We get this question a lot, usually because there’s some misunderstanding about what goes on after the dismissal from the Eucharist. The description in the ritual text itself in paragraph 67A discusses sharing joy and spiritual experiences. But what does that mean? Free webinar: The Order of Christian Initiation of Adults training series
What happens after the dismissal of the catechumens?
You can reflect questions for every Sunday of the year by clicking here.TransfigurationBackground: We read this week the last of three interconnected episodes in the gospel: Jesus’s baptism, temptation, and now transfiguration. What links them is that they deal with the meaning of his being the beloved Son/Servant. We have seen how he has struggled
Reflection questions for RCIA seekers: Transfiguration through the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
We often get questions asking, “Do we really have to do the dismissal? Couldn’t we just do them once in a while, or maybe just during Lent?” If you and your team have ever asked this question, take some time with us during this video to step back and think about what it means to
Why is the dismissal so important?
You can reflect questions for every Sunday of the year by clicking here.The 13th Sunday in Ordinary TimeBackground: This is the concluding section of the “sermon” about what it means to be a person who lives and proclaims the gospel values of Jesus.Which one of Jesus’s statements here scares you the most? Which one comforts
Reflection questions for RCIA seekers: Year A – The 13th through 17th Sundays in Ordinary Time
You can reflect questions for every Sunday of the year by clicking here.Trinity SundayBackground: Grace, love, fellowship—these words from the end of this Sunday’s selection from 2 Corinthians provide the common threads that runs throughout all the readings. Today’s focus is not on the inner relationships among the Persons of the Trinity but upon their
Fifth Sunday of EasterBackground: We are used to the chronology of Luke where in his gospel and in Acts, Jesus’s resurrection, ascension, and sending of the Spirit are separate events across weeks of time. In John’s gospel the lifting up of Jesus on the cross is the beginning of his glorification: resurrection, ascension, and the
Reflection questions for RCIA seekers: Year A – The 5th Sunday of Easter through Pentecost
Palm Sunday — MatthewBackground: Christian liturgy is not a play reenacting past events but a living celebration of the inner meaning of those events so that it comes alive in us today. As the oldest Palm Sunday hymn says: “To you before your passion they sang their hymns of praise. To you, now high exalted,
Reflection questions for RCIA seekers: Year A – Palm Sunday through the 4th Sunday of Easter
The 2nd Sunday in LentBackground: We read this week the last of three interconnected episodes in the gospel: Jesus’s baptism, temptation, and now transfiguration. What links them is that they deal with the meaning of his being the beloved Son/Servant. We have seen how he has struggled to understand the meaning of his Sonship; now
The 5th Sunday of Ordinary TimeBackground: The Sermon on the Mount continues; we are once again being taught the basics of life in God’s kingdom/reign. And they are not about kosher ordinances or other do’s and don’t’s but about love in action—which is why this selection from Isaiah was chosen to parallel this Gospel. And
The 2nd Sunday of Ordinary TimeBackground: Ordinary Time gets its name because each year one of the three synoptic gospels is read “in order” starting with the Baptism of the Lord which marks the end of the Advent-Christmas-Epiphany season and going on through 34 Sundays to Christ the King. Only Lent-Easter-Pentecost interrupt the steady progress.Yet
Reflection Questions for RCIA Seekers: Year A – The 2nd through 4th Sundays of Ordinary Time
