Saturday, June 2, 2018

This brings loved ones back to the Church

From the Desk of
Patrick Madrid






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.


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.


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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.





 

"Spiritually wise, morally honest, and psychologically sensitive advice about the most forgotten yet the most crucial dimension of Catholic evangelism, the personal. Don't evangelize without it!"

Peter Kreeft
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

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.




Search and Rescue:
How to Bring Your Family and Friends Into — or Back into — The Catholic Church

by Patrick Madrid
Paperback — 288 pages


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With Shaun's help, you'll learn:
  • Simple ways you can make the visitor in your parish more at home
     
  • How to speak compellingly about the Faith
     
  • Simple ways to integrate daily Scripture reading into your life
     
  • Why small groups are important for spiritual enrichment
     
  • How to communicate with souls who have never considered joining the Catholic Church
     
  • And much more!

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Our society is awash in
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its natural effects.


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