Experiences with Our Lady

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Bit different probably get laughed at but I saw a moving statue! It was a phenomenon in Ireland in 1985, we were on holidays in Cork and my parents had heard of this moving statue malarkey and decided to check it out. We thought it was histerics or something but I actually saw the statue of Our Lady sway side to side and move forward and then back in broad daylight.

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Even though I’m Byzantine and we really don’t do Novenas, I did the Mary Undoer of Knots novena recently, and the day after it ended I received help/guidance with something that has been weighing heavily on me for some time. My “knot” is being undone.
 
I’m Orthodox, but I finished a 54 day rosary novena last August. During that time, I had read about total consecration and wondered whether or not I even should. The next available day was on Our Lady of Sorrows (which is not on the Orthodox Calendar). However, I had prayed as to whether or not I should, and it just so happened that I discovered that the icon of our Lady of the Seven Arrows is commemorated exactly thirty-three days before. I truly don’t believe in those kinds of coincidences, as such, and decided to go through with it. So, two days after I finished my novena, I began the thirty-three day preparation.
 
My very first post on here was back before I became Catholic. I had been praying for a sign so I would know which church was the right church to join. I had been reading a lot of church history and had just discovered the church Fathers. Out of the blue I received a postcard in the mail of a picture of a statue of Our Lady of Fatima. I took that as my sign.
 
Yes, she is on your side. I know a priest who speaks about his devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe and how she follows him around as well. He finds her everywhere, including in places no one would ever expect.
 
In the last month I’ve been feeling a resurgence of my relationship with BVM in a way I haven’t felt in decades.

Last year and the year before I did the Marian Consecration, which were lovely and I fully recommend it.

But in this past month, I have this sense that something is moving in the spiritual sense, or like a veil has fluttered aside. I know I’m not making any sense, just that our language isn’t really good for describing spiritual phenomena.
(And no, it’s not visions or locutions 🙂)
 
Not yet…but I let her and her son Jesus know I love them both more than life itself…
 
Our Lady is the patroness of Korea, so many Korean Catholics are really devoted to her for peace!

Our Lady, Queen of Peace is the patroness of the Diocese of Suwon, which is my diocese.
 
It could be a coincidence or a sign. But, Our Lady does want you to know how deeply she loves you and care for you. I have had many wonderful experiences with Our Lady, here is one. A few years ago, I was considering becoming Catholic. I was struggling with some of the Church’s teachings. Later, at the end of the school year, I was asked to crown Our Lady and I agreed to. I was struggling with self-esteem and other issues. My parents were not helpful and only made me feel worse. But, when I crowned Mary, I saw her gentle and loving face and knew how much she loved me. It was then when I accepted the Catholic Church and it’s teachings. I also realized, whenever I was in pain, sad, lonely or happy, Our Lady was always there rejoicing with me or comforting me
 
And how was the process of regaining self-esteem and self-love with Our Lady. Tell me more, I want to know.
 
Our Lady wanted me to know I was beautiful, on the inside and on the outside. When I look back at those times and when I think about how much of a mess I was and still am, I realized that Mary was able to see past my ugliness and messiness. Her love protected me from Satan who was telling me I was a bad person and that I was not beautiful.
 
Ours I also need some advice to regain my self esteem give me some advice?
 
Satan wants you to think you are not beautiful. He tells you that you are a bad person and that you are worthless. But Jesus says that you are the opposite of worthless. He wants you to be the lovely child of God that you are. I recommend going to frequent confession. His mercy will help you feel whole again. You also talk positively to yourself. I tell myself often that God loves me, that He wants me, that I am beautiful inside and outside. I like the saying"pretty is as pretty does." It means that you are truly beautiful when you do good things. What really matters to God is that you love Him, serve Him and serve others. If you do you are gorgeous. Remember, our worth does not lie in our looks.
 
awesomecatholic said:
Remember, our worth does not lie in our looks.
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Well said and so true.

As a beauty I’m not a star,
There are others more handsome by far,
But my face, I don’t mind it - For I’m behind it,
It’s the people in front who get the jar.

(Quoted from memory of what someone wrote in my autograph type book [can’t think of the right name for a book wherein people write these types of sayings], when I was a child.)
 
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