Anything under the Sun
Mother Rosario, pray for us–2
Here are more testimonies on the reported help of Mother Rosario:
I got an abdominal pain on Nov. 3, 2009. I consulted a doctor here in Iloilo City. I underwent my first ultra sound of the whole abdomen and a mass was found on my left kidney (angiomyopoma) 1.5 x 1.3 cm in the cortical area, according to the doctor.
On Feb. 9, 2010, I underwent the second ultra sound and the mass was already 1.5 x 1.5 cm. The doctor told me my left kidney was getting bigger. He suggested for me to undergo CT Scan, but no CT Scan was available in this public hospital. I went to Don Benito Lopez Hospital. It would cost P12,000; the same in Medicus. My doctor told me that I will be operated on depending on the result of the CT Scan. My big problem was I did not have a single amount for CT Scan, much less for the operation.
I petitioned Mother Rosario for healing. I got healed and I was not operated anymore. Thank you. Lord, through Mother Rosario.
Reynold Glenn S. Jaboneta
St. Vincent Ferrer Seminary
Jaro, Iloilo City
I would like to share with you the favors I received through the prayers of Mother Rosario. My son took the board examination for Medical Technologist in 2005. They were first given the pre-board examination and he passed. But he did not make it in the final board. He took the board exam five times already but still he did not pass.
One day I met a lady at the adoration chapel of Sta. Teresita. She gave me the prayer leaflet of Mother Rosario. On Jan. 30 and 31, 2010, my son took the board examination again. Before he left I gave him the prayer leaflet of Mother Rosario and told him to pray. The result of the board was released on Feb.17, 2010. We are very happy and thankful to know that he passed board examination.
Thank you, Mother Rosario.
Mrs. Ofelia Tamorite
Sto. Nino Norte
Arevalo, Iloilo
For favors received please write to: Mother Rosario Arroyo Commission (MRAC). c/o Sr. Visitacion Alecto, OP, Dominican Sisters Motherhouse, Molo, Iloilo City Philippines, tel. no. 337-9820, cellphone no. (0928)4134592 or email: mracop@tahoo.com.
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Our Lady of Consolation, St. Augustine and St. Monica
On October 27 is the feast day of Santa Monica – the role model of wives. She married Patricio, a pagan who made it difficult for her to practise her Christian religion. After 17 years of prayer and perseverance he was ultimately converted to Christianity. In this 17 years of suffering, she remained loyal to her marital vows of “for better or for worse” unlike modern women who shouted for divorce at the drop of a hat. Patricius became a saint later on.
Santa Monica is also a role model of mothers for she suffered for 20 years for her errant child Augustine – a heretic, who joined the Manrichean cult which taught that there are two gods – one for good and one for evil. Of her, St. Augustine later wrote: “I think it is not wrong to weep an hour for a mother who for many years had wept for me.”
On August 28, is the feast day of St. Augustine who was a great sinner until he embraced Christianity and became a bishop and a great saint. His conversion was one of the most devocative in history.
One day, while in a garden in Milan, Augustine heard a voice of a child saying “Tolle, lege (take it and read it).” He saw a Bible nearby and opened a page at ramdom. He read a passage of St. Paul, “Put on Lord Jesus and make no provisions for the desire of the flesh”.
Then he abandoned his earthly desires and enjoyment and went to the Bishop of Milan, St. Ambrosio, to be baptized. It took him three days to confess his sins.
Then he returned to his native Tagaste in North Africa where he founded the first Augustinian community. Later, he became bishop of Hippo. He became famous for his writing like City of God, Confession and Tract of the Holy Trinity expounding deeply on Catholic doctrine earning him after his death the title “Doctor of the Church”. His much quoted saying is “My heart is restless until I sent You (God).”
Going back to St. Monica, after the death of her husband the Blessed Mary appeared to her as the first woman reported to be consoled by Our Lady of Consolation.
Santa Monica asked her what should she wear during her widowhood. Our Lady extended to her the black cord she was carrying and said “Monica, take this and wear it and you will be happy.” When San Augustine founded the Augustine Order, he made the cord a distinctive part of the Order’s habit – that black belt won by Augustine fathers.
The feast of Our Lady of Consolation who we invoke as the ‘’Comforter of the afflicted” in her Litany is on the first Sunday following the feast of St. Augustine.*
