Dropping a JESUS BOMB

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EsclavoDeCristo said:
It drives me nuts to hear someone say the explative “G_d D__n”.

Being a student, I hear it a lot with other students. So from time to time I will remind them that “God doesn’t need a dam, because he can walk on water”

I know, corny, but I hope it reminds them that yes, some people do beleive in God and they need to be mindful of the language they are using…:rolleyes:
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This is very funny :rotfl: , and I used this tonight with an acquantiance who said G** D***. He knows I am Catholic and I go to church regularly, so when I said this, he kinda blushed and apologized! He’s agnostic/atheist (he doesn’t really know himself), and later on in our conversation, he asked me a few questions about God and seemed sincere about it. Maybe… 😉

God Bless!
Ericka
 
Hi, I like many of the ideas for Dropping the Jesus Bomb.

I have been really concentrating on getting my 4 teens (hence the name) & my wife to embrace our Catholic faith more deeply.
Anyway, I find that very short statements and/or catholic trivia questions can spark at least a short term interest in discussing religious “stuff”…baby steps to grawing Faith.

I also, have several Catholic items in my cube at work & several religious pictures on my work computer screen saver. I never mention them but I now people get the message…it gives them something to think about without me “intruding” into their belief system.

Your grey & grummpy brother in Christ,
jay
 
Dad4teens said:
Hi, I like many of the ideas for Dropping the Jesus Bomb.

I have been really concentrating on getting my 4 teens (hence the name) & my wife to embrace our Catholic faith more deeply.
Anyway, I find that very short statements and/or catholic trivia questions can spark at least a short term interest in discussing religious “stuff”…baby steps to grawing Faith.

I also, have several Catholic items in my cube at work & several religious pictures on my work computer screen saver. I never mention them but I now people get the message…it gives them something to think about without me “intruding” into their belief system.

Your grey & grummpy brother in Christ,
jay
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I like the subtle approach myself,also.‘Carpet Jesus Bombing’ seems to have a negative effect.👍
 
ericka1701 said:
This is very funny :rotfl: , and I used this tonight with an acquantiance who said G** D***. He knows I am Catholic and I go to church regularly, so when I said this, he kinda blushed and apologized! He’s agnostic/atheist (he doesn’t really know himself), and later on in our conversation, he asked me a few questions about God and seemed sincere about it. Maybe… 😉

God Bless!
Ericka
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That’s awesome! Glad you were able to use it! 👍
 
Another thing I’ve started doing is praying the rosary when I’m out in public. I usually have my rosary in my pocket, and I’ll count the beads with it in my pocket. Most of the times I’ll either mouth or very softly mumble the words. I’ve had a few questions about what I was doing. I tell them I’m praying the rosary, and since my area isn’t highly populated with Catholics (although this does seem to be a retirement area for people up north, there are more Catholics moving here… 😃 👍) most don’t really have any idea what it is. I’ve since started making rosaries, and if someone seems to have a genuine interest in what it is, I might give them one along with typed out instruction. I do explain in detail when I give one away, but I know sometimes I’ll forget the “Hail, Mary” in the middle of a sentence… 😊 🤷

God Bless!
Ericka
 
ericka1701 said:
I’ve since started making rosaries, and if someone seems to have a genuine interest in what it is, I might give them one along with typed out instruction. I do explain in detail when I give one away, but I know sometimes I’ll forget the “Hail, Mary” in the middle of a sentence… 😊 :shrug
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Wow. That’s great.

God bless and happy new year!
Dan
 
I just found a reasonable response on another thread.I have to give credit where credit is due,…so the credit goes to ‘Eucharisted’.

When some body uses the Lords Name ‘in vain’,…respond with,
“Blessed be His most Holy Name”.
 
Lujack said:
My own quiet evangelization is actually pretty easy, being on a college campus and not having a car.

My Friend- Brrrrr, it was freezing today.

