tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206524469710613848.post3738876881262435628..comments2023-05-26T10:59:51.133-05:00Comments on Roman Catholic Cop: Ima Let You Finish But: A Reflection on the 25th Sunday of Ordinary TimeJamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00240082655213917664noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206524469710613848.post-63090427339570262272009-09-21T09:11:59.028-05:002009-09-21T09:11:59.028-05:00Wow, Jamie! There's so much to unpack...
Wher...Wow, Jamie! There's so much to unpack...<br />Where to start...Push back "ready-or-not" 9th grade Confirmation? Change to a family-based model of religious education? Usually, parents need to care before children will. Without some kind of spiritual component to family life at home, our work as religious educators and ministers to youth can seem futile, if not impossible. Until the bishops wake up, like it or not, Confirmation will continue to be viewed as a rite of passage, after which teens don't feel compelled or obligated to darken our doors until the next sacrament (marriage, baptism of their children...). I currently have parents who are resentful that I have a youth program because it's not really "required" and their teens have other "important" commitments to attend to! However, I won't blame Vatican II for this situation. The post-Vatican II experience only proved that we weren't previously doing a great job of teaching, modeling or motivating a mature relationship with God. Teaching an affluent church to respond to God from primarily love rather than fear, is a more mature yet tougher sell. And I'm afraid we're globally not very good at it...yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com