Rosary "Efficacy" Question

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Hello, everybody!
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  Catholics everywhere have nothing but good things to say about the Rosary, which I'm sure is completely founded and truthful.  However, I don't seem to see or understand it's efficacy in my personal life.  Those who have talked to me know that I'm in a fruitless marriage right now.  (My husband and I live like roomates, not spouses - his fault.)  I am pregnant and I'm making arrangements to place this child for adoption due to this situation and financial strain.  We already have one child who is seeing us live this way, I don't wanna make it two.  My point is this - my husband says that he prays the rosary EVERY DAY on his way to work.  So why is he still such a jerk?  I don't pray the rosary much for this reason - It doesn't seem to work for him, why would it work for me?  

  On thing I am doing to combat my demons is making religious jewelry.  If I'm going to make money, I may as well make God happy too.  This in and of itself (I hope and pray) will drive me to stay more chaste.  (My vice is adultery; the baby may not be my husband's - yet another reason for the adoption.)  How can I tell people of the goodness of God and be cheating on my husband - even though I may have a better excuse than others.  I'm sure that if I prayed the rosary more, combating this temptation would be easier - esp. when I'm not selling/making anything.  But I just don't want to spend all that time praying only to "slip up".  This in and of itself would drive my already existing belief in the rosary's limited efficacy.  See what I mean?  

  What I'm looking for here is, what is the rosary good for, really?  And if it doesn't work for me (or my husband, as mentioned earlier) then does praying the rosary at least benefit somebody else besides me?  Like the poor souls in purgatory for example.  Any comments or answers will be well appreciated.  Thank you so much for reading my post.
Tracy
 
(My husband and I live like roomates, not spouses - his fault.) I am pregnant and I’m making arrangements to place this child for adoption due to this situation and financial strain.

**There must have been SOME outburst of friendliness recently if you’re pregnant with your second child.

Doesn’t your husband have something to say about your putting up HIS child for adoption? After all, there is some chance of the child being his.

Prayer is really supposed to change YOU, and help YOU tune in to God’s will for your life.

As Pope Kyrill said in the movie of SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN, “Love is there; you’ve just misplaced it.”

I think you need to work on your own attitudes, dear soul.**
 
Tracyms1974 said:
Hello, everybody!
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  Catholics everywhere have nothing but good things to say about the Rosary, which I'm sure is completely founded and truthful.  However, I don't seem to see or understand it's efficacy in my personal life.  Those who have talked to me know that I'm in a fruitless marriage right now.  (My husband and I live like roomates, not spouses - his fault.)  I am pregnant and I'm making arrangements to place this child for adoption due to this situation and financial strain.  We already have one child who is seeing us live this way, I don't wanna make it two.  My point is this - my husband says that he prays the rosary EVERY DAY on his way to work.  So why is he still such a jerk?  I don't pray the rosary much for this reason - It doesn't seem to work for him, why would it work for me?  

  On thing I am doing to combat my demons is making religious jewelry.  If I'm going to make money, I may as well make God happy too.  This in and of itself (I hope and pray) will drive me to stay more chaste.  (My vice is adultery; the baby may not be my husband's - yet another reason for the adoption.)  How can I tell people of the goodness of God and be cheating on my husband - even though I may have a better excuse than others.  I'm sure that if I prayed the rosary more, combating this temptation would be easier - esp. when I'm not selling/making anything.  But I just don't want to spend all that time praying only to "slip up".  This in and of itself would drive my already existing belief in the rosary's limited efficacy.  See what I mean?  

  What I'm looking for here is, what is the rosary good for, really?  And if it doesn't work for me (or my husband, as mentioned earlier) then does praying the rosary at least benefit somebody else besides me?  Like the poor souls in purgatory for example.  Any comments or answers will be well appreciated.  Thank you so much for reading my post.
Tracy
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In other words you’ve already convinced yourself that the Rosary won’t work for you without even bothering to try it? Of course if you go into anything with an attitude that it won’t work, then it won’t. A certain amount of faith is necessary :confused:

Because, according to your perception (which isn’t God’s), it doesn’t work for your husband? And how DO you know it’s not working for him - how do you know HOW much worse your husband may be without it?

He still loves you enough to stay in the same house as you after you’ve cheated and possibly become pregnant by another man, isn’t he? Rather than kicking you out, beating up on you or any one of a dozen equally awful things most husbands would do in such a situation?

That doesn’t sound like someone who is a complete jerk, whatever faults he may have.
 
