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Telling · « **Reply #35 on:** **Today** at 10:03:06 PM »

Quote from: Meg on Today at 09:01:39 PM

I'm sorry to hear that you have been threatened in India for handing out pamphlets. Life isn't easy there for a Catholic.

Thank You, Sister Meg.

Telling · « **Reply #36 on:** **Today** at 10:15:01 PM »

Quote from: Meg on Today at 08:57:50 PM

It's okay for me to have an opinion on the subject, though of course it differs from yours. We are all just lay people here with no authority to teach the Catholic Faith. We only have opinions, which we are usually quite proud of, but maybe that's okay. For for the laity, I think that we are quite knowledgeable about the Catholic Faith here on this forum. Few here are new to Catholicism. I've learned a lot here. But we don't have to accept the opinion of another member of the Catholic laity.

We can of course be good examples. It's the true Catholic bishops (what few exist) who have the actual authority to teach and preach the Faith. If you want to teach the Catholic Faith, Nishant Xavier, that's up to you; but we are required to save our own souls first, and that of our families. That's difficult enough. Just my opinion.

Fair enough, Meg. But (1) Evangelizing others is one of the Best things we can do (2) "to work out our own Salvation with fear and trembling" And yes (1) Married People have to take care of their Children etc, (2) but Celibate Men like me have the Right and Duty to Preach the Gospel, Share the Faith, and try to Win Souls for Baptism. As I mentioned, I had a Girlfriend. I met her when we were both working, me in Investment Banking in Bank of New York and she in IT in L&T Infotech. She fell in love with me. We dated for a while. She invited me to Texas after she moved there. We were together for a while, but I broke up with her to consider discerning the Priesthood. I'm still discerning, but I believe the Lord is calling me to to Baptize and Evangelize first for a few years and then, based on how things go, maybe enter the Seminary after a few years or maybe get married. Not sure about that yet. BTW, you asked me some time ago to get a Recommendation Letter from my Parish Priest. I now have that. :) Do you want to see the SS? Maybe in the next post. In the meanwhile, I encourage all Catholics, even married Catholics, to spend at least 2 hours each on Saturday and Sunday Evangelizing Non-Christians, trying to Win Souls (which have Great Rewards in Heaven according to Saint Augustine and Trent and Catholic Doctrine) and lead them to Baptism. But if not, your loss. After 20 years of encouraging other Christians to Evangelize, Ive learnt 90% of Christians don't want to Evangelize. How sad! How much Joy of the Lord they are missing out, as Saint Francis Xavier testified he experienced, while those other Priests he yelled at, who never came to India, never experienced that Joy, many of them may even have been damned and lost their Soul, while Saint Francis Xavier is a Saint.

I want to be Saint Nishant Xavier one day. That is my one ambition in life. I care little about Investment Banking or even being Math Professor in comparison for that. Many Saints have taught us Christians to desire being Saints and Great Saints and then work toward that. The best way to do that is to Evangelize and Baptize Souls.

Telling · « **Reply #37 on:** **Today** at 10:19:12 PM »

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Christian Conversion Reasons: Why Everyone Should Become Christian
Dear Friends, the following articles aim to illustrate why all people everywhere are called to become Baptized Christians and find salvation.

"Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved" ~ Jesus Christ

As we are Catholic Christians, once you decide to become Christian, we will guide you through Biblical and Patristic reasons that show the Catholic Church is the True Christian Church founded by Jesus Christ.

"Where Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church" ~ St. Ignatius of Antioch, 107 A.D.

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Win Souls: A Sacred Obligation of Christ's Love for us and them.
21 June 2023|0.1 Glory of Christendom, 0.2 The Persecuted Church

