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SylviaB
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I have a Methodist friend (the one who lost her 5 year old daughter to AML a few months ago) who is interested in the Church and talking about maybe joining.
I would like to send her a book to read about the Church.
Any suggestions? Anything anyone read before joining that particular helped or had a big impact on your decision?
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Is she pretty evangelical? I read A Father Who Keeps His Promises by Scott Hahn and that really clinched it for me. But I was a cradle Catholic who had had an adolescent Evangelical conversion. At college I'd been pretty steeped in covenant theology in my Old Testament classes and I was about 80% sold on being Catholic already. I read that book and the whole kept thinking, "Yeah, so? This is all stuff I already believe." Then it just felt like Wham! I got hit with the Real Presence at the end and I couldn't not be Catholic.
Scott Hahn's other books are also great. I think that most of the others are on a particular topic so if she's hung up on one particular questions you could look for that book. And then his conversion story, Rome Sweet Home (co-authored with his wife) is a great read and addresses more of the basic questions about Catholicism.
Since Scott Hahn is himself a convert he really does a great job speaking to Protestants--and evangelicals in particular, I would say--who need everything to be supported by the Bible.
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Anything by Scott Hahn. I was raised in a very active Evangelical home, and had no intentions whatsoever of converting to the Church. I picked up a Scott Hahn book thinking I would find out what his arguments were so I could strengthen my position and convert my soon-to-be-husband to protestantism.
Boy, was I "surprised by truth!" Scott Hahn is engaging, easy to read, and incredibly convincing. Obviously  .
I'll be praying for your friend!
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And since Sarah sorta brought it up.. the stories in "Surprised By the Truth" edited by Patrick Madrid are also excellent.. they give information by telling about other people's conversions.
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Thanks for all the suggestions.
No, I don't think she is very evangelical. When her daughter was sick she started to develop a special relationship with Mary. As a mother she felt drawn to Mary. I sent her a miraculous medal when her daughter was sick, and she ended up having her daughter buried with the medal.
I appreciate the recommendations, I'll take a look at the books you recommended!
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SylviaB wrote:
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Then I would recommend Catholic for a Reason: Scripture and the Mystery of the Mother of God. The whole series is very good, but this one explains the beliefs related to Mary. It is very informative.
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Another favorite read of mine is John Paul II's encyclical
Mother of the Redeemer. I read this on my journey into the Catholic Church, and I was STUNNED to realize how Biblical the Catholic teachings on Mary were, and also how beautiful.
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Thanks for all the great ideas!
I think right now after the birth of her daughter she is struggling with faith a little. She is having a hard time understanding why her daughter died, especially when she and all of us prayed so hard for her to recover.
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Sylvia, I will pray for your friend at our rosary tonight. The one thing that opened my eyes to the Church was the Catholic ladies I came across on the internet - their attitude, kindness and the love of Jesus that shone from them in a genuine way which I had never experienced in the protestant church I was then attending. And you sound as if you are being that "living book" to your friend!
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