Heaven protects Mary's children

I have been praying the Rosary united with the Marie de Nazareth Association for years. What wonderful, heavenly protection the Rosary brings us! I have experienced this many times, like the incident I will share with you.

One dark winter evening ten years ago, around 6:00 pm, I was driving home in my car from work on a highway near Lyons, France, and I was praying the Rosary as usual. As I took the exit ramp I suddenly had a vision of myself crashing against a concrete wall. I hit the brakes and in spirit—my brakes weren’t very good—and my car stopped on the spot. I was going about 40 mph and was violently thrown forward on my steering wheel. Then I saw a vehicle whizz by in front of me coming from the right, through the trees! All I recognized in my headlights were huge wheels and the bottom of the truck. The truck scraped the front of my car making a horribly loud noise and it rattled.

When the truck was gone I was shaking and yet at the same time I felt happy and at peace, because I was okay! I was so shocked that I was still alive and hesitated whether to get out of my car or just drive home. But I was close to my house and I thought that if I didn’t go home right then and there I would be too afraid to drive later. So I continued on my way, praising God, but my voice was still trembling.

The next day, I went back to look at the "scene of the incident.” Naturally there was no concrete wall: the vision from the night before had been given to me to make hit the brakes, and save myself from being crushed by that truck that was coming at me in the dark! As I looked around, I noticed a gray gate behind an overgrown hedge and some birch trees, at the end of a driveway. Opposite, I saw a street that served the companies in that industrial area.

I told myself that the driver must not have been aware he had crossed a double lane highway separated by a median strip. A month after the incident I was finally able share this story with my prayer group. We all agreed that this is how Heaven protects Mary's children who pray the Rosary!  

M.C.

Personal testimony sent to the Marie de Nazareth Association in October 2020