A renewed focus on Baptism and the rites of Christian initiation. All the baptized have a ministry in the Church. The increased use of various readings at Sunday and daily liturgies. The Eucharist as a sacred meal and a joyous celebration. The Church proclaims the beauty and positive value of the world.
Creation is to be treasured and nurtured.
In Richstatter's view, the Church has rediscovered the meaning of Incarnation. The joys and the hopes, the griefs and the anxieties of the men of this age, especially those who are poor or in any way afflicted, these are the joys and hopes, the griefs and anxieties of the followers of Christ. Indeed, nothing genuinely human fails to raise an echo in their hearts. So opens The Church in the Modern World , one of the constitutional documents of Vatican II . Lay ministry explosion.