In a time when families are struggling to stay together, the testimony which follows is a message of hope.
From the
beginning of his pontificate Pope Francis has emphasised the theme of mercy and
underlined the importance of the family, which he calls the first and most important school of mercy.
The story received
at our Association a few months ago, offers us a concrete example of the theme
that is very dear to our Pope
Who testifies this
"special healing" is the mother of one of the protagonists. With faith
she attribute it to the intercession of the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta and
we faithfully report it with the hope that this year becomes the special year
of family reunification.
«My son, R. and his wife were separated in 2012, after a very intense
argument which resulted in his wife, J. calling the police, resulting in R.
being charged with assault and preventing an emergency call. With the
authorities involved, the entire incident escalated, resulting in the
separation. From that point, their married life was in jeopardy and I had no
contact with his wife J. an d my two grand children. The only contact with J.
was to se e her in court, which only stirred up a great deal of pain.
Over a period of time, J.
filed for a divorce and we knew their family was crumbling and nothing we could
say or do would make a difference in saving this marriage. Throughout this
separation, R. only saw his children and wife once a week for an hour. These
visitations went on for months. During this time, J.'s family was pressuring
her to go on with the divorce.
In the state we live in,
married couples must be separated for one year, and as the months passed on,
there was no hope for a reconciliation.
My husband and I decided to attend the National Divine
Will Conference in 2013. On that day, after the conference concluded, I decided
to go to confession. I confessed my sins and then asked the father if I could
beg Luisa to intercede to save my son's marriage. He said "Of
course." From that day forward, my husband and I made a commitment
to pray the “Hours of the Passion and
to also pray the "Virgin Mary in
the Kingdom of the Divine Will"
daily. I started off my daily prayer
begging Luisa to help to reconcile R. and J.'s marriage. I would sincerely
petition Luisa by reciting the prayer to implore the Beatification of the
Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta prayer numbers one, two and three. I poured my
heart out to her. I believe she heard my every plea.
On 14 September 2013, on
the feast of the Exultation of the Cross, I went to confession with another
priest. I explained to him in confession that my son, R.t had been arrested
again and we would not see him for two years because of a restraining order
that had been placed on him at the request of his wife, J. I explained to the
priest that all these accusations J. accused R. of were exaggerated. He asked
me to notify J. that he would like to talk to her. I left confession thinking
it would be very unlikely that J. would agree to meet with the priest.
I picked up the phone and
called J. to see if she would agree to meet with the priest so that he could
pray over her to provide healing far the affects of being married to an
alcoholic, which R. was. Up until this point, J. was completely committed to
going through with the divorce. She would not consider nor even talk about the
possibility of a reconciliation.
J. met with the priest for three hours, primarily listening to his
advice. After their meeting, R. was contacted by J. saying that she desired to
reconcile. She contacted her lawyer and had all charges against R. dropped and
immediately stopped the divorce process. Additionally, R. has not had any
alcohol since their reconciliation. J. also conceived their third child within
two months or so of their reconciliation.
I believe with all my
heart that it was Luisa who interceded for J. and R. through the priest».
Sincerely,
K.
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