Philadelphia, PA
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The following report comes to us from team leader Nancy with our team in Lower Bucks County, PA:
Our team was blessed to evangelize twice last month. Early in May, a new team member Aggie went with me to Doylestown and set up near the Farmers Market. We first attended Mass and then drove to the borough. Confession was offered beforehand, which was good to prepare for our work for the Lord. It was rainy and towards the end of the time for the farmer’s market, but we met some people and gave away quite a few sacramentals.
A young man named Vincent stopped to speak and pray, noting that everyone can use a prayer. We invited him to check out Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the nearby parish, and noted Mass times and to look for Aggie. It is so important that non-Catholics know that anyone is welcome to come into our Church for Mass. Vincent had never attended a Catholic Mass before and we hoped that he would take up our invitation.
Later, a woman passed us and exclaimed that we were wasting our time praying to a “made-up God” and “didn’t we have better things to do?” Aggie and I prayed the Hail Mary for her atheist heart to soften. We were pretty amazed when she came back and asked if we knew that the tree behind us was called a Frill tree. It was a beautiful tree. She said that we probably thought that God made that beautiful tree. We agreed. She spoke of many of the other trees and their names and importance. She asked where we came from and Aggie mentioned that he lived in the area for over 10 years and attended the local Catholic Church and asked if she knew of it. She said yes, her friend had gone there for many years and recently stopped. We told her that she should tell her friend to come back, that it’s a beautiful parish and that she could come also if she ever wanted to check it out. She asked if the team would be back again. We told her we hoped to come again. Please pray for:
Vincent: general intention
Amber and Oscar: for their health and life
Susan: to grow in faith of Jesus and His Church
Ahmed: for his health