RCIA Completion

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I am giving RCIA another chance and it is coming soon. Everytime has been a very lonely and stressful experience. Any prayers I would be very thankful for. As I study and learn I just want to be on the right path wherever that takes me. šŸ˜¦
 
I am in a similar boat. I dropped out of RCIA last year because I am not very comfortable at the church with the particular Monsignor. So I dropped out. My daughter is going RCIA for children this year, so I am going to join RCIA so we can do it together. I am determined to stick with it this time.

Prayers being said for you and your journey.

Heather
 
I would be happy to pray for both of you as you go through RCIA. šŸ™‚

Heavenly Father, guide and protect those who seek Your ways, and wish to enter into Your Church.

Open their hearts and their minds, and give them instructors that will teach them without error so that they may know the right way through the RCIA course that they are undertaking.

Sustain them in their efforts, and in their journey of faith as they learn about the Catholic Church and go through the Rites. Give them every grace to fulfill their desire to enter into communion with the Catholic Church.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
Amen

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TheConservative said:
I am giving RCIA another chance and it is coming soon. Everytime has been a very lonely and stressful experience. Any prayers I would be very thankful for. As I study and learn I just want to be on the right path wherever that takes me. šŸ˜¦
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I am in RCIA too, come here and shoot your questions anytime. We are going through it together even if we are far apart!
 
Hang in there with RCIA and realize itā€™s a journey HOME. Study so that you are prepared when the time comes for your confirmation and rejoice that the Holy Spirit is leading you into the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.

REMEMBER, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly to thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother; to thee do I come; before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.
 
Third timeā€™s a charm! I hope, anyway. About to start RCIA again myself. Last year was tears, frustration, and anxiety. My little girl made it through RCIC though!

Hang in thereā€¦ Prayers!
 
God, our Father, please be with these posters and everyone who will be embarking on an RCIA journey this year. Set their feet upon rock and steady their steps. Light their way with your love, and grant peace to their hearts. Be with their families, their classmates, their instructors, and all those involved in the program, so that all may grow closer to You.
Amen.
 
I am also in RCIA. My husband and daughter are in RCIA, as well.

My husband is only going with us until August when he will be receiving instruction from Sister separately to prepare for Confirmation in November. He was raised Catholic and already had First Communion, so the RCIA is a bit of a refresher and to keep him occupied until Sister if free to work one on one with him. In a few weeks I will be the only adult among a bunch of teens in my RCIA group. sigh Wish we had more converting grown ups.

Is there an RCIA group or thread where we can all go to chat?
 
I comploted RCIA last year. I first went to inquiry in fall of 2009. In my case there were circumstances that made me defer moving forward each year until I started the 2012 fall class and was received at Easter Vigil 2013.

Donā€™t giveup. It can be long. There will be parts you donā€™t like and parts you do. But hang in there this time.
 
We will keep you in our prayers. I served on our RCIA team almost 25 years after my conversion, and Iā€™m convinced there will be plenty of new concepts and issues that will surprise you (as they surprised me) when you think you are just repeating ā€œold stuff.ā€
I pray you will focus on, but not belabor, whatever may seem to you to be important Catholic issues or concerns. On one hand it amazes and disappoints me that any person or group can claim all truth or infallibility. On the other, itā€™s hard to imagine a church keeping the doors open after saying, well, we donā€™t really know but these are our best guesses.
I urge you to read Chesterton (Orthodoxy) and Lewis (Mere Christianity)ā€“and more by each of them if you like them as much as I do. Youā€™ll find comments on both in our Ccom forums and book club group. All humans love to criticize and dispute, and these two atheists were among the masters. I think their conversion stories are fascinating. For the record, Lewis didnā€™t leave the Anglican church (after he returned to it)ā€“but in many ways the high-Anglicans are as Catholic as we are
For me the major issues are: Whether you agree that the Way of Jesus is infinitely better for mankind than any other philosophy or religion.
Whether Catholicism is doing more for the well-being of the world than any other human group, and is most faithful to the Word and traditions of Jesus.
 
Mom and I are doing ā€œinquiryā€ at the moment. We will be attending RCIA classes when they begin in September.

We went to Mass on Sunday for the first time and it was wonderful. The church is beautiful, the hymns were gorgeous, and I really liked the new priest. (The parish was celebrating his arrival.) And everyone we met was so friendlyā€¦we felt very welcome.

I blush to admit that I envied those who were able to receive Communion. It was a reaction I wasnā€™t expecting.

We did get to speak to Father M. and introduce ourselves. He was very nice, and I am looking forward to learning from him and the rest of the RCIA team. The sister who has been meeting with us is just fantastic and has a great sense of humor.

Hoping to be able to sign myself ā€œTiber Swim Team of 2014ā€ ā€“ Magdalen
 
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I blush to admit that I envied those who were able to receive Communion. It was a reaction I wasnā€™t expecting.
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I feel for you, Magdalen. I am also impatient to receive Communion. Suffering from some envy, myself.
 
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.
 
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.
 
TheConservative said:
I am giving RCIA another chance and it is coming soon. Everytime has been a very lonely and stressful experience. Any prayers I would be very thankful for. As I study and learn I just want to be on the right path wherever that takes me. šŸ˜¦
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Know that Jesus is with you the whole way, together with your guardian angel and a host of Saints.

I will pray for you for the strength to complete your RCIA and be received into the Church at Easter time. šŸ™‚
 
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed are thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.
 
Hail Mary, Full of Grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death.

Amen

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