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St. Paul on Catechesis: A Dialogue of Salvation

Authored by Fr. Alfred McBride in Issue #29.4 of The Sower
If St. Paul were visiting us her today, what advice would he give to catechists? Dynamic catechesis is a dialogue of salvation. In this sacred conversation we share the revelation of Jesus Christ and invite our hearers to faith. Catechesis is an act of communication. It is a form of communion with others. Among other examples of catechesis in the New Testament, I draw your attention to three of them in Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians. Paul involves himself personally and passionately with people. He speaks. He listens. He persuades. He testifies. He trusts enthusiastically in the power of the Spirit to convince his listeners. If he were visiting us today, I think he would inspire us to use the following guidelines for catechesis. Share the theology of the Cross Illumine the hope of the Resurrection Explain the Power of the Eucharist

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