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Help Inactive Catholics Claim Their Prize
Would you quietly watch a friend threw away a winning lottery
ticket without claiming a prize
In a way seeing a baptized Catholic neglect his faith is similar
Catholics who don’t attend mass each week
Don’t partake the sacraments
Don’t grow in their faith are throwing away the riches of what Father Christ Jesus offered
Instead
Encourage all Catholics to claim their promised prize
Listen: Perhaps (Maybe or possibly) a painful past episode
associated with the Church
A sin that is unforgiveable is keeping your friend from coming to church
Offering gentle attention
Comfort makes you an instrument of grace
Invite: Some Catholics don’t practice their faith because they haven’t found a parish home where they feel welcome Inviting your friend to attend mass with you is a first step
Encourage: Through the sacrament of reconciliation
We are freed from our sins and reminded of God’s forgiveness
Encourage your friend to go to confession and receive the piece of Father Christ Jesus
Share: When you live a joyfully Catholic life, your joy becomes contagious
Continue to grow in your faith and others will want to
share it
Copyright ©
Jacqueline R. Mendoza
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