LilyM said:
In other words you’ve already convinced yourself that the Rosary won’t work for you without even bothering to try it? Of course if you go into anything with an attitude that it won’t work, then it won’t. A certain amount of faith is necessary :confused:

Because, according to your perception (which isn’t God’s), it doesn’t work for your husband? And how DO you know it’s not working for him - how do you know HOW much worse your husband may be without it?

He still loves you enough to stay in the same house as you after you’ve cheated and possibly become pregnant by another man, isn’t he? Rather than kicking you out, beating up on you or any one of a dozen equally awful things most husbands would do in such a situation?

That doesn’t sound like someone who is a complete jerk, whatever faults he may have.
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Well, answer me this … is there any way to know what God’s perception is? Any way to know that I would in fact be getting an extremely physically abusive husband if he decided to quit praying it? He has been abusive to me before. One time I called the cops, and he hasn’t done it since. He is and has been continually verbally abusive and generally hard to please. He needs medication, if you ask me, but he refuses to ask a doctor for it. We’ve been through three counselors - one he wanted to quit seeing, one he didn’t even GO to see, it was just me who went to see him, and the first one kinda, non-verbally “let us go.” I’ve asked him to go talk to the church deacon, he won’t go. He hasn’t been to Confession, and therefore, Communion in roughly two years now, maybe 1 1/2. Now you tell me who doesn’t want this marriage to work. The only reason I started cheating on him is because he was already withholding affection, being verbally abusive, AND he point-blank said, “I don’t know if I want to work on this marriage.” Erroniously, I figured I’d better start to “get back in the game” because I’m not going to have a husband for long. That was a year and a half ago.

Recently he has agreed to the adoption because he knows this household is not a good one for a newborn right now. He doesn’t care whose baby it is. I don’t really either, although if it is my husband’s baby it will be harder on me emotionally, but I’m prepared for that.

Oh yeah - I would be out of the house right now, but we can’t afford a 1,000.00 mortgage AND a 600.00 rent on an apt. AND the 700.00 we pay every month to our debt-help people. We aren’t divorced right now because his stubborn self will not under any circumstances sell this house for sentimental reasons. This is really somebody I can work with, eh? If he were beating me to a pulp every day, he’d be in jail right now because I wouldn’t have it. I’d be on the phone with the cops and then an attorney to MAKE him sell the house. I guess right now since I don’t have to be too concerned with my safety, I’m willing to work with him financially and just kinda “stay here” until I have enough money to get out and he has enough money to pay me for half of the house.

It’s funny how everybody on this forum is so quick to blame the adulterer or adulteress (esp. the adulteress - y’all are harder on the women who cheat.) for the entire problem. When your back is against the wall and you’re angry beyond words, sometimes only actions will do at the time. I guess a good number of the people on this forum don’t normally have a problem with this because they are too busy being perfect and turning their noses up at those who are not where they are spiritually.

Reply if you want to.

Tracy
 
Tracy:

I am so sorry to hear your story. You must be very hurt.
Have you got a chance to talk to your priest? I really don’t know what to say, but I just prayed for you. I can have the empathy to understand how hard it must be for you. Not only you have to deal with your husband, you also have the responsibility for your child in the house and to carry another baby at the same time.

Could your original family be of any help? I hope. Pray the Rosary, please. Ask Mother Mary to help you and your children, pray for your husband too, if you will. One thing I can tell you is no prayer is ever wasted. Even we don’t see the effect immediately or on the surface, every prayer makes some difference.

God bless you Tracy, I will hold you in my prayers.
 
Do you think prayer is only for the sinless?

We pray because we’re sinners.

Perhaps your husband has sinned less because of his prayers.

Perhaps you will sin less because of yours.

Have you two tried praying together? rosary or not?
 
Tracyms1974 said:
Well, answer me this … is there any way to know what God’s perception is? Any way to know that I would in fact be getting an extremely physically abusive husband if he decided to quit praying it? He has been abusive to me before. One time I called the cops, and he hasn’t done it since. He is and has been continually verbally abusive and generally hard to please. He needs medication, if you ask me, but he refuses to ask a doctor for it. We’ve been through three counselors - one he wanted to quit seeing, one he didn’t even GO to see, it was just me who went to see him, and the first one kinda, non-verbally “let us go.” I’ve asked him to go talk to the church deacon, he won’t go. He hasn’t been to Confession, and therefore, Communion in roughly two years now, maybe 1 1/2. Now you tell me who doesn’t want this marriage to work. The only reason I started cheating on him is because he was already withholding affection, being verbally abusive, AND he point-blank said, “I don’t know if I want to work on this marriage.” Erroniously, I figured I’d better start to “get back in the game” because I’m not going to have a husband for long. That was a year and a half ago.

