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Religion: Hardwired Human Need - 2024-06-09

June 16, 2024

Religion, the right worship of God, is a need that Our Creator placed within us. Providentially, God also taught us how He wants to be worshiped. So, thank you again for your prayers for the Boise Catholic street evangelization effort.

All three convention centers in “our business park” were being used for an international gathering of the wives’ association of an organization to which Catholics are forbidden to belong (because of their incorrect teachings about God). Most of the many, many women were dressed very nicely in long dresses with jewelry. Unfortunately, of the small handful who stopped to receive a Rosary, at least two professed to be Catholic. Still, I set them up with a Rosary and encouraged them to pray it daily.

One non-Catholic Christian woman told me she is an organist for her liturgical church on the opposite side of the country. She declined taking a Rosary, but told the story of how she got her daughter and friend into the church building, asking them to “test the volume of the pipe organ”. May God restore the younger women’s faith.

Another woman decided to stop for a Rosary. At first, she seemed as if she would give me a friendly no. But then she recalled that, when she was young, a Catholic friend had given her a Rosary. But something had happened, and she didn’t have it anymore. I offered her a replacement. She decided that, since she had suddenly remembered the lost Rosary after all these years, she would accept one of ours. Then she told me that her daughter had recently died from an overdose of a pain management drug, and that she planned to set up the Rosary by her daughter’s picture. May her daughter’s soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

Two women in their late teens or early 20s stopped when one of them wanted a Rosary. She said she was very familiar with the devotion, but her friend was not. The friend also was not Christian. So, e. Lucy explained the Rosary meditations as a way to get to know Who Jesus is. She also gave the woman a copy of our Good News/kerygma pamphlet.

A man declined a Rosary, declaring he served other gods, naming a northern-European origin of his religion. He tried to convince me that Christmas was taken from their mid-winter holiday, but wasn’t willing to hear our answer to that old lie. May the one true God draw him to Himself and heal him!

“The merchant” strode quickly up, pushing his walker ahead of himself. He offered me a banana, which I declined. He asked for a Rosary, which I declined to give him. Since he at least pretends to not understand English, I don’t feel confident that he understands that blessed Rosaries are neither to be sold nor traded. Lord, have mercy!

After record-breaking heat during the two preceding days, God moderated the weather for our session. A cloud cover protected us from the baking sun, while a pleasant breeze played around the edges. Since this made the weather relatively pleasant, there were lots of people out and about. (Thank you, God!) Altogether, I gave away 15-20 Rosaries and the pamphlet on how to pray it, 2 Good News/kerygma pamphlets, and 2 Our Lady Untier of Knots prayer cards.

Please pray for us again today? Ask God to send people to us with hearts prepared to perceive their need for Our Savior Jesus Christ and His Holy Catholic Church, and that much good fruit for His Kingdom comes of today’s efforts.

Sin renders us spiritually “wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked” (cf. Rev 3:17) and confusion about whom and how to worship follows. So, thank you again for your prayers and other support for this apostolate. In turn, may God protect and greatly bless you and all those you love!

“Go with the strength you have” (Judg 6:14).