Our Lady and the Rosary

 

On our road trip and way to the missions, I was immediately reminded of Our Lady and the Rosary and various connections. It was at San Juan Baustista back in February that my sister and I had sometime outside the hotel rooms on the trip she invited my mom and I to. I was feeling rather anxious but getting away was helpful and carved back some inspiration in my life and the dreariness of the demands of my schoolwork and anxiety and depression from stress and my job. 

She showed me a book about the Rosary, a devotional highlighting all the mysteries, women's writings and interestingly enough, a lady who wrote in every section her notes prayers and thoughts on every page and looked like every corner filled with her deepest reflections, prayers and feelings. 

Her personal writing felt more captivating than the published text of other writers in the booklet, as you felt like she was pouring her heart out and were a witness to every drop, putting the pieces together of her life, hardships, joys, ordinary and suffering. My anxiety lifted when I heard about this devotional book from my dear sister. 

Before going on our trip, I saw a book from Matthew Kelly on the Rosary. I've seen it before but never read it, and now want to read it! 

My mom bought me a beautiful rosary at one of the missions that I liked a lot.

My sister let me borrow one of her books by our favorite author, Immaculee Ilibagiza about the Rosary and her devotion to it when I was feeling so anxious, as well as praying the rosary of the 7 sorrows of our Lady. These were so helpful during that uncomfortable time and actually made my anxiety and anguish go away all from our Lady's help and my sister and confirmation sponsor help me through that. I am so grateful. 

Lastly, the last mission we saw was Our Lady of Solitude or Our Lady of Sorrowful Solitude- depicting our Lady of 7 Sorrows. I had been carrying around and trying to pray the 7 sorrows of Our Lady Rosary. As this was a mission I had never seen, I thought this was so meaningful. All tying back to Our Lady~ Our Lady, undoer of Knots, pray for us.