Rite of Sending forth

[Black_Dog]

Tonight at the evening Mass I took part in the Rite of Sending Forth to prepare me for Sunday when I go to the Cathedral to become Elect.
It’s a pity that the priest forgot to mention it at Sunday Mass so only a handful of people attended. Still, I found it incredibly moving. The first reading Eccliastes 2.1.11 was eerily apt…so much so that I at first thought it was deliberately chosen which of course it wasnt.

Immediately after we had the RCIA meeting. I now discover that my beliefs are classed as fundamentalist. I dont think the Mass is a “feel good” moment. I dont think we should have a “folk Mass” with some eejit playing a guitar I do think the priest should “kick ***”. I dont think we’re all destined to heaven.

I’ve hated this forum at times but unbeknown to me it’s had a huge effect upon me. I take my Catholicism seriously!

 

[rowermath]

May I make one correction?
We are all, in fact, destined for heaven. God created us so that we might live eternal life in His glory. However, we may, by our actions during our life on earth, changed that. We have free will which gives us a choice as to whether or not we accept to life in heaven. Our individual choice to sin against God and His commands is what ultimately may send us to hell if we so choose.

 

[DavidPalm]

Black_Dog,

I am really pleased that you are continuing forward to be received into the Church. My wife and I converted fifteen years ago. It has been an incredible journey. We literally thank God every day for giving us the grace to be Catholics. It is a time of great upheaval in the Catholic Church, as it has been at any number of times in her past. And so there’s certainly an amount of family squabbling (as you see here ).

But the bottom line is that the Catholic Faith is the “pearl of great price” (see Matt 13:45-46). It’s worth everything you have.