Conversion
‘Mount Tabor’ Experiences
Father Jeffrey Kirby Comments Off on ‘Mount Tabor’ Experiences
This month, as we liturgically celebrate the feast of the Transfiguration, we are reminded of the very first Mount Tabor experience. As Peter, James and John saw and felt the glory of the Lord Jesus, so each of us in our own ways has undergone such moments in our own walk with the Lord. Such Read More
‘Turning, Turning’
Father Carmen Mele Comments Off on ‘Turning, Turning’
In Matthew’s Gospel, after Jesus preaches by the sea and feeds the multitude, a telling encounter occurs. Walking on water, he meets his disciples who are in a boat. Jesus is buoyed up by faith, which allowed him to perform the priestly services of preaching and feeding. Faith in the Scriptures means solidity, a firm Read More
The Paradigm Shifts for Successful RCIA
Nick Wagner Comments Off on The Paradigm Shifts for Successful RCIA
In the winter of 1990, I was sitting on a cold folding chair in the basement of a rural Minnesota church. There were a half-dozen other hearty souls gathered in a circle with me, most of us bent over Styrofoam cups of weak coffee trying to keep warm. I was the brand-new director of worship Read More