How to Help a Loved One Who Has Left the Faith (with Kristine Bruce of Praying for Our Prodigals)
About this episode
Kristine Bruce discusses how to support loved ones who have left the Catholic faith.
Almost every Catholic has someone they love who has walked away from the Church. A sibling, an adult child, a spouse, or the friend who insists she can pray just fine at home. This week Kristine Bruce, founder of Praying for Our Prodigals, shares the four pillars that actually bring people back, and why arguing is almost never the thing that does it. NEW this week!!! Every episode now comes with a free recap you can save and revisit. Sign up once at https://catholicwoman.co/episode-recaps and you'll get the recap for this show plus access to all the past ones, no notetaking required. In this episode: - Why your relatives are usually not the ones you'll convert directly, and what to do instead - The four pillars Kristine built her whole apostolate around: trust, pray, sacrifice, and love - The small daily sacrifice that brought one person home (yes, it involved giving up chapstick) - How to ask better questions so you reach the real reason someone left, not the polite one - What to do when a fallen-away loved one receives the Eucharist anyway - How to hold the line on hard things like cohabitation without breaking the relationship - The prayer from St. Faustina's diary that…
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