Hey, I am Father Mark Mary with Franciscan Fryers with Renewal, and this is the Rosary in a Year

podcast, and we are just starting our final phase, phase six, which is entitled praying together.

And to kick it off and do a little introductory episode into phase six. I am joined by my friends,

Jackie and Bobby Angel. Thanks for making the time for being here. And so we're talking about

the rosary and kind of the question we like to kick things off with. Do we either of you as

individuals or a couple have like a favorite story of the rosary, maybe a testimony to the

rosary, something like that kind of is part of your own history

and relationship with praying the rosary. Yeah, so the 54-day Rosary Novena has been a really

amazing, miraculous part of our story and even just my story before Bobby because a friend of mine,

his mom gave me this little 54-day Rosary Novena book, and I looked at that. I thought, I've never prayed a rosary for 54-day straight. There's no way this is happening. And then I was dating a guy and I was like, where's that novena book? And I started praying a 54-day rosary no vina for this boyfriend to start going to daily mass because I've been going to daily mass as I was 18. And, you know, I just wanted us to be on the same page. And actually, half, so 27 days has petitioned for something you want and 27 days in Thanksgiving whether or not you got what you wanted. And literally, the day after my petition phase was over, he called me and he said he was going to Daily Mass. And he's like, yeah, I don't know what's been going

on in my heart this last month. And I just start laughing, you know, and I'm like, because I do. And so he started going to Daily Mass. And then I was like, that one was so successful. I'm going to do another one thinking at the, you know, end of it or in the middle of it, he was going to propose to me. and literally on the 27th day

he broke up with me and I was so

mad and I you know, end of it or in the middle of it, he was going to propose to me. And literally, on the 27th day, he broke up with me. And I was so mad. And I was, you know, like a little brat of God. And I had to be thankful for 27 days. And I was like, Hail Mary full of grace. The Lord. You know, I was so bad. But I heard Mary say to me, she's like, there is someone better. And so I was like, oh, fine. And literally, I started this little journal that had Marianna, had the Hail Mary on it. And I started writing for my future spouse. Well, fast forward, like two and a half years, I was almost at the end of this journal. I was writing every month in it and praying for my future husband wherever he was.

You know, and like knowing that if I died and my future husband was Jesus in heaven, like, ha ha, funny. Okay. So I just, you know, God, whatever your will is. But I was like, maybe I should do another 54-day rosary novina for my future spouse wherever he is. And I looked forward. and the assumption is on August 15th, and I thought, well, I should end my Rosary Noven on that day.

So I counted 54 days backwards and I think it was like June 22nd or

third. I started it. The next day, Bobby and I remet at the Theology of the Body Institute and that

week was very apparent that this was the man I was called Mary. And fast forward to August 4th,

we go on our very first date. He comes out to California from Florida. We go on our first date,

official date, and he goes home. And his dad picks him up at the airport. And he and his brother

were together. And his brother was kind of like a chaperone. You're like ye old days. His dad goes so is this for the girl you're going to marry and Bobby just pauses and his brother goes if he doesn't say yes he's an idiot you know and his dad goes okay great so the next week they go ring shopping and on August 15th he bought the engagement ring and so I didn't find this out until three months later when he proposed. And I'm asking him all the questions like, how did you ask my dad? You know, when did you get the ring? And he said, when he said he bought the ring on August 15th, he had no clue. I've been praying a 54-day Roser-Nobina for my future husband. And yeah, so we found that out. And what was cool is on our

wedding day, I ended up giving him that journal of all the times I've been praying for him and

asking our lady to intercede for him. And it was beautiful. So our lady has really been a huge

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