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YosefYosep
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If so, how did you?
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CatholicRaven
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No, a person can only convert themselves. 
That said, I know that in my own conversion, many people helped me along the path, but a few were instrumental in my change of heart. They used a combination of example, reason, patience, and tact (and probably prayer, though I wouldn’t have known that at the time) to help me see the truth. Most of them asked me questions and allowed me to come to my own conclusions, rather than trying to force me to see it.
HTH!
That said, I know that in my own conversion, many people helped me along the path, but a few were instrumental in my change of heart. They used a combination of example, reason, patience, and tact (and probably prayer, though I wouldn’t have known that at the time) to help me see the truth. Most of them asked me questions and allowed me to come to my own conclusions, rather than trying to force me to see it.
HTH!
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YosefYosep
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Thanks! I have this friend who seems curious about the faith, but at the same time he is very timid. He feels uncomfortable talking about religion, and he can be very shaky about joining me at church. He has no religious beliefs, and I really want to bring him to Christ. I suppose I can lead through example and prayer.No, a person can only convert themselves.
That said, I know that in my own conversion, many people helped me along the path, but a few were instrumental in my change of heart. They used a combination of example, reason, patience, and tact (and probably prayer, though I wouldn’t have known that at the time) to help me see the truth. Most of them asked me questions and allowed me to come to my own conclusions, rather than trying to force me to see it.
HTH!
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Samson01
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It is the Holy Spirit that converts.
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Southern
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Amen to that! No one can take another’s free will. These are the only ways to bring someone in.
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datritle
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Yes, the Holy Spirit does the converting, but it is through us that the Spirit works! my mother is SSOOOOOoooo close to converting i can feel it!
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stevetim
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The Catholic Church teaches a concept called secondary causality.
God, through inspiration is true cause of conversion, but we, through His goodness are allowed into this process.
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YosefYosep
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Yes, we are the medium in which the Holy Spirit flows. It’s so marvelous!
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Lady_Love
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No one converts anyone. Only God converts a soul. We only get the privilege of witnessing it.
We only plant seeds but God makes them grow.
We only plant seeds but God makes them grow.
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aspirant
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I agree with both of these posts.
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Colmeia
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What they said above is true, the agent capable of converting people is God Himself, we are only “instruments of your peace,” as suggested in the St. Francis of Assisi.
It is through us, too, that the Holy Spirit acts, when we allow ourselves to be such instruments. I even give testimony of my faith publicly, because I try to be an example in the places I go and in my attitudes. However, it is not we who convert such people. Incidentally, St. Augustine wisely already told us that “it is part of healing the desire to be healed.” I try to bring the love because that is the will of God. I try to use reason to question the faith of the people and their beliefs, as they did with me until I received the grace of conversion. Remember that we need both “Fides and Ratio”. Be Christian and do not care about tomorrow, like the lilies of the field. Take the truth, brother! If you can hear such words of wisdom, then we can show the world that Christ is the truth and the way!
Do you also want to help in the conversion of souls? then faithfully follow this wise prayer of St. Francis of Assisi!
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy.
The Divine Master,
That grant I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console;
Understood to be, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love.
For it is in giving we receive That.
It is in pardoning That we are pardoned,
and it is in dying That we are born to Eternal Life.
Amen.
Pax et Bonum!
It is through us, too, that the Holy Spirit acts, when we allow ourselves to be such instruments. I even give testimony of my faith publicly, because I try to be an example in the places I go and in my attitudes. However, it is not we who convert such people. Incidentally, St. Augustine wisely already told us that “it is part of healing the desire to be healed.” I try to bring the love because that is the will of God. I try to use reason to question the faith of the people and their beliefs, as they did with me until I received the grace of conversion. Remember that we need both “Fides and Ratio”. Be Christian and do not care about tomorrow, like the lilies of the field. Take the truth, brother! If you can hear such words of wisdom, then we can show the world that Christ is the truth and the way!
Do you also want to help in the conversion of souls? then faithfully follow this wise prayer of St. Francis of Assisi!
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy.
The Divine Master,
That grant I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console;
Understood to be, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love.
For it is in giving we receive That.
It is in pardoning That we are pardoned,
and it is in dying That we are born to Eternal Life.
Amen.
Pax et Bonum!
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