Jerry Pare’, Catechumenate Guy
Category Archives: Catechumenate
Ash Wednesday: Invitation to a Holy Lent
“Dear People of God: The first Christians observed with greatdevotion the days of our Lord’s passion and resurrection, andit became the custom of the Church to prepare for them by a season of penitence and fasting. This season of Lent provided a … Continue reading
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The Transfiguration — Mark 9:2-9
2 Kings 2: 1-12 — Elijah’s Ascent in a whirlwind: I want to say a few words about this passage before moving on to the related Gospel passage. This is another vivid Hebrew Scripture story. There are a number of … Continue reading
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Mark 1:29-39 — Being pushed and pulled
So Jesus goes to Simon and Andrew’s house. James and John go along. (These four are the only named disciples at this time.) Jesus heals Simon’s mother-in-law. “He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up.” (A … Continue reading
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Tagged Job, Mark, Ministry
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The Monastic Way–The Catechumenate Way
The Slow Work of God —Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Above all, trust in the slow work of God.We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay.We should like to skip the intermediate stages.We are impatient of … Continue reading
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Tagged church history, monasticism
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Epiphany 4: Mark 1:21-28
On the Sabbath Jesus does what most Jewish men do. He goes to the synagogue to read the Torah and Prophets and to pray. This was in Capernaum and he was traveling, presumably with those he had called earlier to … Continue reading
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Tagged authority, teaching
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Be silent and let God be God
I’ve done several things recently related to spiritual growth. At the counsel of my pastor, I have sought out a spiritual director and I have started reading Richard Rohr. I think the first will be helpful. We haven’t met except … Continue reading
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Baptism — Mark 1: 4-11
This is the first Sunday of Epiphany. We celebrate the Baptism of our Lord. This is one of the Sundays of the year that we explicitly focus on baptism. This is one of the Sundays of the year when I … Continue reading
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Inwardly Digest: The Prayer Book as a Guide to a Spiritual Life
One of my current pursuits is to develop a more spiritual path in catechumenate ministry. I am looking for personal guides as well as those that I can use in the catechumenate. Inwardly Digest caught my attention because of its … Continue reading
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Changes in the Book of Occasional Services
This is an article that I wrote for the Journey to Baptismal Living e-news. It is longer than most of my posts: In general, the language in the 2018 BOS instructions is more pastoral than that of the 1988 version. In … Continue reading
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The Grain and the Weeds — Mt 13: 24 – 30
This Sunday (Seventh Sunday after Pentecost) we hear the Parable of the good seeds, the wheat, being choked by the weeds. The pericope skips verse 31-35. There are two more parables, that of the yeast and that of the mustard … Continue reading
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