The CatholiCity Message
Volume XIII, Number 3 – March 25, 2009
"Anything worth doing is worth doing badly."
G.K. Chesterton
Dear CatholiCity Citizen,
For the sake of the souls...
1. EVANGELIZING BADLY
Have you evangelized this Lent? It is worth doing badly, as Mr. Chesterton points out. Just because we are not holy or persuasive or outgoing does not mean we cannot evangelize badly using highly effective, laughably inexpensive Mary Foundation CDs. Let our riveting speakers and God's grace do the hard work.
2. EVANGELIZE DEVOUT CATHOLICS
Remember, all sorts of people are showing up at the parishes near your home this time of year. Devout Catholics need to be evangelized too. Our CDs inspire everyone, from fallen-away sinners to daily-Mass saints.
3. OUR FREE CD DISPLAY IS *BETTER* THAN CHANCE ENCOUNTERS
Did you know a person is *much* more likely to take a free CD from a display (which we will send you free of charge) than if you handed it to him or her directly? It's human nature: we all prefer to make our spiritual choices in a quiet way. You can see the free Mary Foundation CD display here:
http://www.catholicity.com/cds/
4. SPECTACULARLY, RIDICULOUSLY SMALL DONATIONS PER CD
Please, we beg you, help us *lose* money by using our bulk order donation option--for as little as 50 cents donation per CD. Peanuts. Sure, it costs more than 50 cents, but we're partners, Partner. We make the stuff and you give it away. Shipping is always free and same day. Here is our bulk order page:
https://secure.catholicity.com/bulk-order.html
5. KITCHEN TABLE CONVERSATION: SERVING SOULS
The only thing standing between people converting, destinies changing, souls going to heaven, and even babies being born is your decision to make a normal human effort to place a display of free Mary Foundation CDs in the back of parishes near your home. God's grace will do the rest.
We gently recommend that if you are undecided, sit down "in the kitchen" with your spouse or your best friend and discuss the benefit to souls of this kind of "spiritual work of mercy" this Lent. Think. Pray. Decide. Work. We call it "TPDW" or "Tipdaw." No we don't. We just made that up. But still.
And when you get to heaven and meet Jesus, He will introduce you to the souls you touched in Lent 2009 (Remember from last month's message: Your Best Lent Ever!).
FINAL NOTE: FREE DISPLAY WILL BE OFFERED AUTOMATICALLY
When you order online, your free Church Displays will be offered automatically when you enter 20 or more CDs with your order. Thanks:
https://secure.catholicity.com/order.html
(It would be totally cool if so many of you ordered CDs that "Team Lepanto" in the shipping department actually broke a sweat over the next few days. They are one cocky bunch of bananas. Shipping nerds--just like elves, but without the pointy ears, runes, and JRR Tolkein seal of approval. Hammer 'em, will ya?)
DON'T FORGET TO EVANGELIZE WITH FREE SAINT JUDE MEDIA NOVELS:
If Catholic CDs are beer, then our free novels are moonshine. That's because a novel completely engages a reader's imagination for twenty-five to thirty hours. That's a lot of good evangelizin' badly. Oh, haven't read one yet yourself? Here's where to order:
https://secure.catholicity.com/order.html
LET'S PRAY TOGETHER
All 60,000 of us, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit...
"Dear Guardian Angels, guide us every moment and in every decision we make this Lent. When we evangelize, help us by going forward to the guardian angels of the souls we can touch, so we can all work in concert to do God's holy will. Help us get back up when we fall. Please let Jesus know we are sorry for not living up to our promises. Whisper in our ears through our rightly-formed conscience. Guide, guard, govern, and protect us. By the way, we love you. Sorry we have not paid attention to you. You are so patient, and we know you have good manners. Remind us to invite you into our lives. Amen!"
Thanks. That's it. It is all about the souls, baby. Finally, there is a lot of Catholic stuff popping in the news this week--including Obama being invited to Notre Dame, and the amazing story of that plane that crashed into a cemetery. Just drop by the CatholiCity homepage for the best Catholic news and most helpful Commentary in the world:
See you soon, just before Easter...
With Immaculate Mary,
Your Friends at CatholiCity
