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Our Rosary Miracle...It was a Friday night and I was praying the rosary. I prayed and asked Mary, Joseph, and Jesus to keep my daughter close to the faith and not allow her to go astray. I also prayed for a sign that I was on the right track as far as my life was going and the direction that I was headed in. While praying the rosary I fell asleep. As a result I dropped my rosary into the floor. In the morning my daughter found my rosary she picked it up and started to pray and as she was praying she heard a loud male voice! The voice said, "Mary is very proud of you for praying the rosary!" I was looking for my rosary and my husband told me that that our daughter found my rosary in the floor. I went back to her room to ask her where she placed my rosary. I asked where she put my rosary. My daughter said, " Mom can I ask you a question?" I replied, "Sure, what is it?" She told me about her experience earlier that morning and asked me who I thought was talking her. I replied, "It must be Jesus or God." She then asked me if Jesus or God had ever spoke to me. I replied, "No." She then further questioned me as to why not me but her? I replied, "Well, Jesus and God prefer to speak to the innocent who will listen." I then hugged and told her and told her how proud I was. Isn't this amazing? My daughters experience really inspired me. I find it so incredible how prayers are answered. This really renewed my faith in the power of prayer. The rosary is so powerful and comforting.

I was driving down my road and passed the home of a former friend with whom I had had a falling out. The Rosary CD was playing and I decided that Ishould get over our differences and try to make amends. Not that it had anything to do with our differences but some years ago I helped her to wash and dry several boxes of tea cups/saucers that had been willed to her. Knowing something about them I encouraged her to sell them to help pay off some bills. I was quite taken with one that was a fortune telling tea cup and I wished very much that she would offer it to me, but she never did. Having been very generous to both she and her family over the years I felt some resentment over that one thing. But nevertheless I thought I had best try to be friends again. Several hours later, I found the tea cup for $5 in a resale shop. I have never see one for sale before. It may seem a small thing, but it spoke volumes to me.

I was reading your section on signal graces and something that recently happened to me came to mind. I had this huge history test on Friday consisting of 15 essay questions. The professor gave us all 15 questions but he said he would pick only five of them to test us on. So we had to study all 15 because we didn't know what questions would be asked. So I studied hard but the day before the test I knew I wasn't ready. I only knew 6 or 7 questions out of the 15. I have been praying the rosary for a while but that night before the test I prayed it asking God to intervene by calming me down and to take away some of the anxiety I had. And if it was His will to have the professor give me the questions I knew. So the day for the big test came and the professor was on the verge of giving out the questions and then all of a sudden a calmness came over me and I felt relaxed. Then the professor gave me my questions and to my surprise the 5 questions he asked me were the 5 questions I knew the best. Needless to say, I was in shock. I mean what are the odds of that happening. The Lord truly does hear us when we pray; that I am convinced of.

Last Spring I suffered a major clinical depression. At the time it was at it's worse, the Holy Father, Pope John Paul was passing. I watched with him and I cried and prayed for him. Now that would not be unusual except that I am not a Catholic and barely knew of him or his works, except that he was goodness itself. I have , however been a Christian since birth. When I saw St. Peter's Square overflowing with the faithful praying the Rosary, I said to my husband, a rough fisherman(insert Picture of Peter here!)"I need one of those. Please go get me a Rosary. As we had no idea where to get one, I bought one online and taught myself to say the Rosary. Within 3 months I was vastley better, my medicine, daily Rosary recitation! I knew that I had an invitation from the late Holy Father and Our Blessed Mother to join The Catholic Church. I wrote to a priest and am now in RCIA and my son is in Sacrements Class and will make his first communion also. God has never left me alone when I was in need and I thank Jesus for sharing his own mother with me! God Bless You, Jill