I tend to be very literal, and I have a tendency to not believe unless I see it with my own eyes.  Nevertheless, like I was taught from toddlerhood, I believe in God, Heaven and all the things I was taught, but I believed them in a subconscious sort of way. Because they tell me to believe.  So, when praying the Rosary in front of a statue of the Virgin Mary, I was praying to that statue I was looking at. Not to an invisible person dwelling in an invisible Heaven.

"The rosary is the most beautiful and the most rich in graces of all prayers; it is the prayer that touches most the heart of the Mother...

Last June 19 to 23, the Parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe/St. Patrick conducted a 'Bible Vacation School' program for the young people of...