MOST Sacred Heart of Jesus, for the conversion of those who willingly separate themselves from your Church, whether by pride or by ignorance, I pray. Lord Jesus Christ, you rejoice over the recovery of those lost sheep. Give us the strength to present the truth to the schismatics. Shower your tender mercy on them, and grant them the grace to see the truth that is presented to them. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for them.
Torch:
People don’t “Willingly” do anything “by ignorance”. Whatever is done “by ignorance” is done without knowledge or willful consent. and, It’s always better to assume that people are IGNORANT rather than PRIDEFUL, esp if we want to reach them.
Remember, the Truth has to be presented in Love, or it’s just Noise. I once had someone who had NEVER so much as bothered to say, “Hello,” hand me a tract. Now, this was during a REAL difficult time in my life (I can go into detail another time), so his lack of concern was noted, and I acted on it by throwing his tract into the recycle bin. A few years later, an Orthodox Rabbi asked when I was going to start going to church (this was AFTER the man risked his life for me). I crawled into a Church…
The difference was that one of them had shown that he cared for me - The other had made it embarrassingly obvious that he didn’t. The Lord had softened my heart, but I still don’t think I would have listened if the Rabbi (or someone else) had not shown that I mattered to him.
Please do me a favor, My Parish be having a meeting to consider the Pope’s Offer to Continuing Anglicans. A lot of people have hardened their hearts to the offer (misinformation, misunderstanding & mistrust do wondrous things). Please ask the Lord to soften their hearts and help them to trust the “Man with the Keys” and the Lord who put him in his position.
I know this isn’t a lot of time, but people have just started voicing their “objections” during the post month… Thank You.
Your Brother & Servant in Christ, Michael
