How to Win Souls for God

Six months before she died, Gabrielle Bossis was concerned about her effectiveness in evangelizing others, particularly about her failings and faults getting in the way. In the following passage from her journal, Jesus tells her 3 indispensable things that we humans are looking for : people who truly love us, are joyful, and committed to something bigger than themselves. These three things are irresistible. Don't focus on how you might blow the opportunity, but rather forget about yourself altogether. Get the name of Jesus into the conversation. - From the book "He and I", journal entry Dec 22, 1949 (six months before Gabrielle died):

Gabrielle to Jesus: "Lord, may nothing in me hinder your voice from reaching others". Jesus responds: "Echo it back with all your loving warmth and you will give them joy. And this very joy will make them much more sensitive to My voice, these poor people, so often troubled with regard to Me or consumed by earthly worries. How much more freely they will breathe if you talk with them about Me! I'll be there, though unseen, and you will feel the warmth of My Presence. In heaven it is I who am the center and circumference for everyone, and the blessed ones exult. Isn't it from the fullness of the heart that the mouth speaks? This is why I rejoice when you mention My Name. It's like a cherished secret that you disclose because you can no longer keep it. It's as though you said 'Let us talk about God, the One who is my entire life, the One who alone is worthy of my every heart-beat. This glorifies Me, and to glorify Me is to love Me . . .

Haven't I explained to you that you will be judged according to the measure of your love - on that alone? . . . It is as though I said 'Don't think of yourself any more. Think of Me.' The saints thought only of Me all their lives. Accept the help of My mother for this, and think of Me with all the tenderness of which you are able. Tenderness honors me more than reverence. It consoles Me."

- Gary