With joy in our hearts, we would like to share with you some of the material and spiritual graces and benefits that happened and are still happening in the Beth Myriam of Belo Horizonte, Brazil – graces that show the loving and merciful presence of Jesus and Mary:
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Four children stopped being “pushers.”
We are offering about 700 dishes of soup a day, from Monday to Friday (40 gallons which people carry to their houses for their relatives plus those ones served in the Beth Myriam).
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In the beginning of this year, somebody made an illegal connection in our telephone. After a few days, a man who lives in that community (and whose children receive our soup) searched the volunteer coordinator and told her about the connection. He knew who did it, it was one of his children, so he said to his son to stop doing that, because “Beth Myriam is God?s work and nobody can touch it,” he said.
Another volunteer had an annoying neighbor (a drug dealer) and she couldn?t sleep at night, because of his “business.” After the prayers said by people involved with the Beth Myriam, including the volunteers, the neighbor moved fast and mysteriously.
On Corpus Christi Day, we not only received a second fridge (so needed), but we also witnessed the conversion of three people who eat at the Beth Myriam and their families. They belonged to a sect which is very much against Our Lady. On that day, one of them asked if he could say the second prayer, after praying the Our Father (as we always do before serving the soup). And he said, weeping: “Forgive me, Holy Mother of God, for the stones that I threw on You in the past. And now You are feeding my family…” and continued: “Hail Mary, full of Grace…” And everybody followed him, weeping.
Recently, we were informed that people in that community are using 50% less free medicines on the Public Health Center of the community, after the Beth Myriam started its activities.
A young man who is sick (Aids) and had already received the Extreme Unction and never went out of his house is much better now, after eating our soup. Today he can go for a walk and always brings a little gift to Our Lady and the volunteers. There are other similar stories that happened to sick people.
We know about some people who were beggars but now started working in activities like washing cars, collecting garbage, etc, and stopped begging after having food in the House, where they are respected and loved. And they are very grateful: they always make a donation, sometimes food, sometimes money. Recently, one of them said: “Here is Catholic Church, isn?t it? I want to tithe.” And gave us R$0.30 (about U$0.10, his entire salary of that morning). The day after, he gave us R$1.00 (about U$0.30 cents). That make us remember Mark 12: 41-44. We got very touched!
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We have found some difficulties, but we are happy and victorious, since we always trusted God?s Providence and also our friends generous and spontaneous help, friends whose goodness (that maybe was just asleep in their hearts) makes possible the Beth Myiriam work. Together, we are helping our needy neighbor, doing things that please God and helping, even a little, to build a better world.
There is a fundamental thing in everything that is done, received, given and shared in Beth Myriam: the fraternity and love … towards God, Mary and our neighbor. A feeling that is present, above all, in the daily, detached, faithful and happy work of the volunteers. We thank and bless through Jesus and Mary all of them and all of you for supporting us.
Altino Mota dos
Santos
Responsible for the Beth Myriam of Belo
Horizonte, Brazil
