The framework of this post-Easter journey which Pastor Mike has described is a sacred pause during the season and nurtures an Easter consciousness for the rest of life. The postbaptismal time of the catechumenate focuses on vocation in the world. Some other resources might be of interest to you. Each chapter concludes with four or five discussion questions. Two people called together to fulfil the mission that God has given them.
Marriage is a spiritual reality.
That is to say, a man and a woman come together for life, not joy because they experience deep love for each other, but because they believe that God loves each of them with an infinite love and has called them to each other to be living witnesses of that love. To love is to embody God's infinite love in a faithful communion with another human being. The Episcopal church also sent observers. Acknowledging that change is difficult, Morris sees the catechumenate as pushing churches beyond privatism and individualism and as a movement to nurture ministry with the laity. He said that the catechumenate presumes a community that lives by Gospel values and is, in a sense, an icon of what we have not yet become.