tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363386783603165972.post4005309822859625706..comments2023-03-29T10:36:46.892-05:00Comments on izyperspective: Little Gems No.2Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363386783603165972.post-1803669621379475572009-12-28T18:42:40.471-06:002009-12-28T18:42:40.471-06:00Merry Christmas to you, Maria! Thanks for checking...Merry Christmas to you, Maria! Thanks for checking back in. My experience with many craddle Catholics isn't that they don't live their faith faithfully, but that they generally can't (neither can I)give cogent accounts of their beliefs. This is why I love these "little gems": they don't appologize, they teach "with authority." Period. Appologetics are necessaryizyperspectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00728661231903520375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363386783603165972.post-14021421782284240282009-12-28T15:20:11.202-06:002009-12-28T15:20:11.202-06:00I am sorry it has taken me so long to get back to ...I am sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you. Thanks for the response. It is ironic, but, I could not have been raised in a more Catholic family--all men educated by Jesuits. I was educated by the Madames of the Sacred Heart,both of my mother's sisters were nuns. And yet. And yet... I did not know any of the above, as you listed, well I knew some, until I read my Grandmother's Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02704944620839677383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363386783603165972.post-41442327101485625352009-12-07T22:23:03.890-06:002009-12-07T22:23:03.890-06:00Maria, I honestly don't remember what I learne...Maria, I honestly don't remember what I learned in RCIA. Yes they did teach the Sacraments,Church history,Mary and the saints etc. Topics such as church precepts,sins and virtues, coporal/spiritual good works, etc. were not included. My overall impression of the RCIA program was inch deep and mile long. Bless the hearts of the people who run it, they all want to make an impact. I don't izyperspectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00728661231903520375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363386783603165972.post-67776564814377201932009-12-06T23:36:49.647-06:002009-12-06T23:36:49.647-06:00Are you saying that RCIA does NOT teach these fund...Are you saying that RCIA does NOT teach these fundamentals?<br />MariaMariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02704944620839677383noreply@blogger.com