Allow me a little historical lack of pin point accuracy. Lets imagine we are travelling back in time to the year 15AD. A young teenager has been separated from his parents on a visit to Jerusalem. They eventually find him in the local temple. His mothers sighs in relief, saying: "Where have you been, you naughty boy..." He stared back calmly and said: "... I am about my Father's business".
As a life long Christian, I quietly celebrated the 60th anniversary of my baptism on 6th November 2015, which, incidentally, is my older brother's birthday. My date of birth fell on Sunday 4th September 1955.
On 20th April 1975 I participated in my first communion in the Advents Kerk in Aerdenhout {Dutch Reformed Church}. My preparation and catechism was conducted by an Anglican priest, acting as part time school chaplain of my British Alma Mater in Scotland.
In 2011 {Saturday Easter vigil} I was received as a catholic. Once more my catechism was supervised by a former anglican priest, now serving as pastor of a catholic community in South West London.
THE POINT AT ISSUE IS SIMPLE
We are all children of one God…. The oldest motto favoured by Christianity and Judaism is: “Hear, oh Israel, the Lord thy God, the Lord is one”
2015 and going forward
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The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is a process developed by the Catholic Church for prospective converts to Catholicism who are above the age of infant baptism.
During my RCIA preparations (Sept 2009 - March 2011) I was shown the finer side of catholic rituals and sacraments. As a former reformed christian, the prospect was both exciting and daunting, because of the credo and discipline handed down through 2000 years of human history from St Peter to Pope Francis.
In future, I will set aside enough time to write shorter blogs on a range of topics as a result of my carefully nurtured involvement with local communities and interest groups, religious and secular charities.
We are all children of one God…. The oldest motto favoured by Christianity and Judaism is: “Hear, oh Israel, the Lord thy God, the Lord is one”
2015 and going forward
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is a process developed by the Catholic Church for prospective converts to Catholicism who are above the age of infant baptism.
During my RCIA preparations (Sept 2009 - March 2011) I was shown the finer side of catholic rituals and sacraments. As a former reformed christian, the prospect was both exciting and daunting, because of the credo and discipline handed down through 2000 years of human history from St Peter to Pope Francis.
In future, I will set aside enough time to write shorter blogs on a range of topics as a result of my carefully nurtured involvement with local communities and interest groups, religious and secular charities.
