RCIA are you ready?

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I realized today that this would be the last Sunday Mass,we would be sitting out during Communion.It made me wonder if I am ready.I guess if its one thing I wish I had was better knowledge of the underlying layers of where much of my knowledge is at?Such as the verse where Jesus says Peter is the rock he will build his Church on.I know this stuff is all there,I just wish I had it all memorized.My facilators tell me its a process/road I will be on all the way until the day I stand before the Father and Jesus at his right hand.

I can say 100% that I am ready as far as my basic knowledge of the Lord and his Church.I can also say that I do 100% believe that this is the Church founded by Jesus and that the Pope is the link to Peter.I wonder how the actual body&blood of Christ will affect me next week,I m a bit nervous.Anyways,aside from wishing I had a bit more knowledge,I am ready.How about you other RCIA folks,are you ready?God Bless.

Frank
 
Well, I’m “just” being Confirmed. It’s got me kinda prepped up, and I do wonder if I’m ready. But I just pray for the Spirit’s gifts.
 
I am really nervous, too! But even more excited! I think the time has gone by so quickly since class first started & I will honestly miss meeting up with everyone during the week.
 
I am praying the the Holy Spirit will continue to open my mind and heart to all that the Lord offers. I am praying that I will continue to be strong in Him and withstand all the pressures that are out in the world. My family is not happy that I am converting to the Catholic Church but I know that this is where Jesus is leading me and I have to obey His call. Even though I am an adult it is still hard when your mother tells you she is “disappointed” in you. Please pray for me.
 
Hey, I so feel what allayall are saying! Especially you, RTMirage, most of my family has been very adamantly against this move. Not to mention the “friend effect!”

And it don’t matter how much you learn and feel comfortable in your knowledge, this is still a big step. It’s called commitment, and this is a major big one. I for one am a little nervous, but it’s probably something like the nervousness leading up to being married to the person you know you want to spend the rest of your life with, it’s just… such a big commitment!

But, I’m with yall, I’m totally ready and Holy Week is here!!!

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I have to say, “all of the above”!

I am excited, nervous, sad (because of family and friends also) but most of all, I am so ready to meet my Lord at the alter! I am so thankful that He has brought me to this week, I think that all of us have so much to be thankful for. We are so blessed, that for some reason, He chose to bring us Home. I am a crier, :crying: so I will be a mess Easter Vigil, but I can’t wait.

I too, am going to be sad to not see my classmates regularly after this. It’s like graduating all over again, knowing we will all probably go our separate ways, each on our own journey. I will try to recruit as many as I can to come to CA Forum so we can all stay in tune!

God Bless you all, I will pray for all of you during this final week of preparation! :gopray2:
 
I’m READY!!!

This is the first Sunday I haven’t been “dismissed” (kicked out) after the Liturgy of the Word. For the first time, I got the “true” warm fuzzies. In the past, the scripture readings and the homily have spoke to my soul, but nothing like today. Today, was almost the real deal.

I’ve been ready for this for 40 years.
 
I’ve been “ready” for a while now.

But now that it’s coming up…my first confession…there’s this evil thing in my mind saying, go and do these things for one last time.

Sigh

Makes it tough!
 
Bob are you going to keep your name?

I think it is a very cool username and can mean multiple things, but maybe I missed your post if you said what you are going to do but I am curious.

God Bless
Scylla
 
I’m SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ready!:dancing: :dancing:

We weren’t dismissed that often (scrutinies and rites) and that made the anticipation even worse! A year ago I thought I knew enough and didn’t need RCIA. What a difference though…

We should start a roll call thread of everyone being brought into the church this weekend.
 
