Boise, ID

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This is the second in a three-part story from team leader Lucy in Boise, Idaho:

A tall homeless man rejected our offer of a Rosary with “No way. I’m done with all that mess.” As he was preparing to walk away, though, he paused to ask if we had heard about the hit-and-run accident that happened nearby the night before. He described the events in detail, then asked us, “since that’s what you do”, to pray for the victim, who survived but was badly hurt, and for the perpetrator, who was found a short time later. So let’s pray for them and for this man, too, who rejects the things of God yet wants His help. May he see that his own need for God is just as urgent as it is for the person who got run over.

A young man wanted a Rosary but was not sure what it was for. And when asked if he was a Christian, he hemmed and hawed, and then said, “I like Jesus.” The evangelist told him that Jesus is God Incarnate, Who died for him, and calls us to do more than simply “like” Him. We encouraged our visitor to get to know Jesus fully by praying the Rosary for a week. As the man was choosing a Rosary, a group of teenagers stopped and he stayed to listen as the evangelists shared the Good News with them before he moved on. We let our first visitor know that we are there every week if he had any questions. Pray that the seed of Faith takes root in his heart, and he comes to love and adore Jesus.

A 20-something couple was passing us by when the man decided to come to the table. His pregnant wife moved farther away before stopping to wait for him. He said he had grown up Catholic but was no longer active. We gave him a “Reasons to Return to the Catholic Church” pamphlet. Then he shared that his wife belongs to a pseudo-Christian religion, and that it had caused a great deal of strife in her family when she married him, an outsider. He was very concerned how she would respond to his picking up a Rosary, and kept glancing at her as he talked to us. Pray for their marriage, that it may weather this storm, and pray for him that the Holy Spirit will fill him with the grace so he has the strength and courage to renew his faith in Christ.

Praised be Jesus Christ!