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253
A SON THROUGH OUR LADY'S INTERCESSION
January 12, 1974
Dearest Veronica,
Nearly a year ago I wrote to you while in distress
about not being able to bear children. I asked your prayers to Our Lady of the
Roses. On Tuesday, at 12:42 p.m., I gave birth to our son, Donald James. He
weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces. We are so happy and so thankful, especially to Our
Lady of the Roses, and you, Veronica, for your prayers.
from Ohio
"I COULD NOT STOP CRYING FOR A FEW DAYS..."
September 29, 1977
Dear Veronica,
First of all, I want to introduce myself as to whom I
am. Once a former New Yorker, I moved out to Canada about ten years ago. I was
never aware before of Our Lady's Apparitions in Bayside, N.Y. until June 1976.
Prior to this I never paid attention to the Catholic Faith; as a matter of fact,
I was going downhill all the way.
Life was a constant turmoil to me. Through the prayers
of my wife and others, I came across a few Bayside papers which my mother-in-law
brought me. Wanting to believe in the true doctrine of the Church badly, but
through my own fault and other beings misguiding, I did not know what to
believe. My first impulse was to go to Bayside, N.Y.C. and find out for myself
what was going on there. I also want to mention that I did not believe in Mother
Mary before, because of the way I was brought up. But I was to find out soon
enough.
So, skeptical, I went for the first time on a pilgrim
tour to Bayside! For the first time of my life I was reciting the Rosary and
other prayers with others. It was not until the Vigil hour when you announced
Our Lady's presence that I finally got my eyes opened. I felt this great sorrow
in my heart and pain for not believing in the Queen of Heaven. Tears were
rolling down my cheek and I just could not stop myself from crying. At the same
time, I saw millions of light particles blue and white, flashing across the
clear night sky. I also felt this tingling mist fall upon my face and hands. I
also felt so peaceful within my soul, as I have never felt before.
I could not stop crying for a few days whenever I
thought about what had happened to me at the apparition. I thank God for Our
Lady's intercession on my behalf and the graces She has bestowed on me and my
family. With Mother Mary's help I finally feel protected and loved, and realize
the reparation we owe Jesus and Mary for the sins we and the whole world are
committing daily.
I hope this letter finds you and your family in good
health, and may you continue with God's help in your work for Mother Mary. God
bless and keep you.
from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"WE BEGGED HER IN OUR PRAYER, AND OUR LADY RESPONDED!"
Dear Veronica,
My 10 year old daughter, Kelly, was stricken with a
severe respiratory illness in the latter part of 1978. She was hospitalized with
severe lung blockage and pneumonia, complicated by what the doctors called
abnormal tissue ring around her trachea. All medical efforts to help her proved
fruitless: her condition deteriorated and she was close to death. Her medical
doctors recommended surgery as a last resort.
Through a friend, I received and applied to my daughter
miraculous water, a rose petal and a medal of Our Lady of the Roses, Mary, Help
of Mothers, from Bayside, New York. Within a week the change in Kelly's
condition was remarkable.
We took her from her home state of Virginia to the
National Children's Hospital in Washington, D.C., for surgical consultation and
testing, all of which proved negative. X-rays failed to disclose any tissue ring
whatsoever, even though they had been most in evidence on X-rays taken in the
hospital at home.
I sincerely believe and attribute this cure to the
direct and merciful intervention of Our Lady of the Roses at Bayside. We begged
her in our prayer, and Our Lady responded. Kelly is in just about perfect health
today!
from Annandale, Virginia
"HE HAD NEW SKIN ON HIS FEET"
July 17, 1981
Dear Veronica,
After reading of your Bayside vigils, I asked to be put
on your mailing list. After reading about the miraculous rose petal and medal, I
sent away for it.
My little boy Mark, who is 11 years old, had almost no
skin on his five toes. He has eczema very bad, and all the medication used did
not help him at all. He would sleep with his socks on at night because he was
ashamed of his feet.
After receiving the miraculous rose petal and rubbing
it on his feet, there was a difference in one day. After three days his feet
looked so beautiful. They were no longer raw-looking. He had new skin on his
feet.
I thank you and the Holy Mother for that. I truly had
so much faith in the miraculous rose petal. Thank you again, and thank you for
putting me on your mailing list.
May the Holy Mother always be with you.
from Stamford, Connecticut
"I FELT SO LIKE A LITTLE CHILD"
February 12, 1981
Dear Veronica,
You should know that in the last fourteen or so years I
kept falling further away from the Church, going to Mass only occasionally.
In order to stop a relative from "hounding"
me, I finally agreed to visit the shrine. At the time, I didn't know what the
feast day was, and I never liked to say the Rosary, only joining in,
reluctantly, at family wakes.
On the vigil of the Sacred Heart, June 1980, I first
visited the grounds "just to get it over with." But as I joined in the
Rosary I can't describe the feeling that again came alive within me that
night--like in the innocence of my youth--and a love... my love that I felt for
the Blessed Mother and Her Divine Son.... I felt so like a little child.
My life now is different. I look forward to going to
Mass and Communion as often as I can. And the Rosary--well, to say the Rosary is
like my singing a song with my heart.
There are ever so many times when while praying I
suddenly smell roses, and I love it! No longer am I embarrassed to have
religious statues in and about my home. I realize how empty my home was. I so
look forward to the vigils.
