Prayer "success stories"

[MarianD]

Anyone have any “success stories” in regards to their prayers? Such as prayers being answered, etc.

I have one that I thought I’d share. It made be extremely happy when I realized it yesterday. So happy that I couldn’t even focus on praying my Rosary.

I asked for St. Therese intercession for the Chilean Miners who are trapped. Most of you probably know about this already. I asked her to pray that they are rescued before the planned rescue date (December 25th). I also asked Mother Mary for this same thing. I believe they both answered my prayer.

St. Therese is known for bestowing roses upon those whose prayers she’s answered. Well, here’s what happened:

After praying this, I went to bed. The next day. I saw a barrage of roses. I saw a commercial showing a random batch of yellow roses that had nothing to do with its product. I saw someone putting pink roses in a basket on a TV show I was watching. I saw roses in many other places as well, and I remember seeing a large bouquet of roses of various colors in front of Mother Mary’s statue in Church. I really didn’t think anything of it.

A week or so later, I hear this on the news: cbc.ca/world/story/2010/09/06/chile-mine006.html

Again, I didn’t think anything of it until yesterday night. I put two and two together, and figured that St. Therese and Mother Mary interceded on their behalf. It’s a great feeling, and it grants a fresh renewal of faith! I hope St. Therese sends roses to all those who need them, and I hope both St. Therese and Mother Mary prays for you all!

 

[GaryTaylor]

Well I can attest to this. I was in a fire fight one night and hit 5X from almost point blank range.

I was in shock but still able to move and conscious. Time became very different, almost like slow motion, and with complete silence. It was almost as if I was watching myself in a movie with the volume down. The only pain I felt was a shattered bone on my left forearm, And even that was a dull pain. Another fellow put his arm around me, and led me out of there. I was bleeding in various areas but not as bad as would have thought.

Anyway a Doctor was observing me and I rememer saying,“Look are you gonna do something or what”. And he told me “I don’t think you gonna make it”. I was Praying the “Our Father” and talking to God. I mean literally talking to God. The Priest came in and read me my last rights. Shortly after that I went unconscious. I remember the out of body experience, and seeing myself on the operating table. I remember the White Light and moving towards the light. And I remember “God”, I assume it was, telling me that. “You have to go back”. Though I didn’t see him.

Anyway I woke three days later with sutchers and staples, and all kinds of tubes, drains, IV, oxygen, and a cast on my left arm. The surgeon came in and asked me if I believed in miracles. I really wasn’t thinking about myself being a miracle, time was back to time, and pain was back to pain. I was definatly back to reality. But I didn’t really respond to him, I responded by asking him what happened.

He said, he had done hundreds of surgurys in viet-nam. GSWs and Knife wounds and he had never seen any like this. One of the bullets had done a U-turn around my Aorta, another had missed my spine by fractions on an inch. All the organs hit, none were life threatening. He said, “If you don’t believe in miracles, your should, because I’ve never seen anything like this”.

I was covered by Gods hand that day and still am. All I did was witness what he is capable of, and live to tell about it. The real Blessing is real Faith. Because I’m here to tell you, your believing in something very real.

The Bibles not just a good story, and the Catholic faith isn’t simply a good way to live your life. At the end of the road your on, however long it may be, and where ever it may take you? Gods there, he’s at the end of that road. Matter of fact he’s walking with you down that road if you chose it to be so.

If your not at this point of belief? Reserve judgement and hang around a few more decades. I’m sure you’ll change your mind. Its actually humerous that poeple have no doubt about evil. Yet they chose to deny God.

Pray like your doing it with your last breath, and I’m quite sure you’ll see just how real God and the Blessed Mother are.

God Bless, GT

 

[Rascalking]

Well, my story seems a bit-drab compared to the previous post! And to think-I was going to tell my story of how I ran into a convent that was on fire and saved 39 nuns!

Prayer works. There was a St. Judes novena that my friend prayed for-and posted in the paper about two years ago. It worked, and we where all so thankful.

 

[kamaan]

Wow, those are both amazing stories!

Mine is really small by comparison…

Last year, I was in college taking Nursing. In school, I usually get around 95-100% on exams, but I was really having trouble with Microbiology. It frustrated me so much that I didn’t even study for our final

The night before the final, I started freaking out. I began to cram and pray to St. Jude (patron of hopeless causes) and St. Expeditus (patron against procrastination). I asked St. Jude and St. Expeditus if they would please help me get at least 80% on my exam. I begged and begged for an 80. Well, when we got our exams back, it turned out that I got 79.5%. After I saw my mark, I said a little prayer of thanksgiving to St. Jude and St. Expeditus.

Right after I said that prayer, the teacher discovered that he had made a mistake while marking. He corrected the mistake and I ended up with 80% after all! Apparently St. Jude and St. Expeditus have good senses of humour

 

[kamaan]

Well, my story seems a bit-drab compared to the previous post! And to think-I was going to tell my story of how I ran into a convent that was on fire and saved 39 nuns!

Yes, drab indeed!

 

[GaryTaylor]

That happened a long, long time ago. Though I remember it like yesterday.

In the begining of this year, I woke up heart racing, I swear I thought I was gonna have a heart attack. My wife was up watching TV, so she seen this, and asked me if I was OK? So I said ya, I believe so. She said, “Who were you taking to”? I said, “God”.

