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I just wanted to share my story about St. Philomena. I have a condition that makes having children “very tough” but not “impossible”. As soon as I got married, we started trying, but I was not showing any signs that my body was going to let me have a baby. A year passed and I became extremely frustrated and depressed, and fell away from God and was angry at him that he would let some women I saw (alcoholics and drug addicts to name an example) get pregnant but not me. I turned to palm and tarot card readers, trying to get some glimmer of hope that I would someday be a mom. They offered little solution though, as some told me I would be, and some said I probably wouldn’t which only added to my stress.I finally went to a Dr, who put me on oral fertility medicine (to help me ovulate, which my body was not doing) but month after month passed and the doctor was worrying that they weren’t working and started to suggest other methods, such as IVF or artifical insemination. Deep down, I did not believe that these practices were moral, but I was starting to consider it because I wanted to be a mom so badly and I was falling further and further away from God.
Anyway, I read somewhere about a woman who prayed to Saint Philomena for her children despite being told by doctors that she probabl wouldn’t have children. I started to pray the rosary again, cautiously, as I was still a bit angry, but at the end of the roasary I always said a prayer to saint Philomena for a healthy baby girl (I always wanted a girl, but I would have been happy with either. I was just throwing that out there in case she was listening). After a while I prayed to her everyday and asked for her intercession. Within one month, I was pregnant! No scary fertility procedures that are expensive and invasive. No spells from mystics. And she is a little girl as healthy as can be, due in Novemeber, almost 3 years after we started trying. I guess what I am trying to say, is if you are feeling hopeless, pray to Saint Philomena and put your trust in God. I had to learn the hard way but the experience brought me closer to God and back to the church. God bless.
Anyway, I read somewhere about a woman who prayed to Saint Philomena for her children despite being told by doctors that she probabl wouldn’t have children. I started to pray the rosary again, cautiously, as I was still a bit angry, but at the end of the roasary I always said a prayer to saint Philomena for a healthy baby girl (I always wanted a girl, but I would have been happy with either. I was just throwing that out there in case she was listening). After a while I prayed to her everyday and asked for her intercession. Within one month, I was pregnant! No scary fertility procedures that are expensive and invasive. No spells from mystics. And she is a little girl as healthy as can be, due in Novemeber, almost 3 years after we started trying. I guess what I am trying to say, is if you are feeling hopeless, pray to Saint Philomena and put your trust in God. I had to learn the hard way but the experience brought me closer to God and back to the church. God bless.