RCIA 10/23 "Come follow me"

On Sunday October 23, we conclude four weeks of introducing the Church. Introducing the Church by how sees herself, not how social media and pop culture see her.

We have enjoyed 4 parts of the Catholicism series created by Bishop Robert Barron. Hearing the mission of Jesus Christ without secular commentary is a moving experience. It cannot help but touch us emotionally, spiritually, and intellectually. The Good News of Jesus Christ spoken clearly without doubts and in faith moves us deeply. It moves us to act.

An analogy of the walk to faith, is to find yourself unexpectedly on a large ship in the ocean. After the initial shock, you ask yourself basic and practical questions. Where am I? How did I get here? Where am I going? Why am I here? These are not only spontaneous questions in your dream, but they are also profound questions in each person’s life. 

When we ask these questions, we are motivated to get answers. In fact, we ask questions with premise that we expect that there are answers. We will accept only the truth. It is surprising to us to find that it is not we who start this search for truth, but that Jesus initiated it first. In St. John’s Gospel, Jesus reassures his disciples that it was not them who found him by chance, but it was he that sought them out.

“You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.” (John 15:16).

When we ask, “ Where am I? Why am I here?” The answer is, we are where we are meant to be and that Jesus is seeking us and is calling us, “Come follow me.”

-Frank Miller, RCIA Director

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