Rosary graces produced by Covid-19 lockdown

I am retired but still very active. With the lockdown at the start of the pandemic, my wife and I were shut in the house and we spent a lot of time together, which used to be quite rare for us before. We didn't suffer from isolation, but on the contrary we grew closer together to each other as well as to our youngest daughter who is still living at home.

Every day we streamed and followed on our TV screen the office of lauds, daily Mass, the Lourdes Rosary, and finally an evening praise and worship service. This period was spiritually intense for us, in a monastic way that suited us well.

In May, when the lockdown was lifted, I understood that Mary's sweet voice was asking me to organize a Rosary group every day in our parish, so that we would not leave her Son alone in the tabernacle and so that our church would be open to people who wanted to pray or ask for graces.

Since then, we have prayed the Rosary as a group every day at 5:30 p.m. to the great joy of the parishioners and of our priest who, as a result, now celebrates Mass every day after the Rosary.

Right now we have a group of at least 15 regular participants. We say the Rosary in French, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Tamil and Kikongo. We pray next to the statue of Saint Therese of Lisieux, who must be delighted with this diversity, since she is the patron saint of missionaries!

We have received several messages of answered prayers for healing, and we joyfully continue this mission that benefits everyone. We now also pray the novenas that you send us, and we pray for the intentions of the Rosary for the World too!

Damien H., a reader of A Moment with Mary, August 2020

Personal testimony sent to the Marie de Nazareth Association