I have a 31 year old RCIA catechumen who's going to de received into the Church and married to a Catholic woman in a month. Speeding along so he'll get all his lessons before the Big Day.
I've been giving him special assignments and recommending all sorts of prayer experiences, including silent payer in the Adoration Chapel.
Very bright guy, loads of academic and technical training (he's in medical technology) --- doesn't see why he has to memorize the Ten Commandments.
What??
Well, I'm trying to inspire him with the vision that Catholicism is VAST and God Himself INCOMPARABLY VASTER STILL, and His TRUTH is like a two-edged sword separating bone and marrow. And he's skimming along ---
Well, he'll be received for sure, because he's getting married and this is something on his list to check off with his black felt-tip pen.
And he's young. I hope he'll keep growing.
How I wish I could find a way to convey this: God wants your whole mind! He can fill it! He wants your heart! Give it into His hands, the only safe place for your heart to be.
This offten happens when a big life milestone such as getting married or a sibling is going to become a parent and one is invited to become a god parrent to the new baby. Where I live there is classes to prepare Catholic adults who have not been confirmed to prepare them twice ayear.
God bless you as you seek to carryout the Great Commission!
It is a nearly impossible task to have ten or twelve weeks of intensity make up for ten or twelve years of neglect; especially since much of the faith cannot really be taught but can only be “caught”.
**And he’s young. I hope he’ll keep growing.**
Do you have someone else who can be an orthodox and true Catholic teacher for the neophytes?