Recently he has agreed to the adoption because he knows this household is not a good one for a newborn right now. He doesn’t care whose baby it is. I don’t really either, although if it is my husband’s baby it will be harder on me emotionally, but I’m prepared for that.

Oh yeah - I would be out of the house right now, but we can’t afford a 1,000.00 mortgage AND a 600.00 rent on an apt. AND the 700.00 we pay every month to our debt-help people. We aren’t divorced right now because his stubborn self will not under any circumstances sell this house for sentimental reasons. This is really somebody I can work with, eh? If he were beating me to a pulp every day, he’d be in jail right now because I wouldn’t have it. I’d be on the phone with the cops and then an attorney to MAKE him sell the house. I guess right now since I don’t have to be too concerned with my safety, I’m willing to work with him financially and just kinda “stay here” until I have enough money to get out and he has enough money to pay me for half of the house.

It’s funny how everybody on this forum is so quick to blame the adulterer or adulteress (esp. the adulteress - y’all are harder on the women who cheat.) for the entire problem. When your back is against the wall and you’re angry beyond words, sometimes only actions will do at the time. I guess a good number of the people on this forum don’t normally have a problem with this because they are too busy being perfect and turning their noses up at those who are not where they are spiritually.

Reply if you want to.

Tracy
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You need confession if you already haven’t been. And praying the Rosary certainly would not hurt especially for your unborn babe.
 
InLight247 said:
Tracy:

I am so sorry to hear your story. You must be very hurt.
Have you got a chance to talk to your priest? I really don’t know what to say, but I just prayed for you. I can have the empathy to understand how hard it must be for you. Not only you have to deal with your husband, you also have the responsibility for your child in the house and to carry another baby at the same time.

Could your original family be of any help? I hope. Pray the Rosary, please. Ask Mother Mary to help you and your children, pray for your husband too, if you will. One thing I can tell you is no prayer is ever wasted. Even we don’t see the effect immediately or on the surface, every prayer makes some difference.

God bless you Tracy, I will hold you in my prayers.
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This is the answer I was looking for. I appreciate your compassion very much. I talk to my priest a lot. I also talk to my parents a good bit. I like what you said about no prayer being wasted and that I may not see the effects immediately. I guess if I don’t see these effects immediately I assume that I have wasted my time and the prayer didn’t “work.” Even if prayers work for somebody else, I’ll never know it, right? This is why prayer is hard. I grew up in a home where prayer was more or less considered a waste of time, so I guess that’s why I feel this way. I guess my faith in God’s love for me or general interest in my affairs is very poor. My dad was the type who took the words, “God helps those who help themselves,” to the extreme, as in, “God’s too busy to help you,” almost. Now I’m this person who thinks that God is too busy for me and that I have to deal with all my problems on my own. I have enough sense to go to Confession when I do screw up, I guess it’s just trusting that prayer CAN keep me outa there that I have problems with.

Tracy
 
quiet52 said:
Do you think prayer is only for the sinless?

We pray because we’re sinners.

Perhaps your husband has sinned less because of his prayers.

Perhaps you will sin less because of yours.

Have you two tried praying together? rosary or not?
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What you say about “We pray because we are sinners,” is not something I was entirely aware of. It’s kinda like these women who are 42 years old, have had three kids, and they’re still a size 6 in clothes. What you DON’T see is the bird-food that they have to eat the stay that way, right? So you are saying that prayer is the same way? These people are so very pious on the outside, but in reality they had to spend hours in prayer every week to get that way, right? I wonder if I’m ready for that kind of commitment of my time - not saying it’s wrong, just hard to do.

To answer your last ?, No we don’t pray together much. Okay, you got me, not at all. He was so mean about getting out the door on Sundays that I started going to the 5:00 Mass on Saturday. He doesn’t like that Mass, and I could take it or leave it. I could hear Mass in Spanish and be happy, you know? I take my daughter to Mass with me (she’s 4), but I’ve been slack about teaching her how to pray at home. (whip, whip.) I’m afraid she won’t pay attention to me long enough to learn the words. She wasn’t real receptive with the months of the year. I wonder at this point if praying together will make a difference.

