Starting RCIA

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I just want to say - Congrats!

I started teaching RCIA this year, and being raised Catholic myself I didn’t realize how tough it can be for some people.

If there is anything you don’t understand, just know that there is an answer! Even if the RCIA instructors don’t know it off the top of their head, someone does!

I will pray for you! I’m glad to hear this!
 
My first class was this last Thursday. It was very insightful. We had a meal. Then we went to a classroom, had basic discussion and then watched a video along with a book called Catholocism 101 with Jeff Cavins. After that we did some Q&A.

Its so refreshing to learn the Catholic “way” of interpreting scripture and so forth. So much deeper and meaningful than anything Ive done before. I did the Navigator DFD series which took 2 years and I can already tell that this will be taking me closer to God.

I really feel like Im worshiping, serving, and learning.
 
This morning at Mass we did a welcome for the people in my RCIA group for both those who have and have not been baptized. It was fantastic!!!

It just gets better and better!
 
Try to keep this fire burning. Know that God has provided an answer to any question you have about your faith. The answers are with the Catholic Church. Sometimes you have to dig to find the answers, but they are there. Never lose hope. :yup:

As you get closer and closer to God be prepared for the devil to attack you. Defend yourself with the gifts God has given you. Prayers and the sacraments. There are some dark days, but you can prevail with God’s light. :knight2:

Also, you will undoubtedly encounter fellow Catholics that are less enthusiastic about the faith than you are. Just pray for them. Don’t let it bring you down.

You think you’re excited now? Wait until one day it hits you that you knew this truth all along, but didn’t realize it. Start by thinking about where God was when you knew nothing about Him. He was right there calling you. . . Wasn’t he? :hmmm:

God Bless you on your journey.
 
06convert said:
Try to keep this fire burning. Know that God has provided an answer to any question you have about your faith. The answers are with the Catholic Church. Sometimes you have to dig to find the answers, but they are there. Never lose hope. :yup:

As you get closer and closer to God be prepared for the devil to attack you. Defend yourself with the gifts God has given you. Prayers and the sacraments. There are some dark days, but you can prevail with God’s light. :knight2:

Also, you will undoubtedly encounter fellow Catholics that are less enthusiastic about the faith than you are. Just pray for them. Don’t let it bring you down.

You think you’re excited now? Wait until one day it hits you that you knew this truth all along, but didn’t realize it. Start by thinking about where God was when you knew nothing about Him. He was right there calling you. . . Wasn’t he? :hmmm:

God Bless you on your journey.
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Its funny, someone gave me the same exact advice when I first learned who Jesus was.
 
Last year I joined the RCIA team at our parish. It was one of the best things I have ever done in my life. The enthusiasm of those coming into the Catholic Church is so “catching”.They help me keep my enthusiasm alive and spur me on to study my faith more and more. I think I’ve gained as much as they have, and when the Easter Vigil came I cannot describe the joy I personally experienced at seeing these people Baptized and Confirmed into the Catholic faith and receiving the Eucharist for the first time. I just want to say to those who are in the RCIA process that you do as much for us who are on the teams and sponsor you as the team and sponsors do for you, in my case perhaps more. God bless you all.
 
AlanF said:
Well, Ecclesia Dei has said we can go there and it fulfills our Sunday Obligation etc. but never mind. I listed FSSP and ICK also, you’ll find no doctrinal error at any of these places.
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Let’s not confuse the original poster with all this stuff. Just let him enjoy the journey. 👍

FSSP is in full communion with the Church, so if you want to try a Latin Mass, go to an FSSP parish. 🙂
 
I did RCIA last year, and loved it. I was also from a very charismatic, Bible church. RCIA is usually pretty laid back, with snacks and drinks, and just learning together about the Faith. My class was little different than many Bible study groups I have attended, except it generally followed the Mass for that day, and the same prayers would be said, with all the standing and kneeling parts, so you can get used to it.
 
I believe that the old form , now called the extraordinary form of the Latin Mass, is offered at St. Augustine Parish in South St. Paul and St. Charles Parish in Bayport MN. There may be others if you are ever interested in attending a Latin Mass, they are not so far away from Bloomington. I instruct RCIA classes in Hudson, Wi. This is my 20th year doing so. It is a fabulous experience for all involved. Dick:)
 
One of these days I will check out a Latin Mass – I still have a lot to learn about the English one, haha!
 
Jotobo said:
One of these days I will check out a Latin Mass – I still have a lot to learn about the English one, haha!
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I think a lot of the advice is probably good. But keep it simple.

If you start chasing after some of these other things right off, all of your energy will be dissipated, and people sometimes do burn out.

But at least you know that you have all of these different devotional tools and paths of spirituality open to you. Be aware also that the conversion experience is a process, and there tends to be a waxing and waning, do not be alarmed but take it slow and try to develop the habit of personal prayer and examination of conscience.

Try to find inspiring or informative literature to turn to on occasion.

I would recommend some books, don’t get them right away, but in due course (let’s say, over a few years) you might like to pick one or another up.

The first is *The Lord *by father Romano Guardini (I absolutely love this book!)

The second is quite different, the Imitation of Christ by brother Thomas a’Kempis FVC.

A third might be Drinking from the Hidden Fountain, a collection of sayings, prayers and advice from the early fathers of the church, by father Tomas Cardinal Spidlik SJ.

And eventually you might want to read Still Small Voice by father Benedict Groeschel CFR.

None of this compares, however, to reading the New Testament. 🙂

Pax et Bonum,
 
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