What if you saw a friend in a burning building, yet made no effort to help save him? Would not everyone logically conclude that there was not a whit of charity in your heart for your friend? Yes, indeed. And yet, it is shameful, that worse, when we profess to believe that Souls are in eternal danger of falling into Hell without Jesus Christ, we make no effort to sacrifice our lives even, if necessary, to help deliver them from that fire, and take them to Jesus Christ, and Holy Baptism (or Confession), that He, in turn, may take them to Heaven.
I came across this excellent article from OLRL, Our Lady of the Rosary Library, with excellent citations from Scripture, Fathers and Saints. It's so good I happily promote them on my website, in the hope of inspiring both Catholic and Evangelical Christians, to turn away from living like liberal worldlings and mammon-worshippers, to praying and working for All Souls to be Saved. The burning desire of Christ's Heart is for All Souls to be Saved by Him.
" Win Souls For Christ
JESUS is calling us to announce His gospel of mercy, forgiveness and love. Winning souls for Him by interesting others in our holy Faith should be the business and concern of every Catholic. Christ's words were addressed to all His followers including you. "Go into the whole world and preach the Gospel to every creature" (Mark 16:15). And again: "Go, therefore, making disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and behold I am with you all days even unto the consummation of the world" (Matt. 28:19,20). These words were addressed not only to the Apostles but also to all His followers.
Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ promised: "Therefore everyone who acknowledges Me before men, I also will acknowledge him before My Father in Heaven" (Matt. 10:32), and "He who reaps receives a wage and gathers fruit unto life everlasting so that the sower and reaper may rejoice together" (John 4:36).
People outside of the Catholic Church must be warned that they must adopt the Catholic Faith in order to be saved. This direct approach does work as proven by many of the saints such as St. Francis Xavier, who won over a million converts to the faith in the Indies. He believed and taught that there is no salvation outside of the Catholic Church and Our Lord confirmed his work by tremendous miracles.
Consider the zeal and examples of some of the saints and holy persons listed below:
St. James the Apostle: "He must know that he who causeth a sinner to be converted from the error of his way will save his own soul from death and shall cover a multitude of sins" (St. James 5, 19-20).
St. John Chrysostom, (347-407), the illustrious Bishop of Constantinople, and Doctor of the Church, tells us: "Zeal for the salvation of souls is of so great a merit before God, that to give up all our goods to the poor, or to spend our whole life in the exercises of all sorts of austerities cannot equal the merit of it. There is no service more agreeable to God than this one. To employ one's life in this blessed labor is more pleasing to the Divine Majesty than to suffer martyrdom. Would you not feel happy if you could spend large sums of money in corporal works of mercy? But know that he who labors for the salvation of souls does far more; nay, the zeal of souls is of far greater merit before God . . . than the working of miracles."
Pope St. Gregory the Great (590-604): "No sacrifice is more acceptable to God than zeal for souls."
St. Vincent de Paul (1576-1660): That St. Vincent was devoured by zeal for the house of God, his entire life testifies, because that life was employed in combating evil and extending the reign of good; and in this consists true zeal. Listen to some of his instructions to his community: "Let us give ourselves to God, gentlemen, to go to carry His holy Gospel over the entire earth and into whatever part He may lead us; there, let us maintain our part, and continue our duties until such time as His good pleasure will withdraw us. Let no difficulties move us, the glory of the eternal Father and the efficacy of the Word and of the passion of His Son are at stake. The salvation of men and our own are so great that they merit to be obtained at any price."
St. Rose of Lima, (1586-1617). We read that her confessor offered himself to go to the missions, but he feared because of the dangers it would entail. After consulting the saint, he heard these words: "Go Father, and do not fear. Leave all to labor for the conversion of the infidel, and know that the greatest service that man can offer to God is to convert souls, for this is a work proper of the Apostolate. What greater happiness could there be than to baptize, be it only a little Indian child who would enter Heaven through the gates of Baptism?"
St. John de Brebeuf (1593-1649), one of the eight North American Martyrs, was heard to say, after pouring the saving waters of Baptism on a dying Indian child, "For this one single occasion I would travel all the way from France; I would cross the great ocean to win one little soul for Our Lord!"
St. Margaret Mary (1647-1690): "My divine Savior has given to understand that those who work for the salvation of souls will have a gift of touching the most hardened hearts, and will labor with marvelous success, if they themselves are penetrated with a tender devotion to His Divine Heart."
Venerable Cardinal John Newman (1801-1890): "How can we answer to ourselves for the souls who have in our times lived and died in sin; the souls that have been lost and are now waiting for the judgment, seeing that for what we know, we were ordained to influence or reverse their present destiny and have not done it?"
St. Anthony Mary Claret (1808-1870): "Another thing that spurs me on to preach ceaselessly is the thought of the multitude of souls which fall into the depths of Hell, who die in mortal sin, condemned forever and ever... if you were to see a blind man about to fall into a pit or over a precipice, would you not warn him? Behold, I do the same..." "How often I pray with St. Catherine of Siena: O my God, grant me a place by the gates of Hell, that I may stop those who enter there, saying: "Where are you going, unhappy one? Back, go back! Make a good confession. Save your soul. Don't come here to be lost for all eternity!" St. Anthony resolved never to waste a moment of time, and during his 35 years as a priest, he wrote 144 books and preached some 25,000 sermons. On one trip, besides traveling, he preached 205 sermons in 48 days and 12 in one day.
