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Needing a Savior - 2025-01-26

February 2, 2025

Everyone needs Jesus! So thank you again for your prayers for the Boise Catholic street evangelization effort.

A Catholic family stopped so their preschool-aged boy could get a Rosary. He wanted a Red one, but we didn’t have any red string Rosaries left. He finally settled on one with the colors of a local university. May God bless the family, especially when they pray together.

A couple in their early 20s stopped at the table. She chose a Rosary made, we think, by our late team member, “e. Mike Nourse”. The distinctive Rosary had been donated by a friend of the apostolate who had found it while cleaning out her spare room. May God bless all of our Rosary makers, and others who kindly supply us with their extra Rosaries!

“Marty” stopped briefly. His hand seemed to be nearly recovered. Praise God! He almost chose a Rosary, but didn’t. We said, “Next week!” May God bless Marty, continue to heal him, and lead him close to Himself!

A tall, thin woman strode by. When offered a Rosary, she flippantly proclaimed, “No, I’m going to hell!” Later on, as a man walked by, he shouted that if he was a Catholic he would sell his soul and fatally harm himself. While it is more than likely that each of these was being provocative rather than serious, they are in need of our prayers! Ask God to open their eyes and hearts to His offer of forgiveness, mercy, and love.

A woman quickly chose the purple chain Rosary we had just put on the table. She didn’t seem especially interested in the Rosary prayer, but when e. Chuck complimented her geode necklace, she brightened up. “I’m a geologist and I made the necklace with a geode I found!” she said. May God use her interest in His Creation to draw her to Himself, its Designer and Sustainer.

A homeless person declined receiving a Rosary, but wanted the “Our Lady untier of Knots” and “Divine Mercy” prayer cards. May Our Blessed Mother lead him to her Son and salvation!

The following is a vague memory that wouldn’t hold still long enough for the evangelist to write it down. It was two men? One said he was Christian or at least he knew about Jesus but then, just before they walked away, he asked if he could have a “Do I Need a Savior?” pamphlet. (The other evangelist thinks this might have been an encounter during the session two weeks ago.) At any rate, the Holy Spirit brought the memory up for a reason. Please pray for this man that his heart opens to His Savior and he is granted the grace to order his entire life toward Him!

As we were putting away the Rosaries at the end of our session, several groups of girls in their early teens stopped at the table in quick succession. Two girls were the first to stop. One, who was shivering because she was not dressed for the weather, was a non-Catholic Christian but admitted she only got to church at Christmas and Easter. Her friend had been raised a non-Catholic Christian, too, but didn’t consider herself a believer anymore. The shivering woman, with a big smile, said she was “working on her” and asked about the Rosary prayer. She responded to our explanation with enthusiastic interest while her friend smiled skeptically. We gave the skeptic a “Do I Need a Savior?” pamphlet. May the Holy Spirit fill these two young women so the first may evangelize in the spirit of truth and love and the other may return to faith.

These and the other groups of teenagers all sported lots of ballpoint-pen “tattoos” on their faces and arms. Most of them seemed impatient as they chose a Rosary, but with each group e. Chuck proclaimed the Good News about Jesus Christ, and e. Lucy encouraged them to use the Mysteries of the Rosary to seek answers to their questions. Almost all of the girls chose a Rosary apiece. May the Lord draw them into a cohesive group that helps each other grow closer and closer to their Savior.

Altogether, we gave away 10-12 Rosaries and its pamphlet, 1-2 copies of “Do I Need a Savior?”, 1 Our Lady untier of Knots prayer card, and 1 Divine Mercy 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 effort.

“Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever” (Heb 13:8) and we need Him just as much as anyone. So, thank you again for your prayers and other support for this apostolate and its message. In turn, may God protect and greatly bless you and all those you love!

“They are happy, whose strength is in you, in whose hearts are the roads to Zion” (Ps 84:6).