I’m dating this post for January 2015 but, quite frankly, I’m not sure when I wrote it. Let’s just say that the time gap between earlier regular postings and this post as well as the time span after this to my next posting in 2020 means a long time from using this post for what it’s meant to be: reflections primarily on catechumenate ministry and also on other matters (as reflected in the various categories).
I haven’t written in a very long time. Open heart surgery, time away from the drama of Trinity’s catechumenate and not being able to participate in the 2013 catechumenate are my excuses. Anway, I will enter a reflection I wrote for the NAAC monthly newsletter. It involves surrendering leadership of our catechumenate team to other very competent members of the team. Right now, some points upon which to reflect: 1) From therule of St.Benedict: “Do not grant newcomers to the monastic life an easy entry, but, as the Apostle says, ‘Test the spirits to see if they are from God.’ (1 John 4:1)” Opening words of Rule of St. Benedict, chpt 58 2) Christopher Webber, in Welcome to Sunday links the early catechumenate with Lent and points out that the 3 years of the early catechumenate matches our current standards 3 year formation process for ordination [link with baptism as the primal sacrament of ordination].