So she said, “Well what did he say to you”. I said, “He told me he was coming”. She said, “Well did you ask him when”? I said, “Of course not, you seen how scared I was, I could barely think never mind talk”. He also mentioned something about Allah which I won’t go into here.

Was it a dream? I don’t know, I don’t think so. I could tell you I been Praying the Rosary two-fold since then. Posting on this forum and Twitter daily since. And I added the weekly Miraculous Medal mass on Monday nights. So it definatly affected me profoundly. On Twitter I don’t post anything but Catholic messages, scripture, etc.

Do I think Christ is coming? Without a doubt. I believe we are in the last minute of the last hour. And I believe most people alive today will witness this. I also believe the war of good and evil is very accute right now. Stakes are high, theres a lot of Souls being lost. Look how many are lost daily by abortion?

I had listened to lecture by Fr Malichi Martin before he passed on, “God Bless his Soul”. And he was doing exorcisms in NYC at the time. Two things I remember from that lecture. Someone asked him if the exorcisms have increased? He said, "Yes by about 80%. Then he was asked that out of all the exorcisms he went to, how many were actually demonic? He said, "About 85% maybe a bit higher. By the way. Malichi Martin was advisor to three Popes, read the 3rd Secret of fatima, and was a firm believer in fatima.

As i was saying, evil is a very real presence as is God. And its very active and strong right now, The Rosary is the weapon. Its not by chance John Paul II held up the Rosary and said “This is your only hope now”. “Pray it daily and ask for nothing in return”.

God Bless, GT

Hey take it for what its worth. If you don’t believe it, say Garys doesn’t know what he’s talking about and dismiss it. But definatly, definatly hold fast to the Catholic Faith. Now isn’t the time to balk wth your faith. You best believe that. Theres no such thing as coincidence. Its not by chance you are here reading this at this moment.

 

[Bohm_Bawerk]

That happened a long, long time ago. Though I remember it like yesterday.

In the begining of this year, I woke up heart racing, I swear I thought I was gonna have a heart attack. My wife was up watching TV, so she seen this, and asked me if I was OK? So I said ya, I believe so. She said, “Who were you taking to”? I said, “God”.

So she said, “Well what did he say to you”. I said, “He told me he was coming”. She said, “Well did you ask him when”? I said, “Of course not, you seen how scared I was, I could barely think never mind talk”. He also mentioned something about Allah which I won’t go into here.

Was it a dream? I don’t know, I don’t think so. I could tell you I been Praying the Rosary two-fold since then. Posting on this forum and Twitter daily since. And I added the weekly Miraculous Medal mass on Monday nights. So it definatly affected me profoundly. On Twitter I don’t post anything but Catholic messages, scripture, etc.

Do I think Christ is coming? Without a doubt. I believe we are in the last minute of the last hour. And I believe most people alive today will witness this. I also believe the war of good and evil is very accute right now. Stakes are high, theres a lot of Souls being lost. Look how many are lost daily by abortion?

I had listened to lecture by Fr Malichi Martin before he passed on, “God Bless his Soul”. And he was doing exorcisms in NYC at the time. Two things I remember from that lecture. Someone asked him if the exorcisms have increased? He said, "Yes by about 80%. Then he was asked that out of all the exorcisms he went to, how many were actually demonic? He said, "About 85% maybe a bit higher. By the way. Malichi Martin was advisor to three Popes, read the 3rd Secret of fatima, and was a firm believer in fatima.

As i was saying, evil is a very real presence as is God. And its very active and strong right now, The Rosary is the weapon. Its not by chance John Paul II held up the Rosary and said “This is your only hope now”. “Pray it daily and ask for nothing in return”.

God Bless, GT

Hey take it for what its worth. If you don’t believe it, say Garys doesn’t know what he’s talking about and dismiss it. But definatly, definatly hold fast to the Catholic Faith. Now isn’t the time to balk wth your faith. You best believe that. Theres no such thing as coincidence. Its not by chance you are here reading this at this moment.

Wow, this is extremely interesting. In fact, interesting is not the word to describe your experience. As a person who has never really “experienced” God (although I’ve just found my Catholic faith weeks ago, coming back from Agnosticism despite being brought up as a Catholic, I can say that such testimonies do help me to have faith that God is out there.

“Of course not, you seen how scared I was, I could barely think never mind talk”.

I’ve always wanted to experience God in the “exceptional” way that you and others have described, yet on the other hand, I do not. I think I would die if I even saw a glimpse of His glory. His magnificence is frightening, as paradoxical as that may sound. I have read of people having locutions of His voice, and some say that the energy was enough to crush them, yet weirdly, the voice was “not mean” .

He also mentioned something about Allah which I won’t go into here.

The testimony always has to end at the good part . If you won’t describe it openly here, and if you don’t mind sharing, could you please send me a private message. I am a very curious person when it comes to these type of things.

I am honestly convinced I am going to Hell. Heck, even reading about God is enough to suggest that I am nowhere near good enough to be in His presence. Very worried about my destiny in the next life. . .

Thank you,
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk

 

[MarianD]

Beautiful stories! I love hearing about the answering of prayers, and no answer is “too small”, no matter what you think (coughkamaancough)

I am honestly convinced I am going to Hell. Heck, even reading about God is enough to suggest that I am nowhere near good enough to be in His presence. Very worried about my destiny in the next life. . .

Just trust in God and He will lead you. Pray for forgiveness and repent of your sins. Go to Confession often, and trust in God’s mercy. You’ll be fine