Safe Answers
- Missionaries of the Real Presence
- May 22
- 6 min read
Sharing the Real Presence
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Safe Answers by Griffin Rain
Upcoming Events
*St Philip Neri Feast Day grill out (May 26th, memorial day)
Volunteers Needed
Safe Answers by Griffin rain
Recently while evangelizing, I have been asking people what they set their hearts on or what they put first in their life? It's an interesting question and can get to the question of God very quickly, but it is also open enough that those who don't care about God will share with me what they have basically turned into their God.
This week there were some very interesting encounters in which I asked someone this question. One of the times I asked this to someone of faith, but were a bit scared to share that. They gave me a safe answer that they would give to anybody, that school was the most important thing. After talking for a while the person realized that it was safe to bring in faith. They said that they should have said God was the most important thing in their life, but they were scared to say that to a stranger.
Do you have a safe answer of what is the most important thing in your life that you share with people like school, job, family Etc? These are good things, but are they the most important thing in our life? If there is something more important than God, do not be afraid to let God touch that thing and transform it. Do not be afraid to put God first in your life. Hopefully God is the most important thing in our life and when he is, your life will radiate His love into all areas. This gives us many opportunities to give witness to the hope that is within you. We each have many opportunities each day that we can share the faith in our daily lives. Do we hide it out of fear and bury that talent that God is giving us? We may put God first in our lives but when we have a safe answer that we give instead of Christ, this is a denial of Christ in a small way like that of Peter. After many times of these denials, our faith has grown weak. Our faith is meant to be shared. When we keep it to ourselves, it dies.
"So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead" James 2:17
Jesus now turns to you as he turned to Peter, do you love me more than these? Do you love me? Do you love me? Yes Lord you know that I love you! "Feed my sheep." He has people in your life that are his sheep and they need to be fed. Your witness in the small ways of sharing the hope that is in you can help feed the hungry soul. How many daily encounters do you have that someone asks you for your opinion, advice or just ask you about yourself? Don't miss this next opportunity! If we are faithful in these small ways, we will be able to remain faithful in bigger ways. We don't all have to be full-time street evangelists, but we are all called to bring Christ into our daily lives and share Him. Start where you are with a sense of mission and maybe he will call you to something more. We are all called to be disciples and in doing that, we bring Christ mission right here and now. He desires to work in you to continue his work for the salvation of the world. Will you let him in?
Upcoming Events
St Phillip Neri Feast Day & Missionary Associates Dinner - St Philip Neri is the patron saint of our house and his feast day is on Monday May 26th, also Memorial Day. We plan on having a big celebration for the day. Join us for a grill out during the day with yard games followed by our Missionary Associates Dinner. We will have a special Mass for St Philip Neri at 5:30 pm. This occurs at the Street Disciple House located at 2126 W Michigan St. Milwaukee, WI 53233. The schedule for the event is as follows:
Grill out begins: 12:00 pm
Evening Prayer: 5:00 pm
St Philip Neri Feast Day Mass: 5:30 pm
Talk on our patron, St Philip Neri: 6:15 pm
Dinner & Socializing: 6:45 pm
If you can't make it this time, plan for the 4th Monday of each month. If you would like to be on our text updates list, please text (414)235-7307 your name and we will add you. This is for people who volunteer with the missionaries, are evangelizing elsewhere and/or are interested in volunteering/supporting our work. We hope that this continues building up the community around the missionaries, getting to know others and energizing more people to start working for the salvation of souls here in Milwaukee and beyond.
Lunch in the Park - We will be serving food at the Cream City Garden homeless camp (1307 N 13th st) Saturday May 24th from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. Volunteers are needed on two teams. Kitchen team and Evangelist team. Please contact us if you can make it. We begin at the Street disciple house at 11am.
Come and See – We are encouraging men who are interested in our way of life to visit for a come and see. We encourage longer visits such as a week-long visit. We are open to having visitors most weeks so if you have a week that will work for you, contact us and we can have you for a visit. To set up a visit call/text (414) 235-7307 or e-mail vocations@reaplresencemissionaries.org
Discernment Group - We are beginning a discernment group that will meet every other week on Saturday evening. Our first meeting will be on Saturday May 31st. Please contact Griffin at (414)235-7307 if you would like to be a part of this group. We will be reading from the book A living Sacrifice: Guidance for Men Discerning Religious Life. We have copies available for those joining the group.
Men's Open House Discipleship Night - Join us for the Men's Open House Discipleship Night on Friday nights at the Street Disciple House. We have this every Friday going forward unless announced otherwise (not on Good Friday). See schedule & speakers for upcoming nights here. It will be a open house so come when you can. The plan for the night is to prepare dinner 5pm until ready, eat; evening prayer 6:30pm; 7pm Formation; 8:15 pm to 10 pm game night/ social. We will conclude with Night Prayer at 10 pm.
Please invite those who you think would benefit with this night of discipleship!
Also if you would like to help with organizing the night, communication, cooking, finding speakers etc. please let us know!
Volunteers Needed
(Contact 414-235-7307 to help)
Evangelization Friday after 12:05 pm Mass in front of Gesu @ 12th and Wisconsin av.
We are looking for someone to help us with making YouTube videos of the mission
We are looking to offer more formation related activities at the street disciple house. If you have any ideas or would like to start a group, let us know! (bible study, catechism study, etc.)
Saturday big group evangelization at high foot traffic area 10:30 am - 2:30 pm
Needed Items
(Click underline for link to donate)
Street Disciple House Items
twin size box springs & frames
Matching couches for living room
Alarm clocks
Rake
Street Evangelization/Preaching Items
Amazon List (pamphlet racks, hard drive, microphone, camera battery, note taker bible, voice recorder)
Financial Donations for Missionary Formation and Street Disciple House
Wood 2x4's (8ft) for the Weekly Way of the Cross
About the Missionaries of the Real Presence
The Missionaries of the Real Presence aims to assist in the apostolic renewal of the church by intentionally discipling men living in community and encouraging missionary vocations in the church. We participate in Christ’s evangelizing work for the salvation of souls especially seeking out those who have been spiritually neglected. We introduce people to Jesus through intentional conversation, preaching, teaching, and prayer. We engage in direct evangelization in the public forum on the city streets, on public transit, in homes and share the good news of Christ with those we meet. All of this flows from a life of prayer and union with Jesus as our source.
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