The role of the clergy is different. It is to celebrate the sacred mysteries, to preach the Word of God and to gather the people of God together. The role of the religious is to show, by lives of witness based on the three vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, that the attraction of the grace of Christ is more powerful than the attraction of earthly realities. Some of the more common misunderstandings of the role of the laity are:
Il piano di Dio non prevede che tutto il peso della Chiesa ricada sui sacerdoti ha aggiunto il cardinale Tagle anzi, sono proprio i laici ad avere la responsabilità di condividere e completare questo compito .