A little oxymoronic comment, don't you think?  You start out lamblasting NCR for writing a 'clerical article' and end up with  the 'life of the lay.'   It seems that you are keeping right in line with the 'church' (i.e. the clergy) in separating the Church.  This separation is exactly what is wrong with the church as well as all society.  You'll never see God's kingdom if you keep separating the people from the clergy.  We are one.