Tracy
 
Luke 18:1 And he told them a parable, to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.

Peace of Christ
 
ElizabethPH said:
Luke 18:1 And he told them a parable, to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.

Peace of Christ
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I have heard this parable in Church, the parable of the persistent widow. It’s a good story. For a minute it reminded me of my daughter. She’s at that persistent stage, and yes, if she is making a request that is reasonable (not unsafe or anything) while I’m busy, 9 times out of 10 I will honor her request with an exasperated “All right!!” I guess this is what God will do for me, huh?

Tracy
 
Tracyms1974 said:
What you say about “We pray because we are sinners,” is not something I was entirely aware of.

Tracy, God calls each of us to holiness. It’s very difficult to respond to this call unless we’re working on our relationship with God, which we’re unlikely to be able to do unless we pray. Prayer is the main way we communicate with God in our imperfect journeys.

There are many ways to pray 🙂 and we pray for different reasons:
–to adore and bless God
–to praise him
–to give thanks
–to petition him (ask him for help, ask him for forgiveness…)
–to intercede in prayer for others

In fact, there is so much to read “about” prayer – here’s what the Catechism of the Catholic Church has to say:

scborromeo.org/ccc/p4s1.htm

It’s kinda like these women who are 42 years old, have had three kids, and they’re still a size 6 in clothes. What you DON’T see is the bird-food that they have to eat the stay that way, right? So you are saying that prayer is the same way? These people are so very pious on the outside, but in reality they had to spend hours in prayer every week to get that way, right? I wonder if I’m ready for that kind of commitment of my time - not saying it’s wrong, just hard to do.

God is supposed to be more important to us than anyone or anything else. We can’t work on our holiness if we’re not actively seeking God. It’s the most important commitment in our lives. That does not exclude our other commitments – when we pray while tending to all our other relationships and responsibilities, it’s so much easier to do God’s will. Find time to pray alone every day, and pray when you’re not alone. Pray especially when you don’t “feel” holy, or when you’re tempted to act on frustrations and temptations, especially in response to your husband.

When you speak about people being “pious on the outside” – please be careful about how you judge others. Each of us are blessed by God to do, to be, good, but we continually fall short. We sin. We’re sometimes pious, sometimes not. We seek God’s help, but then ignore it when he does help us, because we use his gift of free will improperly. Remember that Christ’s Church is judged by the holiness of her saints, not by the sinners.

To answer your last ?, No we don’t pray together much. Okay, you got me, not at all. He was so mean about getting out the door on Sundays that I started going to the 5:00 Mass on Saturday. He doesn’t like that Mass, and I could take it or leave it. I could hear Mass in Spanish and be happy, you know? I take my daughter to Mass with me (she’s 4), but I’ve been slack about teaching her how to pray at home. (whip, whip.) I’m afraid she won’t pay attention to me long enough to learn the words. She wasn’t real receptive with the months of the year. I wonder at this point if praying together will make a difference.

Maybe you can pray for the grace to forgive and to be more holy, and for guidance in what you can do to promote reconciliation and healing between you and your husband.

As for your daughter, start with the simple prayers, and be a model. As you’re driving, or doing chores or playing together, pray out loud, “Thank you God for this beautiful weather” “Thank you God for these shade trees” “Thank you God for kind people” “God, please help me be more patient with people.” Teach her the blessing before meals, and the Lord’s Prayer. Help her pray at her bedtime. Read books about the faith / about God with her. Let her witness you reading prayers, the Bible, or books on the faith. When you bring her to Mass with you, be excited about each opportunity, and help her be excited, by talking to her about praying while driving to church.
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By the way, Tracy, I meant to share about a time recently when praying the Rosary was very helpful to me. I was simply havng a bad day and was very stressed. I was feeling sorry for myself, and my mind was cluttered with resentments and anxiety. Sitting at the bus stop, and then on the bus, I found that praying the Rosary was very helpful, even if I wasn’t praying with a whole lot of attention or love toward our heavenly Mother (aren’t all kids like that sometimes toward their moms?). The prayers helped me calm down, and at least partially unclutter my thoughts. I wasn’t totally sinless in spite of my prayers, but they helped me to be more forbearing, more charitable.
 
Tracyms1974 said:
I take my daughter to Mass with me (she’s 4), but I’ve been slack about teaching her how to pray at home. (whip, whip.) I’m afraid she won’t pay attention to me long enough to learn the words. She wasn’t real receptive with the months of the year. I wonder at this point if praying together will make a difference.

