To invite or to live by example

[stubiegirl]

When around friends who have fallen away from their faith (Catholic or Protestant) and into Modernism, I find myself desiring to plant seeds. Usually it just ends up being little things that I do that just fit into the conversation (ie. offering up my day to the Lord) and nothing especially profound. I have heard many times at conferences and talks that we, as Catholics, need to be inviting people to mass with us. But our culture is so entertainment oriented that the value of something is based on the pleasure it elicits. . .we’ve all heard it (or said it ourselves) “mass is boring.”

So my question is, how does one determine when the time is ripe to invite a person to mass? And how does one respond if they comment that it was boring? Is it just something that one waits for the Holy Spirit to “move you” to do? Just wanted to throw that one out there

 

[Annunciata]

I would not miss the opportunity ever to invite… all they can say is no! Some people are just waiting to be asked.

As a former Protestant, I felt honored when my Catholic friends asked me to “make a visit” with them after school (I didn’t know that they were visiting Jesus in the Tabernacle…wish they had mentioned it then) Those were some of the first seeds sown… Again, example is sooo important. Annunciata

 

[Br.Rich_SFO]

I think that it is our own reaction to the Mass that has more of an effect on non-Catholics because they do not understand what the Mass is about. It would be very improtant to go off to lunch with them after Mass and talk about what they felt and saw.