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THE RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS
RCIARCIA
The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
POPE FRANCIS: “IN TIMES OF TROUBLE, CALL ON THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS”
PPs
UNDERSTANDING CATHOLIC DEVOTION TO THE SAINTS
& THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Church of St Francis Xavier, PJ
4 & 5 Oct. 2014
•Do Catholics pray to saints?•Why pray to Saints? Is it not better
to pray to God direct?• Is prayer to saints / Mary biblical?•Should people pray to Mary and
dead saints?•Wouldn't God be angry with us for
praying to saints instead of directly to Him?
•“Why do you pray to the saints when God forbids us to worship anyone but Him?
RCIA – JOURNEY – QUEST-IONS!
• Isn't sainthood man-made? •How does the Church choose
saints?•When did the Church start honoring
saints?•What is a patron saint?•How do we know they become
saints in heaven and that they are recognized as saints by God?
• Why do Catholics have statues?• Doesn't the First Commandment
forbid the use of "graven images"?• Is keeping statues or pictures of
saints idolatry?
CATHOLIC DEVOTIONTO SAINTS
9.15 am: Talk 1 – “Unity & “Communion of Saints” (1)
10.30 am - Tea Break
11.00 am: Talk 2 - “Unity & “Communion of Saints” (2)
12.00 pm - Reflection & Sharing
12.30 pm - Lunch
1.30 pm - Praise & Worship
2.00 pm: Talk 3 – Worship & Devotion to SaintsWho is a Saint? Called to be Saints?
3.30 pm - Tea Break
4.00 pm: Talk 4 – Saints & Statues/Relics
5.00 pm: End
“The witnesses who have preceded us into the kingdom, especially those whom the Church recognizes as saints, share in the living tradition of prayer by the example of their lives, the transmission of their writings, and their prayer today.
They contemplate God, praise him and constantly care for those whom they have left on earth. When they entered into the joy of their Master, they were "put in charge of many things."
Their intercession is their most exalted service to God's plan. We can and should ask them to intercede for us and for the whole world.”
(Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2683)