I might also add that after attending several vigils,
my youngest sister, after ten years away from the Church, has gone to confession
and returned to church and the sacraments.
Sincerely,
from Eatontown, New Jersey
"WHAT OUR LADY OF THE ROSES HAS DONE FOR US..."
November 8, 1979
Dear Veronica,
We first heard about Veronica and Bayside in March of
this year. I did something I have never done before--I read through the
religious section of our paper (Catholics don't advertise, so why read it? If
you want Catholic news, buy the Register I always thought.) But for some reason
I did and my eyes fell on the announcement about Bayside. Thanks to Our Lady I
believed right away along with 3 of our daughters. The fourth and oldest was
skeptical. I thought, "I'll fix you." So I prayed to the Holy Spirit
and Our Lady and by the end of the week she was a confirmed believer.
Let me tell you what Our Lady of the Roses has done for
us:
1) She has turned a non-practicing Catholic--me--into a daily communicant.
2) Our not-too-good Catholic daughters into devout ones who receive daily
Communion when their schedule permits.
3) When we read about WICCA and rock 'n' roll, the girls without my asking them
threw out about $300.00 worth of records, books, etc. (not only threw them out
but broke them up so garbage men would not take them home to their children).
4) The girls, ranging in age from 19 to 15 have given up going to the school
dances and will simply not wear long pants of any kind. They dress very
"Mary-like."
Would you please ask Veronica to ask Our Lady to give
my non-Catholic husband the grace necessary to convert?
Sincerely yours,
from Toronto, Ontario
"IT WAS A MIRACLE. I WAS CURED!"
August 26, 1983
Dear Veronica,
Please tell Jesus and Mary that I thank them with all
my heart for curing me of cancer. I believed with all my heart and wanted that
cure so badly.
I would like the following to be a testimonial of what
happened to me. About five years ago, I was told by my doctor that I had cancer
of the right breast, and so I had it removed. Later, he told me that I still had
it. So I went through chemotherapy, because that was all they could do for me.
Earlier this year, I saw an article in the Buffalo
Evening News about Our Lady of the Roses Shrine, Mary Help of Mothers,
Veronica Lueken, and the Bayside pilgrimages. There was also a Buffalo-based
phone number I could call if I was interested.
I was interested indeed, with all these years of
suffering. I wanted so much to be cured that I called and asked questions. But
with my illness and pain I couldn't go on the pilgrimages. So I wrote a letter
and they placed it as a petition at the shrine on my behalf. Sometime in April,
I received a newsletter and two rose petals. I had my friend, Bev, pin a rose
petal on the inside, on the right side of my blouse. On August 8th, I received a
letter saying that my petition to be cured had been placed at the vigil.
I went to my regular doctor to find out the results of
my semi-annual cancer check-up. He told me that it was a miracle! I was cured!
My doctor said that he will testify for me. He also said that I have one more
year of check-ups, and that I should keep saying my prayers and not
backslide.
I won't. I'll keep going to confession, Sunday Mass,
and continue saying my rosary.
Thank you and bless you in all your work,
from Buffalo, New York
"HE HAS GIVEN UP HIS DRINKING HABIT COMPLETELY"
August 10, 1982
Dear Veronica,
A few months back, I sent my petition to be put on the
altar of Our Lady of the Roses Shrine, and I requested some rose petals, medals
and rosaries.
On the 26th of September, I received a thick packet
containing plenty of literature about the happenings at the Shrine, and a shower
of rose petals blessed by Jesus, and rosaries and medals as well, with a letter
from "Our Lady's worker." I thank you with all my heart for the
wonderful gift so generously sent.
Ever since I received this packet, I have been
distributing the papers and sacramentals to all those who come to see me, as I
am an invalid myself, confined to my room. I wish to write of one striking
incident of conversion.
A father of six children, who is a teacher, had taken
to bad drinking habits during the past five or six years. As soon as he got his
pay every month, he would spend it in drinking, and paying the debts of the
previous months. He had no sense of responsibility whatsoever. I gave a rose
petal and Our Lady's medal to his daughter. She gave them to him, and from that
time onwards there was a definite change in him. He has given up his drinking
habit completely, and is now a very responsible head of the family. His wife and
children are very grateful to Jesus and Our Blessed Mother. They can hardly
believe this wonderful change in him.
In union of prayers and sufferings,
yours sincerely,
from Pondicherry, India
"MY PAIN LEFT AT THAT VERY MOMENT"
August 1983
Dear Veronica and workers of Our Lady of Roses,
A month ago, my family and I went to Bayside. We made
the pilgrimage to honor Our Lady and Her beloved Son, Our Lord Jesus.
As we prayed the Rosary at Bayside, and the red light
flashed, indicating the presence of Our Lord, I offered Him the terrible pain in
my left shoulder blade for the poor souls in Purgatory. My pain left me at that
very moment.
I have had rheumatism since 1942.
My family and I are grateful for the privilege of being
on yours and Heaven's side.
I pray for Veronica and you all,
Bro. A.S.
from Wilmington, North Carolina
CURED OF CATARACTS
October 6, 1981
Dear Veronica,
I had a cataract on both eyes. With the help of Jesus
and Our Lady, through the rose petals, I was cured. No further operations will
be needed, thanks to the rose petals you sent me.
Sincerely yours,
from Manila, Philippines
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