Re evangelize fellow Catholics?-help

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Hi, I’ve been reading and hearing a few things about re evangelizing our fellow Catholics, such as Catholics that invent their own doctrine. My sister, a practicing catholic, who more so follows the philosophy of Jesus’s life then Catholic Church teachings. In these cases, how would you approach a catholic like this? How do you provoke desire of truth? after all “A persons mind, changed against his will, is of the same opinion still”
 
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How do you provoke desire of truth? after all “A persons mind, changed against his will, is of the same opinion still”
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Pray to the Holy Spirit with all the faith you can muster, “know” that it will be done, but pray you do not witness it, so you will not be tempted with pride for what God has wrought, because only God can change hearts. AND HE DOES ALL THE TIME! In HIS time.

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PeterJohn,

I don’t know how much you know about Our Lady of Grace or how much you know about Mary’s power with her divine Son. But here is an account of one incident of her love and mercy.

Mary appeared and spoke with Sister Justine Bisqueyburu, a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, in 1840, about a green scapular.

Mary herself made promises to those who would keep the scapular on them, and would say a certain prayer everyday, and believe that Mary would obtain those favors from her Son. Here are the favors she promised:
  1. Conversion of those who do not have the faith
  2. Reconciliation to the Church for those who have lost/strayed from the faith
  3. Assurance of a happy death
  4. Strengthening of the faith for those already in the Church
  5. Protection from Satan for those who wear or promote the scapular
This is the very answer to your search. But on your part you must
pray, at least daily: “Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us now and at the hour of our death.”,
once for yourself and once for your sister every day.

Here are the very words of Mary to Sister Justine:
“The GREATEST graces come from using the scapular but these graces come
in direct proportion to the degree of CONFIDENCE in ME which the user has.”
The user is you in this case, the trust depends on you for it to work well.

What kind of confidence? Mary showed this herself at the annunciation of Gabriel.
“Yes, blessed is she who BELIEVED that the PROMISE made her by the Lord would be FULFILLED.” (Lk. 1;45)
St. Elizabeth extolling the absolute trust of Mary in God’s promise. Mary believed without doubt that it would happen as the angel said it would.

You may get a free one by googling “Green Scapular”. Get one for yourself as well.

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(From an atheist)
How did you come to embrace Catholicism?
Strangely enough, it was the Blessed Virgin Mary. That friend of mine had sneakily
snuck in a scapular under my mattress. I didn’t know until about 1 year into my
conversion. I imagine that she had something to do with it. I think it was the
green scapular.
 
PeterJohn said:
Hi, I’ve been reading and hearing a few things about re evangelizing our fellow Catholics, such as Catholics that invent their own doctrine. My sister, a practicing catholic, who more so follows the philosophy of Jesus’s life then Catholic Church teachings. In these cases, how would you approach a catholic like this? How do you provoke desire of truth? after all “A persons mind, changed against his will, is of the same opinion still”
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Prayer first, then suggest finding a good solid class to take together. If you don’t live close enough, maybe send a good solid DVD that you find exciting. There are things out there. There is a series called “What Catholic Really Believe.” that is very good. Ask her if she has ever read any parts of the Catechism. She may just never explored how beautiful the teachings of the Church are. You can tell her about new insights you have discovered maybe about the Mass. Ask her what she thinks about these things. And continue to pray for her. Don’t argue with her, just share some of your own excitement and love for the Church and her teachings.
 
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