We had our first outing for 2025 and Deacon Alex, Sally, Barbara and myself along with Jose who has evangelized with us before met and had a very fruitful day.  Our focus for the next couple of months is on the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist.  This is the source and summit of the Catholic Faith and with our beautiful sign of Christ at the Last Supper and our handout on the Eucharist noting where in the Bible Jesus speaks of His body as "bread" this is how we  began our day.

One of the first encounters that we had was with a couple and she grew up in the Catholic Faith but was going to a nondenominational church.  I was able to engage her in conversation and show her our handout with the Bible references especially to John 6 and tell her that Catholics take the word of Jesus regarding the Eucharist literally, and with all humility we believe what He says is true.  On the back of the handout, I had listed four Catholic churches in the area with addresses and phone numbers and I encouraged her to return to the Catholic Faith.  After this, I prayed with her and her husband who had just started a new business and they left with the information that was provided to them.

We were well equipped with rosaries, Miraculous Medals, religious medals of saints, brochures, holy cards, and holy water.  Many of these items had been blessed.  We meet with people from all walks of life, old and young and pray with them, encourage them and give them hope.  One encounter that was especially beautiful was when one of our evangelists approached a young man to offer him a holy card.  This young man was apparently autistic and at first rejected what she offered him.  But, with her patience, kindness and warm smile, he responded with trust and having broken through his barriers, he took a Saint Michael medal and seemed relaxed and happy.

It was such a great day of evangelizing and we look forward to going out again soon.