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Figment713
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Paris Blue’s Thread about the obligation of a non-confirmed RCIA participant to participate at mass on a holy day of obligation brought the following to mind.
I too am involved in RCIA, although not so far along as Paris Blue. She gets confirmed in three weeks. I have until the Vigil Mass for Easter.
In my RCIA class are 15 students from two parishes. It has recently become apparent to those leading the classes that there are only three of us who are regularly attending mass. (We had a recent class session on what goes on at mass, and for most of my classmates it was all new material!) Now, I started doing this before even starting RCIA as a part of my “investigation” into whether becoming Catholic was really what I needed/wanted to do. I may not be able to participate in all the sacraments, but I can still be present at mass.
It just seems that everyone is waiting…either for an invitation to participate at mass or for someone (i.e. the priests) to tell them that they need to start going. Very odd to me: What are they waiting for…to become Catholic and then they’ll start attending???
Anyway, for those of you who are involved with the RCIA program, I would think it best were you to simply tell folks that it’s OK for them to attend mass even before their baptism/confirmation/etc. After all I (non-baptised person that I am) have been going for months now, and the church has yet to be struck by lightening.
I too am involved in RCIA, although not so far along as Paris Blue. She gets confirmed in three weeks. I have until the Vigil Mass for Easter.
In my RCIA class are 15 students from two parishes. It has recently become apparent to those leading the classes that there are only three of us who are regularly attending mass. (We had a recent class session on what goes on at mass, and for most of my classmates it was all new material!) Now, I started doing this before even starting RCIA as a part of my “investigation” into whether becoming Catholic was really what I needed/wanted to do. I may not be able to participate in all the sacraments, but I can still be present at mass.
It just seems that everyone is waiting…either for an invitation to participate at mass or for someone (i.e. the priests) to tell them that they need to start going. Very odd to me: What are they waiting for…to become Catholic and then they’ll start attending???
Anyway, for those of you who are involved with the RCIA program, I would think it best were you to simply tell folks that it’s OK for them to attend mass even before their baptism/confirmation/etc. After all I (non-baptised person that I am) have been going for months now, and the church has yet to be struck by lightening.