I can only put it this way.
I teach RCIA for only one reason. Over the course of all those months from September until the Easter Vigil, I spend between 3 to 10 hours a week in preparation for my class, whether I have one student or 18. It doesn’t matter. I show up every week without fail, and spend two hours imparting as much as I can about Mother Church to those who come. I try hard to bring a love of the Eucharist, and solid Catechism to them.
Why?
Because of the Easter Vigil. It’s all because of those three hours. They are the most important three hours of those people’s lives. Ever. I get to witness a death to life experience! These people’s lives, through the grace of Baptism, will never be the same. The evening itself is a journey of salvation history, and it culminates in Salvation History of these people. The joy I see on their faces, the transformation is so real, that over the last 12 years I’ve done this, is the most amazing thing ever.
And now it will be your turn. LIVE this EASTER WEEK, walking in the footsteps of Christ, in real time. You will be sitting with Him at the last Supper. You will be there when He washes the feet of the aspostles. THen follow him into the Garden (Area of Repose) where you can cry with him, as he waits for the guards. Then Friday, notice when you walk into the church, without the presence of Our Lord in the Holy Eucharist, how UNALIVE it is. Christ is not present. You can feel the loss. Experience the Passion of our Lord, like never before. Then go home. Await with awe, excitement and trepidation, because the very next day, Saturday, you, along with Christ, will rise again, an adopted child of Our Lord. Never to be the same again. My prayers are with you.
