Whispering a prayer

I was too little to remember but it did not matter at all. My mom whispered a prayer to our Lady of Guadalupe and she offered me to Her.

I think that most of us believe that what we say is lost in the wind, but Heaven has Memory and the intentions of our hearts fly straight to God's Heart in the wings of our Messengers...the Angels.

I never knew that my mom said that to Mary and Mary kept those words in Her Heart until I was ready to listen.

I think it was 5 years ago when the image of our Lady of Guadalupe came to our Church and I decided to stay there with Her, all night. I was praying, and reading and sometimes just flying around with my imagination or thinking about the miracles that came to us through Her.

I was looking at that image when I heard a soft beautiful voice saying "you are Mine". I looked around....I could not understand the why would She say that. I did not tell Bob nor anyone...I thought "you are just going crazy".

Those words were deeply engraved in my heart and I just could not forget them. I don't know why I called my mom. I decided to tell her what I had heard. At that time all my "spiritual experiences" were considered more like "weird things" so I would keep them to myself. I felt I could not keep this one I needed to know if I was really going "south". So I said.

"Mom, the other day I was praying in front of the image of our Lady of Guadalupe and I heard a voice that said "you are Mine"".

My mom was in silence for a few seconds and then she said to me "Yes, it is true, I offer you to Her when you was very little...I have done that with all your brothers and sisters too".

We did not talk more about that. When we finished our conversation I started to wonder why would Mary tell me that. I didn't know that our relationship was going to grow in depth and Love.

She had been there with me, even when I didn't want Her to be. Even when I walked away from God. She always remembered my mom's prayer.