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Watch God Move - 2024-07-21

July 28, 2024

God draws people to Himself. So, thank you again for your prayers for the Boise Catholic street evangelization effort.

A petite, 20-something woman with curly, light-brown locks stopped to visit a bit. She had just spent an extended time in a traditionally Catholic country. She had done some sketching there, she said, indicating her satchel. E Lucy asked if she could see her artwork. Our visitor showed a small (but actual-sized) drawing of a monkey head carved high up on a cathedral wall. Since monkeys were unknown in that country at the time of the cathedral’s construction, its image confirmed the historical (and to that point disputed) presence of workmen of another nationality (who were familiar with the animal). She also showed her sketch of her favorite 19^th-century painting, which captures the horror of a father finding his sole heir murdered. In another country, our visitor had also seen pieces of an historic wall that had divided it. She said her parents were getting up in years and had money, so they traveled a lot. May God grant the girl a sense of His hand in history and His purpose in her life.

A family with 2 children (perhaps 8 and 10 years old) stopped when the children wanted a Rosary. The dad accompanied the two children to the table, but didn’t choose a Rosary himself. The children were not familiar with the Rosary but, when asked, said they were Christian. So, e. Lucy gave a quick description of the devotion and how to use it to grow closer to Christ. As they left, the evangelist overheard the dad perhaps explaining Christianity to his children. May God bless them and bring the whole family to the fullness of Truth.

The “blanket man” passed by a couple of times, but didn’t acknowledge our offer of a Rosary.

A homeless-looking man wearing a heavy jacket stopped briefly. He didn’t take a Rosary, but pointed out the Crucifix on one that matched his childhood one. May God bless, heal him, and draw him back to the Sacraments!

An older couple passed by, the woman pointing upward and shouting that she “prayed to Jesus, not Mary”. The evangelist replied that we do, too, and Mary is our prayer partner. May God break through the conditioning of lies that keep people away from the Church the He founded.

“Blake” stopped by again. He said he had lost his Rosary, and so chose another one. He also grabbed a copy of the “new” pamphlet we had out, “The Divinity of Christ”. He also took another copy of each prayer card. May God bless his studies and bring him all the way to Catholic Sainthood!

“Uwe” stopped by early. He spoke of his time with a world health organization in Switzerland, and of a Nobel Prize winning economist who pioneered micro-loans for women in poor countries. With each loan came an economic advisor, and much progress out of poverty happened for the communities. Uwe also talked about the importance of educating girls, since girls in turn teach their whole families, who all benefit. Whereas, educated boys tend to focus only on bettering themselves. He said, though, that the concept of educating especially girls has not overcome cultural bias in poor countries. His personal philosophy, though, is that human beings are parasites and will destroy the planet. May God open his heart to the Catholic worldview that God created human beings as good, loves us, and wants us saved.

As I was putting everything away, a man came to the table for a Rosary. He glanced at the few we still had out, but requested a chain one. May God bless him and draw him deeper to His Sacred Heart through the Rosary devotion. May God bless all of our Rosary makers!

The weather was extraordinarily hot out last week, so foot traffic was very light. Still, we gave away maybe 5-10 Rosaries and its pamphlet on how to pray it, a “Divinity of Christ” pamphlet, 3 Divine Mercy prayer cards, and an Our Lady Un-tier of Knots prayer card.

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.

God still uses the Rosary to draw people’s attention to His love for them. 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).