Five weeks after they completed the Sacraments of Initiation, we invited our newly-minted adult Catholics to share a meal with us last night. Accompanied by their spouses, their sponsors and in some cases their families, they sat at table along with the members of the RCIA formation team to break bread.
Colin managed to make it, after his shift, and met his wife (not pictured) who had also joined us, along with his sponsor and his sponsor's wife. Unfortunately, their little one did not come to this party; she had a party of her own to attend.
Fresh in their minds were the moments that led up to the Easter Vigil, and the fulfillment of their journey (thus far) in faith. Like Jesus gathering with the disciples on the seashore after his resurrection, we too sat at table to break bread.
Kim and her fiancé will be married later this year. In the meanwhile, she came to this party with her sponsor (who happens to be her fiancé's grandfather), her fiancé and their little one, who stole the show of course. There were also two other neophytes who could not join us last night. We missed them, and look forward to the next encounter we will have with them both.
Even as we recounted memories of the Easter Vigil, and then told of the encounter in Rome with the faithful who had gathered there for the Beatification of Blessed John Paul II, it was not unlike what the encounters of the early Christians must have been like: sharing adventures and moments of faith lived and celebrated. What a wonderful way to strengthen the seeds of faith that have been sown. May they continue to grow within until they reach fruition in heaven.
Colin managed to make it, after his shift, and met his wife (not pictured) who had also joined us, along with his sponsor and his sponsor's wife. Unfortunately, their little one did not come to this party; she had a party of her own to attend.
Fresh in their minds were the moments that led up to the Easter Vigil, and the fulfillment of their journey (thus far) in faith. Like Jesus gathering with the disciples on the seashore after his resurrection, we too sat at table to break bread.
Kim and her fiancé will be married later this year. In the meanwhile, she came to this party with her sponsor (who happens to be her fiancé's grandfather), her fiancé and their little one, who stole the show of course. There were also two other neophytes who could not join us last night. We missed them, and look forward to the next encounter we will have with them both.
Even as we recounted memories of the Easter Vigil, and then told of the encounter in Rome with the faithful who had gathered there for the Beatification of Blessed John Paul II, it was not unlike what the encounters of the early Christians must have been like: sharing adventures and moments of faith lived and celebrated. What a wonderful way to strengthen the seeds of faith that have been sown. May they continue to grow within until they reach fruition in heaven.
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