Greer, SC
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The following story comes to us from team leader Caleb with our team in Greenville, SC:
I met Trudy who wanted to share with me her recent difficulty with back pain related to osteoporosis and several broken bones. I prayed for her briefly. She then asked about taking a Miraculous Medal. I asked if she knew what it was and she didn’t, so I gave her one and explained why we venerate Mary using the typology of the Ark of the Covenant and Eve. I continued, sharing why we can ask for her prayers, including a brief explanation of the doctrines of the intercession of the saints, the common priesthood of the faithful, and the communion of saints. She then told me that she has a very strained relationship with her son. She said that when he was about 18 years old he met a woman, 10 years older than him, from New Zealand. They had met online and she was very forward, coming to America to get him and after only two weeks they were married. He has since moved to New Zealand. However, Trudy said soon after she got a call from him that whatever group they were part of wanted him to kill someone. She said he was very distressed and all she could do was advise him to call the police. She didn’t hear from him for sometime, but when she did hear back from him she found out that he and his wife were part of a cult that worshiped Satan. She had attempted to send him a Christmas card and he called her saying that if she ever mentioned God or Jesus ever he would never talk to her again. She didn’t stop, but at some point he even told her he hoped she would die. They don’t have children as apparently his wife told her she hates children. The wife claims to have preternatural powers of levitation and bites the heads off of rats. Trudy said she prays for her son, Tobi, and his wife Donna all the time. I told her I believed it was God’s providence that she came by and that I was able to share with her about the intercession of Mary and the saints. I encouraged her to ask Mary, St. Joseph, and St. Michael the Archangel to also intercede for her son and his wife who are clearly in the grip of the devil. She took a second Miraculous Medal so she could give it to her other son whom she said can’t hear and doesn’t talk. Fr. Davison then came over and was able to bless the medals. Finally she told me she was going to come back the next time we were there to talk some more.
Please take some time to pray for those we met and their loved ones! And pray for us too!
Praised be Jesus Christ!