Tracy
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I would say to teach your little girl the prayers, maybe short ones and explain why you are teaching them.

One of my earliest memories is when I was 3 or 4 and my mom was teaching my brother and I the “Guardian Angel” prayer in Spanish. I still remember getting to the part of “dulce compania” (sweet company) and thinking about candies.
I also remember when my mom taught me the prayer that goes along with the triple/quadruple crosses many Hispanic people make when we enter our Parish.

I do think that praying the Rosary will help you. You may try other devotions, like the Divine Mercy Chaplet, or other prayers.

Many persons don’t like the rosary because they think it’s boring and repetitive. But I think that is why it may help you mentally because your making your mind concentrate on various things at the same time (your intentions, the prayers, & the Mysteries).

It’s a way of speaking to Mary our mother and God.
 
I like y’all’s advice on how to teach my daughter to pray. Start small and simple. I guess it’s just like anything else children learn, you can’t start with the hard stuff. I’ll try the “Thank God for this beautiful day,” sort of stuff and see what happens. I haven’t learned the divine chaplet yet. Is it a suitable substitute for the rosary? Can you pray the chaplet intead of the rosary and be “okay” spiritually?

Tracy
 
Tracyms1974 said:
Hello, everybody!
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  Catholics everywhere have nothing but good things to say about the Rosary, which I'm sure is completely founded and truthful.  However, I don't seem to see or understand it's efficacy in my personal life.  Those who have talked to me know that I'm in a fruitless marriage right now.  (My husband and I live like roomates, not spouses - his fault.)  I am pregnant and I'm making arrangements to place this child for adoption due to this situation and financial strain.  We already have one child who is seeing us live this way, I don't wanna make it two.  My point is this - my husband says that he prays the rosary EVERY DAY on his way to work.  So why is he still such a jerk?  I don't pray the rosary much for this reason - It doesn't seem to work for him, why would it work for me?  

  On thing I am doing to combat my demons is making religious jewelry.  If I'm going to make money, I may as well make God happy too.  This in and of itself (I hope and pray) will drive me to stay more chaste.  (My vice is adultery; the baby may not be my husband's - yet another reason for the adoption.)  How can I tell people of the goodness of God and be cheating on my husband - even though I may have a better excuse than others.  I'm sure that if I prayed the rosary more, combating this temptation would be easier - esp. when I'm not selling/making anything.  But I just don't want to spend all that time praying only to "slip up".  This in and of itself would drive my already existing belief in the rosary's limited efficacy.  See what I mean?  

  What I'm looking for here is, what is the rosary good for, really?  And if it doesn't work for me (or my husband, as mentioned earlier) then does praying the rosary at least benefit somebody else besides me?  Like the poor souls in purgatory for example.  Any comments or answers will be well appreciated.  Thank you so much for reading my post.
Tracy
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“Prayer doesn’t change things. Prayer changes people, and people change things.” -John Paul II

You have to put in the effort of what you pray for. God doesn’t do everything for you. When you get sick, you pray but you still take medication, but the prayer speeds it up. See waht JP II and I mean? 🙂

I’ll pray for you.
 
I would like to share to everyone what happened to me last year. Perhaps, you may realize how important praying to the Blessed Mother (and Her Rosary) is to me.

I was born and lived in a province since childhood, but after getting a job in Manila, Philippines (9 years ago), I started living a sinful life. If I had died earlier, I would surely have plunged into the burning sulfur of hell without any doubt or question.

I sinned and sinned, and didn’t even bother to pray, stayed away from God, forgot God, worked myself to death, focused on my career, increased my knowledge by going to a graduate school and increased my wealth and worldy possessions.

However, our Lord God had mercy on my soul and started calling me back, thru the Blessed Mother Mary:

1st Call: Two years ago, my college friend died. He was my classmate, same age as mine (32), with the same promising career as a chemical engineer. He and his career is gone now, at a very young age. I was shocked and felt fear. What if it was I who died?

Effect : I only felt fear, but did nothing to repent.

2nd Call: Last year, I received an email from my college friend that our dearest and most intelligent professor died at the age of 40+. He and his intelligence is gone now, also at a very young age.

Effect : My fear increased, but did not repent.

3rd Call: In August of last year, my very rich boss suddenly died of cancer at the age of 49. Her money and enormous wealth did not save her.

Effect : This time I was really struck hard, started to pray a little and started reflecting on my life, but did not repent.

