During the COVID-19 pandemic, I, like many, sought consolation in the Faith. One day in church, someone mentioned the power of praying to Our Lady, Undoer of Knots, so I knelt before an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe and asked her assistance.

From that day on, I was drawn deeper into love with God by the richness of the traditions of our Catholic Faith. I began to see the cross not as a mere symbol, but as the love of my life and the reason for my existence. The reverence, silence, and sacredness of the Traditional Latin Mass captured my heart. After reading the Diary of St. Faustina, I was inspired by her willingness to surrender everything to God, and the desire began to stir in me to do the same.

In prayer, I found myself returning over and over again to the Agony in the Garden. I wanted to be with Jesus in this moment, to surrender as He did to the will of the Father. More than anything, I wanted to give my life to the Church for the salvation of souls – especially those of my loved ones.