[Mercat]

In 2006 I was just climbing out of the worst few years of my life. Mr. Mercat and I traveled to Ireland to see our son perform in a banjo festival. While there I found a wonderful cannamara marble rosary, bought it, and began praying it daily. I didn’t even know why and didn’t feel any devotion to Mary. It just seemed the right thing to do to help my other two children in their needs. It got to be a habit and although I gave that rosary away I found another and another and gradually found ways to make it part of my daily routine. Three years ago, still not feeling a devotion to Mary, I became a team member at RCIA at my parish. I kept learning more and finally did the 33 Days to Morning Glory. (look it up). I also read Scott Hahn’s Hail Holy Queen. I’m still not 100% there but getting close to full devotion to Jesus through Mary. My life has improved amazingly. So this is my witness.

[miss marmelstein]

My mother is dying and her Catholic nursing home has taken up praying the Rosary over her daily. To hear the quiet recitation of prayers is like a balm on the sore-hearted spirit. One of the most beautiful rituals of Catholicism. I ask kindly that non-Catholics not to respond to me on this because this means a lot to me with my mother dying by inches.

[defconw]

Awesome! I too had a time in life that I was really struggling to get out of a bad situation and I was at the pretty hopeless state. No money, far from home, to proud to ask for help etc.

I was perusing a newspaper and was for whatever reason looking at the personals and memorials. I was used to suburban Catholicism like Father says. So for whatever reason this novena appeared in the paper. I was like well, OK what the heck nothing else is working. I was pretty convinced God was not listening to me.

I said this Novena devoutly and with as much trust as I could muster and not really expecting anything at all to happen. Nothing happened the 9th day (it's not magic after all). But ......things did change and I got out of that situation. It was not so much that the situation suddenly dissolved, it was more like I had gained the wisdom and confidence to get out of it and I knew Mother and Jesus were propping me up.

[Salvation]

Thank you for your respectful witness.

[Bigg Red]

Lovely. Thank you for sharing your story.

[Iscool]

I’m still not 100% there but getting close to full devotion to Jesus through Mary.

How do you get full devotion to Jesus thru Mary...What's that mean??? We get full devotion to Jesus without Mary...