Basilisa Marie Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Friends! What's ONE really important thing people should learn about being a Catholic, in RCIA? Easter's early this year. I have limited time. What shouldn't I leave out? What do they really need to understand about being Catholic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopefulHeart Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 That Jesus is fully present (body, blood, soul, and divinity) in the Eucharist, and that Catholics have the incredibly amesome privilege of being united with Him through the worthy reception of Holy Communion. That's pretty basic, but it's what came to mind first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice_nine Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 They should know it's not a way to make friends! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximilianus Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Suffering (redemptive, acceptance of, etc.) "Cross, toil, anguish: such will be your lot as long as you live. That was the way Christ went, and the disciple is not above his Master" St. Josemaría Escrivá Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luigi Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Scripture AND tradition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Part 4 of the Catechism. In my RCIA class I think the priest spent about a total of 1 hour on it - but I think that section is way more important than any of the theology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not The Philosopher Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 How to make a good examination of conscience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancilla Domini Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 (edited) How we don't worship statues. Edited September 25, 2015 by Ancilla Domini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarysLittleFlower Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 That Jesus is fully present (body, blood, soul, and divinity) in the Eucharist, and that Catholics have the incredibly amesome privilege of being united with Him through the worthy reception of Holy Communion. That's pretty basic, but it's what came to mind first. This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seven77 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 It all seems to come down to one thing for me…union with God. Everything about being Catholic all points to that In one way or another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dUSt Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 The Church always has an answer. The universal nature of the church, along with her 2,000 year history, allows us to look to her for all of life's questions--and unlike many Christian churches, we are not re-inventing the wheel over and over again. Been there, done that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Might Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazeingstar Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 I would say it's not just one thing to remember. Catholicism isn't a set of laws that are to be lived by or DOOM! They are a set of answers that give the opportunity for the greatest fiat. Do not do, or understand, or practice because of a rule, love first and out of that love follow the guidelines that God has set. Just like you would follow the rules of someone you love despite your lack of understanding why those rules are set. It's like enduring the stickiness of an Italian Great Grandmother's plastic-covered couch of a 5th floor walk up in August with no air conditioner...you may not understand the rule, but Great Grandmother wants to keep her couch protected so any sacrifice for her (including the feeling of your skin peeling off upon getting up) is not too much to endure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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