Nick and I are on a trip to Europe, currently in Paris. And all along the way, we’ve been noticing how traveling in a different country relates closely to the journey seekers make in the catechumenate process.
In this video post, Nick and Diana explore three practical ways that you can help make the catechumens’ journey of faith one that leads to lifelong conversion and discipleship. For those who have never had a relationship with Jesus, the Christian way of life can feel like a foreign country. Learn three ways to help seekers navigate the Christian culture and gradually become fluent in the Catholic faith.
What are your thoughts?
We’d love to know how this video is helping you. Can you share a word or a phrase about how it resonates with you? Does it speak to your experience? Or challenge you some way? What other connections can you make between your last vacation or trip and the journey that your seekers are currently making? Share your thoughts in the comments box below. Thanks for being part of the conversion!
4 thoughts on “What traveling teaches us about the journey of faith”
Bob Cushing
Delightful episode! Thanks for sharing your trip to Paris thru the lense of the OCIA Catechist!
My “word” for what you shared is simply “pilgrimage.” And the axiom for me during these closing weeks of the year of pilgrimage of hope is that “it’s not the arrival but the ‘getting there’ that is most important.” Staying in the present moment to behold the beauty of being with our companions who unfold the mystery of their own journeys washes over me into a new awareness of the gifts of the Spirit. Being “on pilgrimage” means embracing the flow of my own conversion into the life of God’s eternal now with those I am honored to accompany. Even though I am on this journey to a sacred place for the sake of my own conversion, it’s the “getting there” with others not so much the arrival that matters.
May everywhere you go be pilgrimage!
Peace!
What a beautiful reflection, Bob! Thank you so much for sharing it. Your thoughts enrich my own journey, and I’m grateful you are on this pilgrimage of faith with all of us who accompany catechumens. Thank you!
Loved the Journey video. Ah, Paris! Balance the destination focus with the experiences on the way. Be attentive to the languages – ours and theirs – and the cultures.
Oui, Paris! Being here taught us so much about what you shared–being attentive to both the destination and the way. Thank you for sharing your response, Liz!
Delightful episode! Thanks for sharing your trip to Paris thru the lense of the OCIA Catechist!
My “word” for what you shared is simply “pilgrimage.” And the axiom for me during these closing weeks of the year of pilgrimage of hope is that “it’s not the arrival but the ‘getting there’ that is most important.” Staying in the present moment to behold the beauty of being with our companions who unfold the mystery of their own journeys washes over me into a new awareness of the gifts of the Spirit. Being “on pilgrimage” means embracing the flow of my own conversion into the life of God’s eternal now with those I am honored to accompany. Even though I am on this journey to a sacred place for the sake of my own conversion, it’s the “getting there” with others not so much the arrival that matters.
May everywhere you go be pilgrimage!
Peace!
What a beautiful reflection, Bob! Thank you so much for sharing it. Your thoughts enrich my own journey, and I’m grateful you are on this pilgrimage of faith with all of us who accompany catechumens. Thank you!
Loved the Journey video. Ah, Paris! Balance the destination focus with the experiences on the way. Be attentive to the languages – ours and theirs – and the cultures.
Oui, Paris! Being here taught us so much about what you shared–being attentive to both the destination and the way. Thank you for sharing your response, Liz!