Receptus
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Erica was received as a catechumen last night. A fascinating coincidence of events brought a catechumen into our parish last night, as well. She expressed to me exactly the same fears that Erica expresses on her blog, and they resonate with my own fears when I myself faced the forkéd paths. In fact, I have had to face them twice — once when leaving Canterbury for Rome and then again when taking the ship from Rome to Byzantium. The first turning was not so bad, since it seemed natural and logical. The second was awful — “having accepted the Magisterium of Rome, will I be held culpable on the last day for leaving the Bark of Peter?” That was my main fear. “What if I just damned myself?” Erica asks. I resonate completely.
If catechumens did not question their decision, question their very ability to make it, I would be suspicious. All is as it should be. Many years to both, and welcome home!