The motivating force that dominated St. John Bosco's (1815-1888) life is found in a phrase that is typically his: "Give me souls, you take the rest." "There is nothing more holy in this world than to work for the good of souls, for whose salvation Jesus Christ poured out the last drops of His Blood." In his writings and conferences, he consistently pointed out that: "Man is successful in this world if he saves his soul and is very knowledgeable if he knows the science of salvation; but he is a total failure if he loses his soul and knows nothing if he is ignorant of those things that can assure him of eternal salvation." From his book The Life of St. Dominic Savio, St. John Bosco had this to say of St. Dominic Savio (the teenage saint who died in his 15th year): "The thought of saving souls for God was never out of his mind." St. Dominic Savio, (1842-1856), in a serious conversation with one of his companions, gave several reasons for his apostolic zeal in "saving souls": 1. My companion's soul has been redeemed by Jesus Christ. 2. We are all brothers and so we must love each other's souls. 3. God urges us to help each other. 4. If I manage to save one soul, I also ensure the salvation of my own.
St. Thï¿½rï¿½se of Lisieux (1873-1897): "We have only short moments of this life to work for God's glory. The devil knows this and that is why he tries to make us waste time in useless things. O, let us not waste our time! Let us save souls! Souls are falling into Hell innumerable as the flakes of snow on a winter day. Jesus weeps! Instead of consoling Him we are brooding over our own sorrows . . . There is only one thing to do during the brief day, or rather, night of this life: Love Jesus with all the strength of your heart and save souls for Him, so that He may be loved!"
St. Padre Pio (1887-1968): "Time spent in honor of God and for the salvation of souls is never badly spent.
St. Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941): "We have no right to rest as long as a single soul is Satan's slave."
Our Lord to Sr. Josefa Menendez (1890-1923): "I am not attracted by your merits but by your love for souls." "When a soul is generous enough to give me all I ask, she gathers up treasures for herself and others and snatches great numbers of souls from perdition." " I so much want souls to understand this! It is not the action in itself that is of value; it is the intention with which it is done."
"Understand this well, Josefa: when a soul loves Me, she can make up for many who offend Me, and this relieves My Heart." "One faithful soul can repair and obtain mercy for many ungrateful ones." "A little act of generosity, of patience, of poverty . . . may become treasure that will win a great number of souls to My Heart."
Our Lord to Sr. Consolata Betrone (1903-1946): "I prefer one act of love to all other prayers: 'Jesus, Mary, I love Thee! Save souls!' This comprises all: the souls in Purgatory, those in the Church Militant, the guilty and the innocent, the dying and the godless! One act of love can determine eternal happiness for a soul. Therefore, be careful never to omit one 'Jesus, Mary, I love Thee, Save Souls!' Do not lose time! Every act of love means a soul!"
Our Lady told Sister Consolata, "Only in Heaven will you realize the value and the fruitfulness of saving souls. The act of love is especially meritorious as one of reparation."
Pope Pius XII (1939-1958): "No one is permitted to be idle and lazy while so many evils and dangers impend, and while those who are on the other side are working so hard to destroy the very basis of Catholic religion."
Who are the best prospects for conversion? Listen to St. Vincent Ferrer (1350-1419): "For whoever will proudly dispute or contradict, will always stand without the door. Christ, the master of humility, manifests His truth only to the humble, and hides Himself from the proud."
There are many good prospects for converts to the true Church. They only need to be sought out and invited to adopt the Catholic Faith. Persistency is the key to success. In 1951, a convert campaign was organized in the San Diego, California Diocese. In this diocese 95,000 homes were visited. Over 6,000 persons expressed interest, 2,000 came to classes and nearly 5,000 lapsed Catholics returned to the Faith. It was determined it takes fifteen calls to bring one person to the true Faith.
One of the most effective and easiest ways to promote our Holy Faith is through the printed word. St. Anthony Mary Claret tells us that the reading of good books has always been considered of utmost importance and utility. He says it is necessary because there is a delirium for reading and if people do not have good books, they will read bad ones. If people read good and instructive books at regular and proper times, it will strengthen and nourish them greatly. But if they read bad books, indecent newspapers and magazines, heretical booklets and other pernicious literature [Ed. note: or watch TV!], these things will corrupt their faith and pervert their morals. St. Anthony, in his autobiography, gave good examples of sinners being converted by reading pious leaflets and holy cards! St. Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787), Doctor of the Church, tells us that without good books and spiritual reading it will be morally impossible to save our souls.
The Apostolate of Our Lady of the Rosary Library endeavors to make available good Catholic books, pious leaflets, instructional articles, prayer cards and sacramentals at a reasonable price. In this day of great apostasy, when millions of Catholics have lost the Faith, let us join in the battle to promote our holy Faith and to defend it against all its enemies. Let us pray that Our Dear Savior will grant us the grace of a strong and abiding faith, and a great zeal in promoting His honor and glory and the salvation of souls. You are urged to order a good supply of material that is offered by this apostolate. One good and easy method to distribute this spiritual food is to place these articles on vehicles that are parked for Church services.
Let us not be discouraged, intimidated or grow weary in our efforts. St. John Francis Regis (1597-1640) was once criticized for converting some wayward women because it was thought to be in vain. His reply was "If my endeavors are successful in preventing only one mortal sin, I deem my labor worthwhile."
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