This brings loved ones back to the Church

	I've spent decades travelling the globe explaining the Catholic faith . . . but some of my friends and relatives refuse to listen to even one word I say about it.
Patrick Madrid Author, speaker, host of many Catholic radio and TV shows

If, like me, your heart breaks when someone close to you leaves the Church (or refuses to come back to it), then perhaps you'll be helped by what I've learned from my own failures, and from others across the world with whom I've spent long hours discussing the problem that troubles us all: How to bring our friends and family into — or back into — the Catholic Church. What about your sister Jennifer who left the Church in anger over a sermon she thought was too harsh? Or Bob from the office, who brings up religion at lunchtime, but whom you only seem to drive farther into Fundamentalism? Or even your spouse? You want to be closer, but your Catholicism gets between you. * Whether you're a wife or a welder, a poet or painter, a butcher, a baker, or candlestick maker, you can learn how to bring your loved ones into — or back into — the Catholic Church. And, contrary to what most people think, it doesn't take hard work or great learning to do so. (Most of the apostles were simple souls like you and me, as were the great majority of the saints.) * To help you bring your loved ones into the Church, I've gathered into a modest book all I've learned over the years from the Church, from the saints, and from praying with and talking to folks like you all over the world — many of whom have actually succeeded in bringing their friends and relatives to Christ. Here's what one of the most successful Catholic evangelists of our day says about it: Scott Hahn on Search and Rescue: St. Francis of Assisi admonished us to "evangelize always. When necessary, use words." St. Francis's advice may seem paradoxical, but it distills the wisdom that the Church and her saints have learned from 2000 years of successful evangelizing. Relying on this principle, the Church swelled from twelve apostles in Palestine to hundreds of millions of Catholics around the world today. In Search and Rescue, Patrick Madrid explains for you this basic principle of evangelization and shows you how to make it a part of your daily life. Soon, like the Apostles themselves, you, too, will be evangelizing your family and friends. When necessary, you'll even be using words. You see, successful evangelization has more to do with love and friendship than logic and rhetoric. Which is why, in Search and Rescue, I show you: • Why, as you undertake this work, you can have absolute confidence that Christ will give you all that you need to succeed • How — in your own way — you're already equipped to accept Christ's urgent call to evangelize your friends and family • How you can overcome your embarrassment and the fear of failure • Why you must always let God do the talking — and how to be sure you do • Why questions are often better than statements — and the kinds of questions that have been found to be most effective • How you can redirect conversations into areas that do win converts • How to avoid hurtful arguments and keep conversations cordial • Common ground: why, like St. Paul, you must seek it (and how to find it) • Why God can't accept the excuses we use to avoid speaking about Him to friends and family • How to uncover the unspoken reasons why folks dislike the Church • Why, no matter what happens, you must never grow discouraged (and how to get free of it when you are) • How to suppress the egotism that afflicts so many apostles today (and that drives many people far from the Church) • The three most common reasons why those you love may refuse to hear what you say — and how to deal with each • The three things you absolutely must be sure to do before you open your mouth the first time (and every time thereafter) • Why you must listen for what they are not saying — and how to do so • Why, reconciliation must remain ever foremost in your mind • What the Church really teaches (and has never taught): keys to answering many objections to the Catholic Faith • The Bible: why those who win souls read it and pray with it daily • How to ensure that your efforts are always for God, and never for victory • When you should share the Faith (and when stay silent) — and how to tell • Church history: how even a modest acquaintance with it will help you immeasurably • The central place of Confession in the life of every effective evangelist • The fundamental spiritual attitudes that win souls faster than words (and how you can cultivate them in your own soul) • Why, in approaching friends and relatives, you must never forget that you are no more than a junior partner with God . . . and much more! "How do you bring a friend or relative back into the Church? First, you pray. Then, you follow Patrick Madrid's advice in Search and Rescue." Edward Cardinal Egan Archbishop of New York Search and Rescue 288 pages ppbk $14.95 1-800-888-9344 Box 5284, Manchester NH 03108 To better equip you for your task, I've also included the following in Search and Rescue: • Hundreds of Bible verses to help you see the deep Biblical roots of our Catholic Faith • Wise and consoling prayers to pray before you begin to speak of the Faith to others • Quotes from dozens of saints to help guide you, including St. Paul, St. Monica, St. Augustine, St. Basil the Great, St. Jerome, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Francis de Sales, St. John Vianney, St. Philip Neri, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, and many others • A 3-tiered Reading Plan that, over time, will equip even the least-qualified apostles to present the Faith simply, intelligently, and persuasively • And even an Action Agenda at the end of each chapter, listing simple steps you can take now to make the Faith more appealing to those you love. Even the Vatican recommends Search and Rescue: "Patrick Madrid has done invaluable work in explaining clearly and convincingly why the Catholic Church is the true Church founded by Jesus Christ. His arguments and exposition are compelling and, I would say, grace-filled. Search and Rescue: How to Bring Your Family and Friends Into — or Back Into — the Catholic Church is timely, relevant and welcome. Those who are familiar with Patrick Madrid's work will undoubtedly have another 'faith lift'; those who may be reading his work for the first time will be impressed, inspired — and convinced." John Cardinal Foley Chairman, Pontifical Council for Social Communications Search and Rescue 288 pages ppbk $14.95 1-800-888-9344 Sophia Institute Press Box 5284, Manchester NH 03108 Please forward this e-mail to others it might help. Click here, If you are having trouble viewing this email. This email is being sent to consumers who have elected to receive communications from Sophia Institute Press. 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