Saving a Soul in the Last Week of Life

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Sometimes when we’re younger, reaching out to help someone might include urging them to stop smoking or using drugs or drinking so much. Or to finish school, stick with a job, not drive so fast.These are important and are a way of charity, of caring for others when there’s no benefit to ourselves. We shouldn’t assume someone else is pointing them in the right direction. Addicts often say no one ever tried to persuade them to stop. But once in a while the opportunity presents itself to nudge someone toward something far more important and eternal.

Saving a Soul in the Last Week of Life - Catholic Insight

“Faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead.” James 2:14-17 This is the remarkable story of a man who reached out to an old friend in need. What was this need? A job? Help with some house or landscaping project? Money? Advice on relationships, vacations, cars? Sometimes when we’re...

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