Tammy Peterson: The power of the Rosary and why she is becoming Catholic

I checked the mail and I found your letter and in your letter I found this

rosary

and this was my great-grandmother's

rosary

, she always carried it with her and she was about 150 years old now, I guess, and then she gave it to my grandmother when she died and my grandmother he gave it to my aunt and my aunt died and he gave it to my cousin and now my cousin is giving it to me and I thought, yeah, look, I knew there was something when you hold that rosary beads and as you prayed the rosary during your hospital stay, the question everyone looks at is that there is something psychological, something you need to focus on, something to help you be determined, something to hold on to when you are desperate and looking for hope. anywhere or there is something more Divine here well, I think you know that once I was better and I continued praying the rosary.

Mimm, I looked up the scriptures that are associated with each of these Mysteries to see exactly. I said, oh, you know, this is this. it's the Bible this is the Bible in this short like here it is and it's a complete story, you know, it's a story of suffering and Redemption and that's what life is about, it's about suffering and Redemption, so I mean, every day is when you wake up. and today there is a judgment, well, I have a challenge today, I call it challenges from God. I have to meet that Irish journalist today, right, that was the trial for today, that's right, and then you would do the interview and everyone would be happy and then there would be the Redemption. that and it's good how you are a different person since you started praying since my husband said I'm more like we met when I was eight he was seven he said I'm more like when I was a child you will enter the Catholic Church Holy Week, what?

Is it Easter? Yeah, how do you feel about that? I'm fine, who knows what will happen to me, so you're looking forward to it, yeah, and Tommy, as we look at you today, you look. great you sound great since we got here you've been smiling we've been joking you've been laughing what's life like how are you feeling how's your health my health is good um I've had scans done regularly there's nothing there um so I'm fine , I am good people seeing this, they may not be in the same situation that you were in with that type of cancer, but another illness, another test, another problem, anguish in their lives.

MH, um, they think about praying, that's not for me. That's what other people do, I don't even know what the rosary is, what would you tell them? Well, everyone has their own journey, that's for sure, and they have to get there in their own way and my way, and it took a long time, but I don't know, it's something to focus on when chaos is about. everywhere, you know, and when you're sick like that, there's so much chaos and you don't know, you feel like you know without limits and you feel like you're not grounded anymore and when you pray the rosary it can take you to a place where it can center you, it can center you during the day or even during the correct hour or even during the minute.

It can center you for a moment in a profound way that you wouldn't have been able to achieve and make it a habit. You know, that's what the rosary has. It's a practice. So it won't always be every day. It won't always be like this. A monumental thing that happens every day but every day you are going to take it out and you are going to pray it but one day you are going to need it and because you have been practicing there it will be that life is suffering. and you're going to need to have something to hold on to when the world opens up and there's nothing beneath you and when that happens, well, God can bring you back to life.

Do you pray the Rosary every day? Yes, I do it there. the porch, yes, finally Tammy, when you look to the future, I know you have two children, four beautiful grandchildren, what are your dreams and hopes for the future? Well, really, I hope that well, you know my kids, I think that they mean well and that their hearts are in the right place and so you know, I hope all the best for them and their kids, you know, me and that they and they find the courage and strength they need for the trials of life because there will be trials and uh I.

I hope that Jordan and I can continue to tell the truth to try to tell the stories that we are inspired to tell and I hope that that can be of some help to the people who are listening, that's really what Tommy is about, he's amazing. The story is inspiring and thank you very much for sharing it with me. It is a pleasure for me, thank you for your invitation. It was a good test. Tammy, we'll record it now. Okay, yeah.