I realized that the rosary is the most powerful weapon against all evil in this world Hello. My name is Andrii, I am 24 years old. Since childhood, I was raised in the Christian spirit, for which I am infinitely grateful to my wonderful parents. I went to church every Sunday, but I went to confession and received communion about twice a year. I liked listening to the sermons, and I also liked the girls who sang in the youth choir. My parents never told me who I should hang out with, I chose my friends myself. Almost all of them were staunch atheists. But at the same time, they are good people, with a good heart, who are looking for the truth. Sometimes they scolded the Church (how much evil it has caused, how much money it has, what cunning priests there are, and similar, well-known labels), but this did not turn me away from friendship with them. Now I know that God wanted it so, He always led me on His way.
Through some of my “friends” at that time, He showed me many different traps and temptations of this world, but He saved me from everything by keeping me at a safe distance. This happened at a fairly early age and involved drugs, alcohol and a carefree lifestyle. Once I almost died when a car crashed into me. It doesn’t matter whose fault it was. The important thing is that the driver of the car got a twisted hood and a completely broken windshield, but miraculously nothing happened to everyone, including me. A second before the collision, I jumped to the side (I definitely remember that it was not me who thought of doing this). Later, the doctor said that if I hadn’t jumped back then, I would be without legs now. Something broke in me, I decided to fight against the evil in this world on my own. But my desire to fight injustice and violence with the same weapons and participation in fights “against racism and fascism” made no sense. Now I know that God protected me so that nothing really terrible happened to me. Not only with me, but also with those who were “on the other side of the barricades.” Apart from a few bruises and abrasions, we did not have any serious injuries.

… Now I know that She is the Mother of peace and does not judge anyone. I am very happy to judge and judge what is morally correct and what is not 🙂 But every person is important to Her. Our personal relationship with Her and with Jesus Christ is important…

Several years passed, I became wiser and continued to search for the truth. Having thoroughly studied other religious and philosophical teachings, such as Islam, Hinduism with Hari-Krishna and others, having experienced all this on myself, I nevertheless became firm in my faith in the Lord Jesus. When I was studying at university, I met a girl, now my fiancée, who will become my wife in a few days, a practicing Christian who led me to God. It was because of her that His true face was revealed to me. More precisely, God gave me incredible grace by revealing Himself to me, and as a bonus I received a living angel filled with the Holy Spirit. It was she who suggested we go to Medjugorje so that we could ask for grace for our future marriage. Why not? Before the trip to Medjugorje, I had no personal connection with the Virgin Mary or the Rosary. For me, it was only part of the teaching of the Church, and nothing more. I said to myself: if this Rosary were not so long, or if there were at least more stops on the Our Father, it would probably be better. I drove with some mistrust, because I had heard a lot about Medjugorje (that this place has not yet received confirmation from the Church, that a new cult is emerging there, in which there is a deviation from the primacy of the veneration of the Holy Trinity, etc. – everything that can be found on the Internet). But I went there with an open heart.

We came to Mladifest for the first time. On the third day of the festival, I felt sick, I had a severe migraine. I felt nauseous and had a headache, but I felt a very strong desire to go to Mount Podbrdo. The bride assured me that it is better for me to stay at home, and not rush to the mountain in the heat. But I persuaded her to go at least to the Blue Cross, which stands at the foot of the mountain. Halfway to Podbrdo, I felt very sick, besides, I felt nauseous, but I felt a great need to start praying the Rosary. At the very beginning of the prayer, I cried. And I cried all the way up to the Virgin Mary statue. There was no stopping it, and I couldn’t think of anything else but prayer. I cried because the Virgin Mary loves us so much – I had heard her message about love once, but I did not attach importance to it. I felt Her immense love. I saw nothing, only felt a strong influx of love, grace and peace. Truths were revealed to me, which I perceive as something absolute, as some unbreakable truth, something constant and unchanging, like the fact that 2×2 = 4 and will never be 5, but only that truth is immeasurably greater than this one.

I realized that the rosary is the most powerful weapon against all evil in this world
…We don’t have to be the most beautiful, the best, the most correct people in the world. God loves us as we are. And gives us the same amount of love, gives each one personally. The only thing that matters is the one who opens his heart to His love…

While praying the Rosary on Podbrdo, I experienced something unusual: I realized how much the Virgin Mary loves us! Everyone is absolutely the same. She loves all people on this earth with an incredibly strong love. Praying the Rosary, I realized that it is the strongest weapon against all evil in this world. If in the prayer of the Rosary we give all our anxieties and worries to the Virgin Mary, She will accept them and take them to Jesus Christ, to His feet. That’s how strongly I felt and experienced it. It was as if I was surrounded by complete peace, and all the evil and all the experiences that I carried inside me were no longer in me, but in the arms of Mary. Now I know that She is the Mother of peace and does not judge anyone. I am very happy to judge and judge what is morally correct and what is not :). But every person is important to her. Our personal relationship with Her and with Jesus Christ is important. From Mount Podbrdo, we miraculously got straight to Communion, although it seemed that we did not have time for the Service, and after Communion I felt God’s love.

Immediately after receiving the Holy Mysteries, I was filled with incredible love and grace. I know it was just a drop in the ocean of love. I am 100% sure of all this, and if it were possible, even more. But I have never experienced so much love and grace! There were even some psychosomatic manifestations, such as pain in the chest (but not unpleasant), my heart was jumping out of my chest, as if a huge love was pressing me to the ground.

Praying the Rosary, I realized that it is the strongest weapon against all evil in this world. If in the prayer of the Rosary we give all our anxieties and worries to the Virgin Mary, She will accept them and take them to Jesus Christ, to His feet…

I know that Jesus Christ is alive in the Eucharist. This is the Living God who gives Himself to us, this is His Body. I felt incredible grace and love seeping into me and my own powerlessness. I felt so unworthy and so weak. I felt my unworthiness. But at the same time, I was constantly reminded that we are all worthy of this, absolutely all of us. It was the strongest experience. We don’t have to be the most beautiful, the best, the most correct people in the world. God loves us as we are. And gives us the same amount of love, gives each one personally. Be it a robber or St. Father Pio. The only thing that matters is the one who opens his heart to His love. And there was so much love that after some time I began to ask for it to end, which I already understood. Because if it lasted a little longer, I couldn’t bear it. God heard my request and slowly everything began to calm down. I wish you all a good and blessed day!

Andriy, Slovakia