Dear Friend,

A new Footsteps to Heaven podcast episode has been published, and I believe you'll really like this one. Meet Frances Smit!

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In this issue:
God’s Plan Is Revealed One Step at a Time

In this episode, Frances Smit shares her powerful story of:

• Entering the Catholic Church through a leap of faith
• Learning to hear God’s voice through Scripture and prayer
• Overcoming depression and discovering healing
• Leaving behind security to follow God’s call

If you’ve ever struggled to know God’s will, felt stuck, or wondered whether God is truly guiding your life, this episode will encourage you. 

Check out this new video: Watch it at https://youtu.be/bcjUbZiiTpA.

Frances says:

"I had been married for about five or six years and my husband was Catholic but I wasn’t a Catholic or a Christian. I didn’t really know anything about Christianity, but I suddenly became interested in going to RCIA classes. I was just curious and I started going, and I went through the whole thing, but I wasn’t ready to commit to the Church, so I dropped out at the last minute. I had my secular views and I was a feminist at the time, so I didn’t believe all the teachings of the Church. And I felt like, in order to commit to the Church, I needed to be on board with everything.

And then after that, lo and behold, I started going through RCIA again a second time. I think that was because the Holy Spirit was prompting me, and I didn’t know what that was at the time.

So, I had gone through it a second time. And there — as people might know that there are different scrutinies that come along during the RCIA where you commit to the Church in small ways. And there was a point in time when we needed to decide, “Hey, are you going to come into the Church or not? I was having a hard time with that. I was like, “Oh, I don’t know. I don’t think I can do it.” But the night before we had to make a decision. I had a dream, and in the dream the Lord was speaking to me. I knew that He was saying that He wanted me to come into the Church. So that’s when I committed…."

What about you?

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What about others?

Maybe you know someone else who could use this help. Please recommend this workbook to your friends, family, social media followers, young adults at church, your parish faith formation director, and young men who would make awesome priests. Buy the book for them as a gift of faith, or give them this link:

KnowingGodsWillAndDoingItWell.com

Blessings of Peace and Grace
as we serve Christ together,
Terry Modica

Spiritual Coach, Author, Speaker,
Executive Director
Good News Ministries
GNM.org