Catholic Evangelical/Missionary Activities Overseas

[Maria1212]

Every day people in my church volunteer to make food for the homeless. The groups who help out vary. Some days the volunteers are parishoners and other days corporations help out. On certain days the LDS/Mormon Church helps out. Today my friend was the only Catholic in the group. One of the Mormon ladies asked her “Is this your Church” and my friend replied “yes” so the conversation ended. When everyone was done working, the lady handed two non-Mormon women LDS evangelical literature.

My friend was upset that this women was passing out LDS material in a Catholic Church. It made me think I should get some CAF tracts to hand out to the LDS members next time! Is it wrong to be upset that the LDS volunteer handed this out at our Church? If I hand out CAF material, will that “detract” from the spirit of working together ot help the homeless?

The LDS Church is very active in Japan as are evangelical Christians. I know evangelical Christans are also very active in China. Sometimes, as a Catholic, I feel that I am not doing enough to share my faith. I am working on it in baby steps. I know the Catholic institution as a whole is doing a lot of amazing work overseas, especially through acts of charity. Sometimes, I wonder if the laity are evangelizing with enough zeal though. Does anyone else feel this way?

I am going to contact CAF to inquire about translating their materials into Japanese. That way I could pass them out at Church, or purchase some and then donate it to the Church. That would help the English speakers but I would also like to be able to give these out to the Japanese. I will contact our local priest, who speaks much better Japanese than myself to see what they think about it.

If anyone else has any suggestions on how to reach out in a gentle way, please let me know. I have been reading up on Mormonism but don`t feel ready to discuss it with Mormons yet. In the interim, I wonder what CAF tracts would be most applicable to Mormons. I would welcome suggestions from former LDS members.

Please keep our Japanese brothers and sisters in your prayers.

Sincerely,

Maria1212

 

[po18guy]

Is it wrong to be upset that the LDS volunteer handed this out at our Church? If I hand out CAF material, will that “detract” from the spirit of working together ot help the homeless?

I would think they would use a little more couth in their expansion efforts. Despite their zeal, they offended God in His house! I hesitate to call any cultist an evangelical, because they deny the Divinity of Christ. To deny part of Christ is to deny ALL of Him.

Your responsibility is to speak the truth, in the most charitable fashion, to those who are mislead. Since the Catholic Answers tracts have been so helpful, a translation would be a wonderful way to spread the Gospel.

Be of good cheer and know that you can “do all things through Christ, who strengthens me”

May the Lord bless your efforts.

 

[Maria1212]

I would think they would use a little more couth in their expansion efforts. Despite their zeal, they offended God in His house! I hesitate to call any cultist an evangelical, because they deny the Divinity of Christ. To deny part of Christ is to deny ALL of Him.

Your responsibility is to speak the truth, in the most charitable fashion, to those who are mislead. Since the Catholic Answers tracts have been so helpful, a translation would be a wonderful way to spread the Gospel.

Be of good cheer and know that you can “do all things through Christ, who strengthens me”

May the Lord bless your efforts.

Thanks. I wrote to CAF but haven`t gotten a response yet. The CAF tracts are so useful, it would be great to be able to translate some of them. I think the English will help “catch the eye” of a lot of people, but it needs to be in Japanese for them to really understand and grasp the meaning. As it is, many Japanese people have a hard time understanding the Japanese Bible, because it is written in the Japanese equivalent of “old English.”

Sincerely,

Maria1212

 

[po18guy]

Thanks. I wrote to CAF but haven`t gotten a response yet. The CAF tracts are so useful, it would be great to be able to translate some of them. I think the English will help “catch the eye” of a lot of people, but it needs to be in Japanese for them to really understand and grasp the meaning. As it is, many Japanese people have a hard time understanding the Japanese Bible, because it is written in the Japanese equivalent of “old English.”

Maria1212,
I can only imagine the traditional Japanese may be more difficult to comprehend, in a society that has so profoundly changed in the past 50 years. I know that English is the “hip” language, but in spiritual matters, a complete understanding is necessary. Is there a modern bible translation of Japanese, or is just the one translation available?

BTW, a few minutes ago, on the Catholic Answers radio show with Jimmy Akin, a Mormon ordained Bishop named Richard called in. He has come to see that the Catholic faith is the one true faith. Praise Jesus Christ for opening his eyes! Pleae say a prayer for him, and for all Mormons that the truth may be revealed to them.

May God bless your work, as you face so many hurdles! Also praying for your health.

The peace of Christ.