Super weird…

Earlier today (for the record, yesterday, because as I write this, it’s now 12:29am of July 28 and this happened 2 hours ago), I was just about to pray the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary at around 10pm when I noticed that my Rosary is missing a few beads–16 Hail Mary beads and 1 Our Father bead! My goooshh…how did that happen?? 😱 To be honest I was both dismayed and scared at the same time because how could it just magically disappear??!! My Rosary beads just ghosted me for real! 😅 And what’s even weirder is the fact that it wasn’t broken or anything, because if it was, I could then easily assume that the beads just fell off.

The last time I used my Rosary was at 4pm yesterday, when I prayed the Luminous Mysteries at the Adoration Chapel. At that time, the beads were still complete. Now I’m left with only 34 Hail Mary beads and 3 Our Father beads.

“Hmm…why 16 missing Hail Mary beads? And why have I been left with only 34? What’s with the number 34?” The superstitious girl in me wondered… 😅 Is God trying to tell me I’m condemned?! 😬 or that He doesn’t like my prayers or how I pray?? Sorry, Lord, I know I’ve been praying poorly lately…🙏 Or maybe…it’s just really the devil intimidating me…🤔 hmmm, oh well…I’ll just stick with the last one…haha (what’s new? 🤷‍♀️). Yeah…I guess it’s really the devil. Very recently, a friend of mine gave me this prayer booklet of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ and I’ve been praying it for a week on top of my other prayers. And I must say, it has somewhat made my prayers easier even when they’ve become more lengthy (here’s the link of the Precious Blood of Jesus devotion: https://www.preciousbloodinternational.com/prayers_05.html). I guess the enemy just really wants me to stop praying altogether. So let’s do the opposite of what the enemy wants–let’s persevere! 💪

Now…I don’t know how this happened but at the same time I don’t want to overthink or obsess about it anymore haha. 😅 It may seem that I’m kind of “chill” right now but I was very much perplexed a few hours ago when this weird thing first manifested in my life…LOL. One of the tactics of the enemy is to confuse and distract us…so how do we solve that? Simple, by placing our problems–big or small–in the Sacred Heart of Jesus. In other words, “let go & let God.”

So if you’re reading this, please do help me by praying to St. Anthony that my missing beads would miraculously return! Thank you so much! 😘