Eight Years of Evangelical Outreach

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Eight years ago, on September 22, 2011, I felt a nudge from God to write an inspirational email to 15 of my friends. Little did I know then, that it was the beginning of what would become 4^th Day Letters. After eight years, these weekly messages are being read around the world. Today, I want to share the reason and purpose for this ministry and explain how we can work together to change the world for Christ. Please read more.

My first email went out to a groupn of men who had experienced a Cursillo weekend. Cursillo began as a lay Catholic movement in Spain in the 1940’s. It has been adopted by many other denominations and is known by many other names. Some familiar ones are, Walk to Emmaus, Via de Cristo, and Kairos. All of these movements center around a three-day retreat. After making one of these retreats, the balance of a one’s life is considered their “Fourth Day.”  This is where the name 4^th Day Letters came from. Bringing about the Christian evangelization of all of the environments in our world is the core purpose of each of these movements.

Prompted by the Holy Spirit, I began writing each week to challenge, encourage, motivate and inspire the men and woman who were involved in these movements. I wanted to do my part to help us all to become better evangelizers. Over the years, the scope of this ministry expanded to include all Christians, not just those involved in the Cursillo-like movements.

In the first year, God placed The Parable of the Broken Door on my heart. It is from that message that this ministry received its name, Broken Door Ministries.

I believe God has blessed all people. I also believe that all of us are broken by sin and wounded by our broken world. Brokenness manifests itself in every type of sin imaginable. Jesus came into the world so that everyone who believed in Him could be saved from their darkness (John 12:44-50).  Each of us, even though we are broken in some way, is still expected to go forth to bring others to Jesus. Said differently, we are called to be the door, no matter how broken we may be, through which others can enter to encounter Christ.

We are called by Jesus to take His message to the ends of the earth (Matthew 28:19-20). We do this by first blooming where we are planted. Each of us exists surrounded by many environments such as our families, friends, churches, neighborhoods, work places, and our social groups. We begin by bringing the good news and love of Jesus to the people in these environments.

I believe we are all blessed by God, broken by sin and yet we are called to go out and be shared. This is analogous to the last supper where Jesus blessed, broke and shared the bread with His friends. As communal Christians, we are sent out to change the world for Christ.

Sadly, many of us are too nervous or frightened to go forth and evangelize. Inwardly focused on our own short comings and sinful habits, we feel unworthy to answer the call to evangelize. Out of fear, we remain scared. Blessed, broken and scared does not resemble what Jesus did to the bread at the last supper.

I chose to name the retreats that I put on across the country, Blessed Broken and Scared because, unfortunately this is where many of us are stuck. The book that I hope to publish soon will have that same name.

To evangelize we must be shared, not scared. To share, we must be open, honest and vulnerable. Wearing masks and pretending we have it all together does not help us, nor does it draw others to Jesus.

Each week I share a message that I believe God placed on my heart for me to pay attention to in my own life. My hope is that these messages help you too.

As Broken Door Ministries celebrates our 8^th Anniversary, I need your help! Thousands of people read 4^th Day letters, but millions of people do not. Would you please share each week’s message with your contacts and friends and on your social media platforms? I would also like to come to your church or parish to give a talk or retreat. Click here to get more information or to invite me to your group. Lastly, I almost never ask for financial assistance, but it does cost money to keep this ministry going. Please consider making a donation to support this ministry. Click here to give. No amount is too small. Your contributions are tax deductible, and no one is paid a salary in this ministry. Your contributions help to get the message of Jesus out to the world.

Working together we can change the world and bring others to Jesus. May God bless you!

Dear God, thank you for the gift of your precious Son Jesus and for the blessing of this ministry. Please bless all of our readers and all those they touch through their Christian outreach, amen!

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Prepare for Christmas! Mark your calendars. On December 6-8, 2019, I will be leading a 3 day Advent Retreat. Catholics as well as non-Catholics are welcome to attend. Fr. Ed Sheridan will join us to celebrate Catholic mass and Reconciliation will be available. Author Joseph Galloway will be giving a talk about his book The Broken Door and will be signing books. The retreat is being held at the Catholic Conference Center in Hickory, NC. It’s beautiful! More details will follow soon. I hope you can join us.

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Brian Pusateri

Brian is a Christian author and speaker. Brian, a lifelong Catholic, felt his life was forever changed when God spoke to his heart while attending an eight day silent Christian retreat in November of 2011. Soon after that retreat Brian founded 4th Day Letters and Broken Door Ministries. With the God inspired message of mercy and unconditional love that was placed on his heart during that retreat, Brian has been impacting others all over the country and around the world with his weekly letters, his talks, and his all day Christian retreats. In June of 2014, Brian’s life was again impacted in a very dramatic way when his eyesight suddenly became permanently impaired. The initial diagnosis was Multiple Scleroses (MS) but in December of 2019 the diagnosis was corrected to MOG antibody disease, a rare neurological disease. This health challenge has only served to draw Brian closer to God and bolster the importance of this timely yet ageless message.

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