos laicos que dedican su vida a la escuela, recuerda las palabras con que el Concilio Vaticano II termina su Decreto sobre el Apostolado de los laicos y «ruega encarecidamente en el Señor a todos los laicos que respondan con gozo, con generosidad y prontitud de corazón a la voz de Cristo, que en esta hora invita con más insistencia...; recíbanla, pues, con entusiasmo y magnanimidad... y, tomando sus cosas como propias (cf.