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Wow! Another great post by you today NYer! Thanks!!
**events like a Eucharistic procession are valuable experiences because of the potential for such “friendly and inviting conversation” where evangelization is likely to happen.**
We all need to take advantage of such events out in the public.
Sometimes the former Catholics are drawn in just by the presence of the Holy Eucharist. They are answering a call, but they don’t understand why their longing is drawing them into the procession.
Questions like “What brought you to the procession tonight?” or “Why are you here when you could be in your room watching the ball game/studying/________?”
God bless the Catholic students who do evangelize during these events. The words actually come from the Holy Spirit as promised in the Bible. Mine are just suggestions. Everyone will ask their own question. But after asking -— be quiet and listen! LOL!
Then ask another question if it is appropriate. (And continue the process, ending with and invitation to attend the next event — whether it is a Newmann Club meeting or next Sunday’s Mass.
...at the risk of injecting less than reverential material into this excellent thread, I would posit this as well...the procession mentioned at UNebraska is not the only one taking place...the other is the long line of opposing teams scoring points against the Husker’s swiss cheese defense...
Ah, Lincoln! A friendly diocese for orthodox Catholics thanks to its great Bishop, Fabian Bruskewitz!
Cool!