Here are the readings that go with this week’s RCIA session: If you prefer to watch Videos then scroll on down!
PLEASE NOTE: The readings for this session are longer than usual.
PART A:
- #145 – consecrated life [1 page]
- #248 to #259 – the Sacrament of Ordination [6 pages]
- #260 to #271 – the Sacrament of Marriage [7 pages]
PART B:
- #400 to #425 – love, sexuality, chastity, and the gift of children [14 pages]
NB the numbers (#) refer to paragraph numbers in the YouCat and not to page numbers. The number in [square brackets] at the end tells you roughly how long this passage is in terms of the pages you need to read (excluding picture pages).
If you have more time, and if you want to go deeper into the topic of this session, you can follow up by exploring the longer Catechism of the Catholic Church. See the standard online version here, and a digital “flip-book” edition here. Here are the readings that go with this week’s Sycamore session:
- #897 to #945 – the vocation of lay people, and Consecrated Life
- #1536 to #1600 – the Sacrament of Ordination
- #1601 to #1666 – the Sacrament of Marriage
- #2331 to #2400 – love, sexuality, chastity, children, and faithfulness in marriage
NB the numbers (#) refer to paragraph numbers in the Catechism and not to page numbers. Click on the links themselves to read the paragraphs in the online version.
WISDOM FROM THE BIBLE
Ephesians 4:11-13
“The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ.”
Genesis 1:27-28
“So God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them, and God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.”
Matthew 19:4-6
Jesus says: “Have you not read that the one who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female’, and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.’”
Mark 1:16-18
“As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake—for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, ‘Follow me and I will make you fish for people.’ And immediately they left their nets and followed him”
Mark 3:13-15
“Jesus went up the mountain and called to him those whom he wanted, and they came to him. And he appointed twelve, whom he also named apostles, to be with him, and to be sent out to proclaim the message, and to have authority to cast out demons.”
1 Cor 7:32-34
“The unmarried man is anxious about the affairs of the Lord, how to please the Lord; but the married man is anxious about the affairs of the world, how to please his wife, and his interests are divided. And the unmarried woman and the virgin are anxious about the affairs of the Lord, so that they may be holy in body and spirit; but the married woman is anxious about the affairs of the world, how to please her husband.”