Prayers for my Parents

Have you ever planted seeds . For days, even with rain, you see nothing, yet next thing you know, you go out and the seed as sprouted, up and stretching toward the sun!


Keep praying! Dear Lady, hold Fulimariae's parents in the palm of your hand and carry them to Jesus!

 

In my experience, the Green Scapular does not necessarily have to be worn. It can be carried, I think. You might want to look it up. My uncle who died of cancer took it to the Mayo Clinic. I believe he was converted.

 

I've heard of putting it under the mattress of the one your praying to come more deeply to the Lord.

 

I have heard this, too.

 

FiliMariae, if not too personal, how did you come to be a Catholic?

 

She is really blessed to have someone like you who cares and prays.

 

Thank you. She is a good woman, I think she’d make a good Catholic if I could just get her to go along with the program.

Yeah, I don’t mind sharing at all. I grew up evangelical, my grandmother (who I’m very close to) was very devout, even though my parents were not. As I got older I started having doubts about certain Protestant teachings (basically I stopped believing in ‘faith alone’ and ‘scripture alone’), they just seemed very illogical to me, but I had a lot of misconceptions about Catholicism too, so I was very confused and didn’t know what to do.

Eventually, I stumbled across the story of Fatima and that upset me because I couldn’t refute it and I really didn’t want to be Catholic. But eventually I decided to try praying the Rosary because Our Lady had asked for it at Fatima. I quite literally told God that if this was wrong just strike me down and if this was what He wanted just to let me know because I was hopelessly lost. And after that Rosary everything just made complete sense to me, I had such peace, and I have never doubted since. Eventually I started going to Mass, went through OCIA, and had my first Communion/Confirmation.

 

You are so blessed!

 

thank you, very inspiring, may God bless you and grant your prayers for your family

 

Your story reminds me so much of this story I was listening to yesterday about a convert and the rosary and a great miracle he tells of.

 

How long have you been Catholic?

 

Thank you! I have already been blessed beyond measure. A lot of people are converted by the Rosary, I think that’s in Our Lady’s promises. We have to wonder, how many souls would have been damned without the Rosary? I know I would have been.

Well I prayed that first Rosary shortly after I turned 16. When I told my catechists they said I was very young, but I can’t help but wish I hadn’t wasted the first 16 years of my life before that. How much pain I caused for Jesus and how many graces I missed obtaining!