Living the Mysteries
Posted on April 29th, 2009
Living the Mysteries: A Guide for Unfinished Christians
Scott Hahn and Mike Aquilina
Published by Our Sunday Visitor
ISBN: 1931709122
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Designed as a daily devotional for those who have just been initiated through the R.C.I.A., this little book compilation of homilies for the Period of Mystagogy from eight of the Early Church Fathers: St. Ambrose, St. Augustine, St. Basil, St. Clement of Alexandria, St. Cyril of Jerusalem, St. Gregory of Nyssa, St. John Chrysostom, and St. Leo the Great.
50 passages are provided for the 50 days between Easter and Pentecost (or, for any other time of the year if you wish). These passages are taken from the Church’s great teachers and focus upon a relevant point of the mystical or moral life. Each passage is then followed by practical applications for allowing this reading to inspire one’s prayer life and daily actions. These snippets from these master catechists are truly Mystagogy (“Revelation of the Mysteries”) as they ponder the powerful implications of receiving the sacraments of initiation… ramifications that transform us and make us truly holy!
Daily titles include: (here are some examples)
- On the Power of Ordinary Things
- Passing Sinless through the Sea
- You Are Other Christs
- The Milk of Mother Church
- The Sacred Vine, the Eucharist
- A Nation of Priests
- Our Daily Bread
- Scandals and Sinners in the Church
- The Mystery of the Mass
- Pilgrims on Earth
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Mystagogy
Posted on March 16th, 2009
Download and read the PDF article titled: Deepening in the Graces Received – RCIA Catechesis in the Period of Post-Baptismal Catechesis or Mystagogy to learn about the final period of post-baptismal catechesis, which is called “Mystagogy.”
A quote from the above article:
“Mystagogy is properly situated after the reception of the sacraments because only then do our fledgling Catholics, the neophytes, have the grace to understand and appreciate the sacred mysteries of the Church in a more profound manner.”
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The Role of the Mystagogue
Posted on December 16th, 2008
Q. What is the role of the mystagogue in the mystagogy process?
A.The term mystagogue can be defined as “a person who initiates into mysteries” and comes from two Greek words: mystes “one initiated into the mysteries” and agogos “leading, a leader.”
In the early Church, this concept was used to describe the bishop who gave what are known as “Mystagogical Homilies” – exhortations given to the newly baptized regarding the sacraments they had received at the Easter Vigil. One of the most famous of these mystagogical works is On the Mysteries by St. Ambrose of Milan. [Click here to read the rest of this entry… » ]
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