Boise, ID
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The following comes to us from team leader Lucy with our team in Boise, ID:
God seriously wants us saved. So, thank you again for your prayers for the Boise Catholic street evangelization effort.
Two women stopped at the table just as we were setting up. The talkative woman said she was familiar with the Rosary because she had been raised Catholic. Her husband, though, was not Catholic and, when their children were little, they decided to raise them in a non-Catholic Christian church where there were more activities for the kids. When the evangelists encouraged her to consider returning to the Church and the Sacraments, she replied that she had been having that urge already, and had even been thinking she needed to learn how to pray the Rosary. Besides the Rosary and its pamphlet on how to pray it, we gave her a map to area parishes and recommended a retreat she could attend that would help her get reconnected with the Church. She stayed to talk for some time and was heartened to hear that she was allowed to go to Mass, and afterwards attend the non-Catholic Christian service with her husband. Please pray she heeds the call from the Holy Spirit and returns to the Catholic Church.
Meanwhile, Nancy talked with the first woman’s friend, who attends a non-Catholic Christian church very near Nancy’s own parish. Both church buildings were built in the early 20th century. They talked about the beauty of older churches and its stained glass, but then the conversation started dragging. The evangelist picked up an Our Lady Undoer of Knots holy card from the table, and told her about Pope Francis’ devotion and how Our Lady prays for us to follow her Son, Jesus. She accepted the card. Lord, please draw her ever closer to You!
One of the evangelists walked across the square to see what a new sign said. As he was returning, he passed a large group (two single moms and several children) that had just passed our table and declined the offer of a free Rosary. As the evangelist went by them, though, he overheard one woman say to the other, “This reminds me: I gotta get praying again.” The evangelists took heart that, even when people decline a Rosary, the call to prayer is being communicated just by our offer. Pray that this particular woman follows through on her intention to pray. May she seek and find a deep, intimate, and personal connection with her Lord and Savior in prayer.
About halfway through our session, a palpable sense of peace settled over the business park. Thank you, Jesus! And thank you again for your prayer support – God heard you!
Praised be Jesus Christ!