I suspected that I would have fewer students this year due to the change in time – seven students were in class on Saturday, which is about half of what I would have gotten in previous years. Hopefully the Tuesday numbers make up the shortfall.
My favorite part of the class is getting to know the kids. I am not generally social, so my interaction in the parish is primarily with kids, either in CCD or the Drama Club. For you parents out there, you have a great deal to be proud of. They are truly a treasure.
Last Saturday was pretty much a review of some basics that will form the theme of our course of study this year – the work of grace through the church and in our lives. We went over the cardinal and the theological virtues, plus how grace works through sacraments.
I have gotten in the habit of starting class with the ‘Morning Offering’ – a prayer which states an intention to offer all thoughts, words and actions performed in the day to God. It makes a lot more sense to pray this at the beginning of the day than in the evening, but as no one had done it that day, we went ahead with it anyway. I will continue to do this, as I find the practice of bringing God closer to the present moment to be extremely valuable.
Homework for the class is always the same – read the chapter we will discuss in the upcoming class. This coming Saturday we will be going over chapter 1. Briefly, it will cover the concepts of revelation and faith. These concepts are related in the sense of an invitation, and the acceptance of that invitation. God ‘reveals’ something of himself, and our assent to that truth is what we call ‘faith’. The word itself comes from the Latin ‘revelatio’ which means an ‘unveiling’, which I find a particularly striking metaphor. We will cover these topics in depth, and also the prime modes of that revelation – Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, in class on Saturday...
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