How do I help save my sister's soul?

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I can’t stand the thought of the way my sister is living her personal life, in some ways. (She is an Agnostic/Deist at best.)
I have told her gently in so many words that sex outside of marriage is a sin, and I have invited her to Church. She refuses to stop having sex with her boyfriend and does not go to Church.
She reminds me that I use to be like her. I admit it, and I admit it was wrong.
How do I help her before it is too late?
 
Pray and set a good example and be open to being “that phone call” if she needs you. But realize that she’s an adult and going to make adult decisions, so it’s ultimately up to her, and really between her and God.

-Fr ACEGC
 
Never stop praying for her. God knows your worry, entrust her to Him.
 
Pray every day.
And set a good example.

And never be phony.
 
Kathleen,

The last year I was on that journey with my sis. I found the best approach to discussing God with her was not in pointing out her sin. It was in planting the seed of returning to Mass. I trusted in God that all else would follow.
My sis was , (we buried her recently) suicidal, and in great distress. She hid it very well for the most.
The past 12 months were a gift and blessing from God. My sis started attending Mass, though not every Sunday, was praying and had opened the door to walk back into God’s Merciful love. Her final three months were spent fighting the result of an horrific attempt to end it all. During that time the hospital Priest came to know her, and gave her the last rites.

Allow God to work through you. Listen first and always to your sis… And pray.
And have patience.
A great saint said when we sow the seeds of listening, we reap the growth of action, Christian praxis.
 
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I recommend that you live the holiness that God calls you to live.
 
Christ gave us very clear instructions:

Let your light so shine before others that they see your good works and glorify your Father in Heaven.

Also:

By this shall all people know you are my disciples, by the love you have for one another.

So, we pray, we fast and sacrifice, and we love people. Stop debating her (if you do). Nix the pointing out sins.

Be so kind and loving that if she has a bad experience, she knows you are the soft place to fall. Even gyms now attract customer by advertising “judgement free zones”. BE like the gym.

Be so full of joy and love that she wants to know your secret.
 
Romans 2:4 says it is Gods kindness that leads us to repentance. Being overwhelmed by the kindness of Jesus was the start of Peter’s life of faith too - remember how he said, “Go away from me Lord, for I am a sinful man”, after his great catch of fish. Stress God’s limitless love for her and his constant personal interest in her. Sin always leads to bondage or misery; God offers us freedom and love. Be a conduit of Gods love to her, and of course, pray for her.
 
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There were so many times I was fearful of that with my sis. We must have complete trust in Jesus and keep allowing Him to work through us. A times my sis would get really angry with me , and others, and go off the radar for a while. She would always come back though.

Can you pray with her. Maybe start with a little of the Lords Prayer. People really have to come to understanding of the what why and how before they change. And let’s face it, you are asking for a complete conversion of her heart, back to God, it’s a big task. We pray that God will place our atheist love ones in the hands of Jesus and gift them with the grace of faith.
 
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