As soon as I returned to Brazil from the 2005 Pilgrimage, a woman who frequently has come to our Beth Myriam for quite awhile started to bother me. She was constantly telling me about her son who, she said, was in a deep depression. He is married and has two children, the younger being only one month old. She said that he is always in his room and crying all the time.

I thought, “But what can I do about that? This house is only to give people food, for their bodies and their souls.” I have to confess that the next couple of times she came I just didn’t know what to say or what to do. I looked at Jesus and said: “Take care of it, Lord!!! She bothers me every time she meets me.”

So the Lord did the following. Every Saturday we have a doctor who comes to examine the children. So I asked her to try to do something for that man. The doctor talked to his mother and gave her the medicine for depression, so that she could give it to her son.

After ten days, she came again and told me that her son was much better. He was even helping his wife, but the problem this time was about his job: he was unemployed.

I admit that I got angry. I thought, “We fix something and then another problem comes up! What an annoying thing!” I called her and told her very straight: “I’m giving you this Rosary now and today you are starting a novena to Jesus’ Mother every day at 6 p.m. because the Angel visited Mary at that time. So ask Mary to find a job for your son! But you must not miss the novena any day and don’t forget the time.”

She said she would start it that very day and then she left. On August 3rd, the 8th day of her novena, she came into the Beth Myriam and said: “Ms. Gloria, the mother of Jesus is powerful! Tomorrow I’m finishing the novena and today my son starts working and he has a legal job!”

I wept a lot, because when I told her to pray I was really lacking patience. The miracle happened in two ways: the Virgin helped the man and also touched my heart. I think I was the one who received more.

Maria da Glória Cavalcante
Responsible for the Beth Myriam in Goiania, Brazil