4th Call: Last year again, I was bed ridden for a week due to kidney problem. The pain I had, felt like I was gonna die. I started praying hard to God, to forgive me for my transgressions. But after few weeks of being healed, I went back to my sinful life.

5th and Final Call: One week after celebrating the 75th birthday of my mother last year, she became very ill. She was brought to the hospital and was struggling between life and death. The hospital bills have drained all my savings, and left me with loans. After two months of struggle, and with no more resources to fight for her life, she died before Christmas, and so we had the most sorrowful Christmas ever.

This recent events moved me to change my life. It made me realize many things:
  1. First, our life is very short, and death which seems to be far away is really approaching to each one of us.
  2. Second, What is professional career for, if God takes away my life right now.
  3. Third, Worldy intelligence will be blotted out once the Lord God called us back.
  4. Fourth, Money and Wealth cannot save us from death, once the Lord has retrieved the life He gave us.
  5. Fifth, not to invoke the Lord God to anger, for His hands are mighty and powerful.
  6. Lastly, that I should be thankful to the Lord and the Blessed Mother in bringing me back to grace.
But, the temptation is very strong. It seems like a magnet pulling me down. And the Wretched One does not want me to lead a better life. So, I realized going back to grace is a gift from Heaven. But remaining in grace is another hard thing to accomplish.

So what I did is I prayed the 15 mysteries of the Holy Rosary everyday. I told the Blessed Mother sincerely that I will pray Her 15 mysteries everyday, in return for the favor of protecting me and not abandoning me especially in times of trouble. And she did, now I am completely changed. The Blessed Mother showered bountiful graces upon me which I do not deserve. And everytime I look back at my past, I felt sorrow for having mislead my life for so long and for having hurt God with my sins.

The spiritual battle is still ON and the temptations are still lurking around. But I guess it will never end while I am alive. But the most important thing is I have the Blessed Mother by my side now thru the Holy Rosary. I also have Jesus by my side, thru the Sacred Heart and Divine Mercy Chaplet (which gives me so much peace) and the Holy Eucharist (which is the food of my soul).

And we have all the angels and saints by our side who desires as much to save our souls.

Now, these are the reasons why I am praying the Rosary, and why I am urging others to do so also.
 
The spiritual battle is still ON and the temptations are still lurking around. **But I guess it will never end while I am alive. **But the most important thing is I have the Blessed Mother by my side now thru the Holy Rosary. I also have Jesus by my side, thru the Sacred Heart and Divine Mercy Chaplet (which gives me so much peace) and the Holy Eucharist (which is the food of my soul).

And we have all the angels and saints by our side who desires as much to save our souls.

Now, these are the reasons why I am praying the Rosary, and why I am urging others to do so also.

I read your story and I appreciate it very much. I would imagine greed is a hard one to shake. The part in bold is what troubles me. I was naiively under the impression that if you pray a few times a week or otherwise not very much that temptation will not be a problem. The idea that temptation can be likened to some kind of incurable disease is scary! Wow. I guess my expectations were too high if I thought that temptation would end at some point in my life.

Tracy
 
Hi tracy,

Thank you so much for reading my testimony.

Yes of course, I wrote that “temptations are still lurking around” and that “I guess it will never end while I am alive.” But I did not say temptations will always be specifically the same in this lifetime.

I also had problems with greed (and other vices), and I guess I really was very much greedy. Before the Lord God and Blessed Mother called me back to grace, I was greedy with money, wealth, scientific and worldy knowledge. I was also lustful, at times angry, with much pride, and other stuff. But when I started to pray the Rosary (15 Mysteries everyday), they began to shake-off. The Blessed Mother began teaching me how to handle my own desires and align them to the will of God. It wasn’t easy though, at the start. Three to four months of struggles comes from within myself. Because, like everyone else, I also want to stop praying the Rosary and go back to sinfulness. So, I told myself, there is only one task “that is to pray the Rosary everyday and the rest shall be provided by the Blessed Mother” and there is only one way “that is to go to GOD”. And after few months of mastering and commanding my body (like a donkey) to pray the Rosary, the Blessed Mother showered me bountiful graces which I do not deserve, which I believe anyone reading this is more deserving than I am.

So pray the Rosary, read more spiritual books everyday, and choose to know GOD and the Blessed Mother. If God changed a miserable and despicable sinner like me and showered me graces (thru the Blessed Mother), the more He will shower spiritual and material graces to good people like you.
 
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