1.   Invitees were not only bishops, but heads of monastic orders, theologians representing the academic magisterium, even lay people.

2.   It gave workshops and seminars to help priests and lay people plan liturgies that were expressive, inclusive and theologically sound.

3.   Yet lay people had almost no way of making themselves heard in Rome.

4.   But the clergy had specific rights that were denied to lay people, even if influential landowners.

5.   I have noticed a preparation, Vendana Nigraha Rasa, which is recommended for pain relief by several lay people.

6.   Such emphasis on corporate wholeness can also be seen in the prayers recommended for the use of lay people during the Latin Mass.

7.   Some were in religious orders and acted as confessors, others were lay people.

8.   All this would have fostered among lay people awareness of a spiritual dimension to life.

9.   Even though their skills may date back thousands of years, faith-healers and spiritual healers continually come under fire from the medical profession and lay people alike.