Me- Yeah, I know. I had to walk to church this morning for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Really a day to bundle up!

My Friend-There’s a church in town?

And the conversation proceeds from there. I had a similar conversation with someone else about walking to confession in the rain. I know complaining about the weather that you had to walk to church in isn’t the best of practices, but its an easy way to get Catholicism into conversations on a college campus.
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I do this a lot. It is taboo, of course, to talk religion with people in my job (I’m in sales), but it comes up all the time. Hmm…not sure why.
  • reaching into my pocket and my rosary comes out with my car keys. 🙂
  • meeting people in the hotel lobby for breakfast, and they say (after seeing me come in through the front doors) “where have you been?” I just got back from (Daily) Mass. 🙂
  • then there are just stories of what happened to me the other day…when I was at Church…when we were teaching the teens in Faith Formation… 🙂
  • recently, the weather was helpful. “How’s the weather?” “Lots of snow and really icy…I had to get someone to fill in for me at Adoration because it was too slick to get to Church…” 🙂
Speaking of which…time for me to head to Adoration.

Pax Christi,
Robert

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year…

Oh yeah…that’s another one. With some known Evangelicals I work with I’ve been signing my emails with…Merry 8th Day of Christmas (that would be the “maids-a-milking one”). 😃
 
I work for a Catholic hospital, in the air unit. The Order of sisters that run the hospital obviously do not keep the Christian faith separate from the business, which is wonderful. Our hangar, although at the airport and away from the hospital, was blessed in an opening ceremony a couple years back. As part of that ritual, a blessed crucifix was placed on a wall in each and every office of the building - something on the order of 20 or so.

The sad part is that in my 12 months of working here, I have yet to witness ANYONE mentioning these crucifixes - NOT ONE person - never comes up in conversation. As a devout Catholic, I stay alert to the opportunity to talk about my faith with anyone, and thought (hoped) that the presence of the crucifixes would have sparked some curiosity by now. Nope.

What’s worse is that people seem to regard them as just another piece of artwork, cursing and gossiping as if nothing sacred is in the room to remind them of holiness. Frustrating. I have to admit I even fall victim to laughing at inappropriate jokes, etc. But one thing I make a point to do is make the sign of the cross whenever I pass a crucifix. I do this for me (for God)…and not for show. I actually make a point to keep it hidden, in order to strengthen my humility.

But I must admit that I want someone to ask me why I do that…or even carelessly poke fun, just so I can “drop a Jesus BOMB”, as you say.

Anyway, that was a long post, which really only was meant to contribute “making the sign of the cross at any appropriate opportunity” as a means of subtle evangelization.

God Bless.
 
One of my supervisors at work got frustrated and let out the Lord’s name with a curse word - really saddened me. I didn’t know what to do, so I made the sign of the cross.
Dont think anyone noticed. But I’m thinking of doing it again if the opportunity arises. Except I dont want people to think that I feel like I’m holier than them – there are several ex-Catholics in my team.
 
Thought of a couple of others on my drive to/from Adoration…
  • Reading a book on one of my flights, the cover intrigued the guy next to me…“what book is that?” It’s called Interior Castle - it was written by a 16th Century Saint - Teresa of Avila.
  • Reading the Bible on my flights has gotten a few comments from the flight attendants…“that’s what I need to do more of” is typical. One of them asked what Church I belong to and noted that I was reading the Old Testament…she said “Oh yeah, you Catholics know the Old Testament a lot better than we do…” 😛 I primarily fly Southwest Airlines…it seems there are a lot of Christian flight attendants based on the comments I get…and all the comments are positive. 👍
  • Don’t forget Lent is coming up. My fasting I keep private out of humility, but I highly recommend going to Mass before work to receive your ashes on Ash Wednesday. There is no better Catholic evangelical opportunity than to constantly tell people…oh, that “smudge” is supposed to be there." 🙂 Also, I give more than one thing up, but I almost always give up alcohol. As a salesman, I go out to dinner a lot with clients and vendors. They know I normally have a beer or wine, so I practically have to tell them that I gave up alcohol for Lent.
All of these things I do, not to get into people’s faces, but just to be a witness to our faith. There is a fine line between humility and hiding your faith, so you don’t expose yourself as a Catholic/Christian. I think we need to expose ourselves for a twofold purpose: first, to witness; second, so we watch our actions closer…because you know they will be. And, if they catch you doing something “unChristian” now that they know, that is another opportunity for evangelism. “You’re right, I’ve been working on that with my confessor (or spiritual director), but I still stumble sometimes. Thank you for reminding me.” 👍

