A CUSAN’s book: A companion to the Rosary by Deacon Charles Paolino
“More people should be praying the Rosary if we are to have peace on earth.” That conviction inspired CUSAN Lorraine Fleury to write Rosary Mystery Meditations: A Day-to-Day Prayer Companion. “If we are to retain Christian values in the world,” Lorraine said, “the Rosary is a key.” A California resident, Lorraine said that for most of her life she was a member of a New Age church where she Lorraine Fleury was initiated into getting ever deeper into meditation that turned harmful. “I developed a spiritual sickness called depersonalization,” she said. “I felt like I had lost my soul. It was the most gruesome thing I’ve ever gone through, and I wasn’t healing from it very well.” Lorraine said she knew she couldn’t continue New Age meditation, so, after doing some research, she began praying the Rosary. “From the beginning,” she said, “I started feeling better, more connected to my soul again. After two or three years, I was healed, and I attribute that to the Rosary. I really think Winter | 2021-2022
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