133 The Powerful Battle Plan to Bring Loved Ones Back to the Church
The Art of Catholic with Matthew Leonard
Matthew Leonard
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🗓️ 8 September 2023
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I'd bet my bottom dollar that you have a loved one or know people who have left the faith. Maybe it's a spouse, children, friends, or whomever.
It's heartbreaking.
They walk away from the very source of eternal life and we're beside ourselves as to what to do.
And the typical reaction is often to nag, cajole, and strategically place evangelistic books on the coffee table in a desperate effort to light a spark in the heart of the wayward.
It rarely works.
So what do we do? How do we get them back? How do we get them to desire divine life and return wholeheartedly to the sacraments?
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Art of Catholic. |
| 0:05.4 | Welcome to the Art of Catholic Podcast, I'm Matthew Leonard. |
| 0:17.1 | And today I have a solo show for you about a three-step spiritual battle plan to bring |
| 0:22.3 | loved ones who have left the church back into the family. |
| 0:26.0 | And I think that at least part of the angle I'm going to take is perhaps a bit different than what |
| 0:30.0 | you've considered in the past. I published this as an audio blog over at scienceofsainthood.com |
| 0:35.9 | and I thought, well, I'm not shared on the art of Catholic as well. So, here you go. |
| 0:40.4 | The battle plan to bring back family and friends into the church. |
| 0:48.4 | You know I bet my bottom dollar that you have a loved one or no people who have left the |
| 0:52.7 | faith. |
| 0:53.7 | Maybe it's a spouse, children, friends, whomever. |
| 0:57.2 | And it's heartbreaking. |
| 0:58.2 | They walk away from the very source of eternal life and we're beside ourselves as to what |
| 1:02.0 | to do. And the typical reaction is often to |
| 1:06.2 | nag, cajole, or strategically place evangelistic books on the coffee table in a desperate attempt |
| 1:12.2 | to light a spark in the heart of the wayward, but it rarely works. So what do we do? How do we get |
| 1:18.6 | them back? How do we get them to desire divine life and return a whole heartedly to the sacraments. |
| 1:25.3 | Well, first of all, we have to acknowledge that there's no silver bullet. |
| 1:31.2 | Every person has a free will. |
| 1:33.9 | They can choose to simply reject God, and ultimately we can't control that. |
| 1:39.7 | Not only that, but everything. |
| 1:42.2 | And I mean everything is a matter of grace. |
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