Pax Christi,
Robert
 
I wish I had a confessor…how does one go about gettng a good confessor? Our parish preist is very busy (the pastor got very ill so the preist is on his own as it where)

BTW lots of good evangelizing ideas in this thread!!!

jay
 
  • When driving, I make the sign of the cross passing a Catholic church and say a silent prayer to the Holy Eucharist.
  • Making the sign of the cross and saying a simple prayer when passing any emergency vehicles or even hearing them on the street in the house/ store/ whatever.
  • Praying before meals at home and at restaurants.
  • When I watch t.v., if I notice a profanity of God’s name, I say “Blessed be the name of the Lord.”
What I’m working on now is being more bold in speaking up for God and for my faith, because I know sometimes opportunities creep up and I keep silent. 😊 This was the quote which got me motivated.

“I’m sometimes asked why I didn’t return to the Catholic Church at that time. I bore no hostility, and don’t wish to be harsh now, but the Bible became my authority and in the Catholic Church I didn’t hear what I thought of as ‘biblical’ preaching. Catholics I met seemed tentative and timid about their faith. The Bible spoke of Christians who were willing to risk martyrdom for their belief in Christ. The Catholics I met didn’t even seem willing to risk embarassment for their beliefs.” Al Kresta in Surprised by Truth

It sounds like the people on this thread are standing up for their beliefs in large and small ways.👍
 
Dad4teens said:
I wish I had a confessor…how does one go about gettng a good confessor? Our parish preist is very busy (the pastor got very ill so the preist is on his own as it where)

BTW lots of good evangelizing ideas in this thread!!!

jay
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I don’t really have a “regular” at present, but there are three that I like - one is the Rector of the Cathedral, one is the priest who says our Latin Mass, locally, and the third is the chaplain of our local Catholic University.
 
Great thread!

I drop something I have been involved with at church if given a slight window.

I also pull out my sweaty scapular that I wear 24/7 after soccer games and talk about it.
 
Lots of good ideas.
Does anyone have experience with evangilizing to your own teenage kids & a semi fallen away wife? My children are 20, 17, and the twins are 14. My wife is a super person but she is so busy she kinda forgets abotu church and god.

any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

grey & grummpy, but none the less JOYOUS!
jay
 
SteveGC said:
I work for a Catholic hospital, in the air unit. The Order of sisters that run the hospital obviously do not keep the Christian faith separate from the business, which is wonderful. Our hangar, although at the airport and away from the hospital, was blessed in an opening ceremony a couple years back. As part of that ritual, a blessed crucifix was placed on a wall in each and every office of the building - something on the order of 20 or so.

The sad part is that in my 12 months of working here, I have yet to witness ANYONE mentioning these crucifixes - NOT ONE person - never comes up in conversation. As a devout Catholic, I stay alert to the opportunity to talk about my faith with anyone, and thought (hoped) that the presence of the crucifixes would have sparked some curiosity by now. Nope.

What’s worse is that people seem to regard them as just another piece of artwork, cursing and gossiping as if nothing sacred is in the room to remind them of holiness. Frustrating. I have to admit I even fall victim to laughing at inappropriate jokes, etc. But one thing I make a point to do is make the sign of the cross whenever I pass a crucifix. I do this for me (for God)…and not for show. I actually make a point to keep it hidden, in order to strengthen my humility.

