[Amazing Healing Testimony] ✨Rejecting Worldly Temptations and Finding True Spiritual Peace through Naju Spirituality

Rejecting Worldly Temptations and

Finding True Spiritual Peace through Naju Spirituality!

: Light and Inner Peace Directing the Path of a Wandering Youth

(Pius Lee Sang-min, Andong, South Korea)

I am Pius Lee Sang-min. During my teenage years, my parents divorced, so I spent a lot of my time living with my grandparents. Every morning and evening, my grandfather and grandmother would faithfully offer up the weekly prayers dedicated to Our Lady of Naju. 

I absolutely hated participating in those prayers, to the point where I once smashed a window and ran away from home.

Later, my unyielding and strict father told me, "I’ve signed you up for a retreat in Naju. Go!" Consequently, my younger sibling and I were dragged there like cattle to a slaughterhouse. Feeling utterly resentful, I had tried to bargain with my father beforehand, demanding 1 million won to help me purchase a motorcycle in exchange for my attendance. 

However, after experiencing the Naju retreat, I voluntarily canceled that deal myself.😊💓

Years later, while at work, I started experiencing severe physical and psychological symptoms: I would suddenly faint, my hands would tremble uncontrollably, and I found myself becoming increasingly terrified of people. Looking back, both my body and mind were completely burned out. I usually spent most of my time isolated at home on my computer. 

Then, right in the middle of the day, an algorithm led me to a video about the Naju youth retreat. As I watched it, I suddenly found myself bursting into tears. In that moment, I knew I had to go. I got into my car and drove all the way to Naju alone to attend my very first First Saturday Pilgrimage.

During my second pilgrimage to Naju, I had a deeply mystical experience. It happened during the prayer time right after Mama Julia finished speaking. She asked us to fold our hands over our hearts and close our eyes, so I did. 

Suddenly, every single moment of my life, from the day I was born up to that very second, flashed before me like a fast- forwarded panorama.

As I watched my past unfold, thinking, 'Ah, so that’s how I was back then... that's what I did at that moment,' I burst into tears once again. This time, it felt as though someone had forcefully ruptured my tear ducts; the weeping simply would not stop. Taking deep breaths did not help, and no matter what method I tried or how hard I fought to hold it back, it was completely useless. So, I gave up trying to control it and waited for the tears to stop on their own. 

After personally experiencing such an extraordinary phenomenon, there was simply no way I could stay away from Naju. That same year, a youth retreat was being held, so I signed up. Up until then, I genuinely believed I was someone without many emotional scars, shrugging off almost any hardship.

However, what I felt most profoundly during this particular retreat centered around the concept of a mother. At the very end of the retreat, Mama Julia embraced me warmly and spoke words of comfort that deeply moved me. For the first time in my life, I felt as though I had begun to understand something of a mother’s love and tenderness that I had long lacked within my heart.

Perhaps because the broken environment I grew up in was so unique, I had gone my entire life without ever truly understanding a mother's heart—but in that moment, I finally did. Carrying those beautiful, cherished memories with me, I have since taken on various volunteer roles and faithfully continued my pilgrimages. 💖

Today, I live a life filled with an immense sense of happiness and deep fulfillment.

There are moments in life when everything goes pitch black and we completely lose our way. However, one thing I can tell you with absolute certainty is that in this treacherous world, the Lord and the Blessed Mother will surely be our guides.

I sincerely hope that many young people who are struggling emotionally or spiritually may also discover hope, peace, and healing through God’s grace through the Five Spiritualities of Naju. Thank 

you.

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