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RTMirage:
I am praying the the Holy Spirit will continue to open my mind and heart to all that the Lord offers. I am praying that I will continue to be strong in Him and withstand all the pressures that are out in the world. My family is not happy that I am converting to the Catholic Church but I know that this is where Jesus is leading me and I have to obey His call. Even though I am an adult it is still hard when your mother tells you she is “disappointed” in you. Please pray for me.
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Most of my close family is Catholic,but I do have a few that are the nondenominatioal type.I can relate to what your saying.The hardcore anti-Catholics in my family,I am not really all that close too,so I can’t imagine having a Mother or Father that is not supportive.I do have one cousin that is just all to eager to debate me and try and make his issues mine,but thats not going to happen.I salute your staying true to your Faith and will say a prayer for you.God Bless.

Frank
 
Not as ready as I would like to be. Going to first confession in an hour! and find I’m very nervous. I’m a former (baptised) evangelical who is converting to Catholicism and this whole idea of being transparent before the priest still has me nervous. We had a large RCIA class and I did not get to know the priest well at all. I looked online and found this huge list of sins to confess and it appears that I’ll be there for hours! [OK, maybe I’m also going to have to work on the scrupulosity issue…]

Once this is over, I’ll admit that I might feel more ready to be received into the church. But I do have a friend coming to the vigil who is a devout pagan (yep, you heard it right) and last night she wondered how I could be a cannibal and eat Christ. I did not have a good enough answer for her. Maybe I’ll have to ask the apologists about that one… Between friends like her (I even know a couple of Wiccans), and then my evangelical family I have a lot of explaining to do! This has not been an easy path…

Cynthia
 
I’m as ready as a filthy sinner can be. I’m looking forward to being a full participant in the Church. I have my first confession this Wed., hopefully it will be done by Saturday. :o

-D
 
A little off topic but what did everyone choose for names? I picked St. Michael, his loyalty to God is an example I need to follow and I need his protection.

-D
 
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A little off topic but what did everyone choose for names? I picked St. Michael, his loyalty to God is an example I need to follow and I need his protection.

-D
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I picked the same,if we are talking about the Arch Angel.Theres so many Saints,not sure if theres 2 Micheals,would’nt surprise me.
 
I am SO ready. I’ve been ready for almost two years now. 😃

Nervous and excited. I picked St. Ann.
 
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I picked the same,if we are talking about the Arch Angel.Theres so many Saints,not sure if theres 2 Micheals,would’nt surprise me.
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Same here, the Arch Angel. I should have been more specific, I saw several Saints named Michael in my wifes Saint dictionary.

-D
 
Okay folks, it’s quiz time, we had a thread on a Confirmation Test so I thought I would give you something to ease the jitters leading up to Saturday.
  1. Which of the following is a mortal sin:
    a. Deliberately eating meat on Fridays during Lent without a good reason
    b. Praying to St. Anthony of the Desert when you meant St. Anthony of Padua.
    c. Rooting for UCLA instead of Notre Dame
    d. Forgetting the Latin words to Tantum Ergo and ad-libbing
    e. Loosing track on your rosary beads and saying a couple extra Hail Marys.
  2. Match the saint with the symbol with which he/she is usually depicted:
    a. St. Benedict 1. Eyes or candle
    b. St. Therese 2. Grill
    c. St. Jerome 3. Raven
    d. St. Lawrence 4. Lion
    e. St. Lucy 5. Rose
  3. Which of the following is NOT a location where the Virgin Mary appeared to devout Catholics.
    a. Knock, Ireland
    b. Tepeyac Hill, Mexico
    c. Fatima, Portugal
    d. Lourdes, France
    e. Yankee Stadium, New York
  4. What are the numbers on top of each column on a BINGO card? B I N G O
For extra credit: which of the following Feasts of the Church is NOT a mystery of the Rosary
a. The Nativity (Christmas)
b. Easter (the Resurrection)
c. The Presentation
d. The Annunciation
e. Epiphany (Three Kings)
 
Thank all of you for your thoughts and prayers!! I need them!! :yup:
I am so happy and excited that this week seems to be the longest of my life but I have a wonderful sponsor and a joy I have not felt in a long time. I am praying for my family everyday. :gopray2:

Saint Elizabeth Seton for a lot of very special reasons
 
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