But I must admit that I want someone to ask me why I do that…or even carelessly poke fun, just so I can “drop a Jesus BOMB”, as you say.

Anyway, that was a long post, which really only was meant to contribute “making the sign of the cross at any appropriate opportunity” as a means of subtle evangelization.

God Bless.
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I work in a Catholic hospital, too, and crucifixes are in every patient room, and I noticed the same things that you do–that people don’t seem to have any respect for it. However, if the crucifix is not on the wall for some reason, people do notice that, and comment on it.

One time I was caring for a woman in the ICU who was on a ventilator and couldn’t talk and she wildly gesticulating something to me and pointing at the wall–she was really upset. I gave her a piece of paper and pencil and she wrote something to the effect of “Where is Jesus?” I looked at the wall and the crucifix was gone–it had fallen off and someone had taken it out of the room and maintenance had not put it back up yet. She missed that crucifix!

So even if people don’t seem to be paying attention to it, many will notice it’s absence and comment on it. I’ve had visitors say to me, when one was misssing, “Where’s the crucifix? Don’t they put them in the rooms anymore? I thought this was a Catholic hospital.” Those crucifixes ARE doing their jobs, hanging on those walls.

PS: Aren’t we blessed to be working in Catholic hospitals where people are cared for spiritually as well as physically?
 
Dad4teens said:
Lots of good ideas.
Does anyone have experience with evangilizing to your own teenage kids & a semi fallen away wife? My children are 20, 17, and the twins are 14. My wife is a super person but she is so busy she kinda forgets abotu church and god.

any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

grey & grummpy, but none the less JOYOUS!
jay
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An idea for your wife,…rekindle the romantic feelings of when you got married and use to attend church together back in the day.

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Dad4teens said:
Lots of good ideas.
Does anyone have experience with evangilizing to your own teenage kids & a semi fallen away wife? My children are 20, 17, and the twins are 14. My wife is a super person but she is so busy she kinda forgets abotu church and god.

any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

grey & grummpy, but none the less JOYOUS!
jay
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How about taking them to fun Church events, like picnics, etc., where they would get to know other people - in the case of your wife, she would have a chance to meet other wives and mothers, and the teens would meet other teenagers. If your parish has a youth group, contact the coordinator of youth ministry to find out about special events that are going on. Your kids most likely wouldn’t want to attend the actual Youth Group in case it might be “un-cool” (although I happen to think that Youth Group kids are the coolest, ever), but they might be open to coming to special events - we just had a Wake-a-Thon, for example, and got a few kids who normally wouldn’t be caught dead in a Church - it provides an opportunity for them to see that some kids can be “cool” while at the same time having a strong faith in God. 😃
 
CB_Catholic said:
I work in a Catholic hospital, too, and crucifixes are in every patient room, and I noticed the same things that you do–that people don’t seem to have any respect for it. However, if the crucifix is not on the wall for some reason, people do notice that, and comment on it.

One time I was caring for a woman in the ICU who was on a ventilator and couldn’t talk and she wildly gesticulating something to me and pointing at the wall–she was really upset. I gave her a piece of paper and pencil and she wrote something to the effect of “Where is Jesus?” I looked at the wall and the crucifix was gone–it had fallen off and someone had taken it out of the room and maintenance had not put it back up yet. She missed that crucifix!

So even if people don’t seem to be paying attention to it, many will notice it’s absence and comment on it. I’ve had visitors say to me, when one was misssing, “Where’s the crucifix? Don’t they put them in the rooms anymore? I thought this was a Catholic hospital.” Those crucifixes ARE doing their jobs, hanging on those walls.

PS: Aren’t we blessed to be working in Catholic hospitals where people are cared for spiritually as well as physically?
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I salute you, CB! :tiphat: Ya’ll are up there with our armed forces, law enforcement and first responders!👍
 
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