Consolation and trust were instantaneous

A few years ago, moments before being admitted into surgery, feeling the natural fear of risk, the prayer of the Hail Mary came to my soul. Alone in that cold corridor of the hospital that prayer calmed my nerves at once. I felt the maternal presence of Our Lady and an image came to my mind—it was the image I carried in my book of the Liturgy of the Hours—Our Lady with the Child Jesus, Mother Three Times Brave.

Consolation and trust were instantaneous. I do not think I have experienced a mystical experience. It was not that. It was simply a son, at a difficult time, calling to the Mother. And she immediately took him onto her lap, comforted him and encouraged to have faith.

I could never forget that moment, because it was a gesture of maternal love that this poor child received from such a good Mother. In my life I have received many maternal interventions of Our Lady. I try to love her a lot. I know she takes care of me.

Antonio Carlos Rossi Keller

Bishop of Frederico Westphalen (Brazil)

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