tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1700454247539993174.post7449302706331019491..comments2024-03-01T12:06:01.520-05:00Comments on joy in the morning: Wondering Wednesday: Order of SacramentsJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08553760391176072177noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1700454247539993174.post-43516735513905610132011-07-15T09:36:43.523-04:002011-07-15T09:36:43.523-04:00The talk about reordering the sacraments has been ...The talk about reordering the sacraments has been around for years. There's a cultural order to it now--you know, Communion used to be before Reconciliation. Maybe it still is in places, but they've smooshed it all into the second grade year here.<br /><br />The Eucharist is meant to be the summation of all the Sacraments of Initiation; the theology developed in the early Church when people were entering as adults. People who join via RCIA still receive the sacraments in that order: baptism/reconciliation (depending on whether or not they were baptized as other denominational Christians), then at Easter Vigil is Confirmation and finally, Eucharist--the sum of it all.<br /><br />It makes sense theologically, but in practical terms I'm with you; how do you make kids wait till high school to receive Communion, and how can you ask a young child to make an adult profession of faith? Even HSers are often going through Confirmation for the wrong reasons. Among liturgy circles, we tend to call Confirmation the sacrament without a theology. :)<br /><br />I shrug philosophically about it all...maturation of faith is a lifelong process regardless of what age you receive the Sacraments, right?Kathleen@so much to sayhttp://www.kathleenbasi.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1700454247539993174.post-59117938890060489832011-07-13T08:08:33.139-04:002011-07-13T08:08:33.139-04:00There's a lot of food for thought in that arti...There's a lot of food for thought in that article, isn't there? I keep hearing of more bishops wanting the younger age for confirmation; I'm not totally sure of what I think of it all.Catholic Mutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10254315970336710941noreply@blogger.com