Ryan Eggenberger is a young convert to Catholicism and he presents some tips (six) on evangelizing lapsed Catholics:
"The story begins on a plane, as I have found myself
spending many hours there recently. I think the Lord has been putting
specific people in front of me because He knows that I’ll end up talking
to them and hopefully convincing them to go back to confession. And I
always ask for such opportunities which He seems to grant. That seems to
happen, a lot! Praise God.
Last week, though, another opportunity seemed to present itself. A
woman sat next to me – a tall, Australian woman – who was wearing a
cowboy hat. I had to make a comment on the hat, because 1) she was the
only person wearing a cowboy hat on the plane; and, 2) who wears cowboy
hats on a plane? and, 3) I’m heading to Australia at the end of the
month for CNMC13. So we’re practically best friends.
Clearly, this woman was interesting to me and has a personality that I
wanted to know more about. I opened with a comment on the hat – “What a
great hat!”
So we started with small chat. By takeoff though, only five minutes
later while still taxi-ing, we dove right in. She inquired about the
picture on a book I *by chance* had in my lap, face-up, pointed in a
direction she could easily see. The book was Gaitley’s 33 Days to
Morning Glory."
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