Worrying

I was watching a video of the famous Sister Emmanuelle of Mediugorje. She quotes an apparition of Our Lady in which she gave the most beautiful message. Our lady said we should give her all our troubles and in return simply to pray for her intentions and she'll take care of the rest!! What a wonderful deal!! Of course this message is entirely scriptural too, in fact casting our troubles on the Lord, not to worry and trust is a constant theme:

"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field
grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon
in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God
clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is
thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little
faith?" Matthew 6

Isa 46:4 Cast your cares on the Lord and He will sustain you

'You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself.' ~So those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. ~Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you. Isa 46:4

She tells the story of Albert, a French guy who was converted in Medugorje and returned to the faith. Albert was worried about his wife, an unbeliever. For Our Lady had asked that families should pray together and there wasn't a hope hos wife would join him. However when he returned home he used to go into a quiet room and pray and eventually, lo and behold his wife joined him there and was converted.

Matthew 6:5-8, NIV: And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

So Albert had done a deal with Our Lady he had prayed for her intentions and left worries about his wife in her hands and she had come through for him!!

A lovely story and I am sure it happens again and again with converts, a bit like grace being like a stone dropped in quiet waters and spreading its ripples everywhere.

When I was converted my biggest worry was for my brothers and sisters for my biggest fear was that they would end up in hell.