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[Music] To the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Mother Mary, a thousand thanks are offered for the help received to come to this land where the Mother appeared and to bear witness. My name is Gokulakrishnan. I am from Kollam. I made a covenant four years ago. The covenant was made to go to Germany. That's when I made the covenant. I came here, testified, and left. So, I am studying Masters in Financial Math in Germany. I first made a covenant in January 2021. At the time I made the covenant, I had put six things here. I wanted to go to Germany and study Masters there. So, I went to Germany in 2021 itself and am studying there now. Last year, I came again and renewed the covenant. When I renewed the covenant, I had said that I wanted to get a job in a company in Germany. The reason is, when studying in Germany, we do part-time work along with our Masters. When I first went there, I was working in restaurants, McDonald's, Amazon, and other such difficult jobs. So, every time I went to work, I would pray to Mother, "I cannot work. This is not a job with a future for me. I won't have any experience tomorrow." So, I prayed, "I must get a job in an international company where I can gain more experience. Even if I don't have experience, I must get it." Then I came here, renewed the covenant again, and went back. Last year, I applied again. Before that, something happened. After I went to Germany, we had a prerequisite there, which is that there are two exams that must be written. Only by passing them can we continue our Masters there. The scale in Germany is from one to five. Five means failed, and one means the highest score. So, I was failing all the exams I took initially. I always got a five. I always failed the exams. Crying, crying, crying. I can't do Germany. I want to go back. That was the condition. In between, I came here, prayed, and made a covenant. But after going to Germany, I was very lazy. Then I didn't look at the covenant. Friends were very chill, very vibing, in that manner. Then, after renewing the covenant again and again, I went to write the exams. The exams I wrote later were all top-notch. In a German university with many international students, I scored above 95% in all the exams I wrote. In the same department, the Math department, I failed the exams I wrote initially. I was known in the department as the top scorer. I praised the Lord in that manner. Before every exam, I would pray, "Lord, the Lord who raised me three days later, can't you raise me who failed this exam? When you raise me, I firmly believe." Holding the rosary, I went to the exams again with hope. After that, I never had to look back in any of the exams I wrote. I was the top scorer in all of them. Then last year, I started applying for jobs again. I was getting rejections for jobs because I didn't know German. I am studying in English. The professors speak in English. Therefore, I didn't concentrate much on the German language. I only know English. So, because it is a German country and I didn't know the language, I wasn't getting a job. Then, I started applying for jobs, praying, anointing with Mother's oil, making the sign of the cross, and applying for each job. Then my friends would tell me, "You won't get it quickly. It will take at least six months to get an internship or a job in Germany." I said, "Why do I need six months? If I believe in Lord Jesus Christ, why won't the Lord give me six months? Why can't he give me a job in one or two months?" With that faith, with that prayer, I told Mother, "I can't wait for six months. It's already been a year or a year and a half. I must get a job within a month." With that belief, I fasted and prayed again. Then I got a job in a company. I have been working there for eight months now. I got a job as a Finance Analyst in the Finance Department of an international company remotely. After getting the job, I always wanted to attend the perpetual rosary prayer when I heard Father Joseph's prayer every Tuesday. But last month, on the seventh, I had my final thesis submission. The topic was a bit tough. Although I studied Math, I worked in the field of Artificial Intelligence, specifically image super-resolution. So, the task was very difficult for me. I also didn't know coding well, and Python was a bit backward for me. Therefore, I couldn't submit it by the deadline they gave. So, I couldn't submit it on the seventh. They extended it to the twenty-first. So, I understood that after submitting on the twenty-first, I definitely wouldn't be able to come for the perpetual rosary prayer on the twenty-fifth. So, I prayed to Mother, "When we come to a foreign country, our desire is to come home, eat a lot of food, and meet many friends. That's what we miss the most." So, I prayed to Mother, "Even if I can't eat my favorite food when I come home, even if I can't meet my favorite friends, Mother, let me be able to participate in your perpetual rosary prayer. Show me that mercy. I am living only by your mercy." My final submission was on the twenty-first. But by the fifteenth, I submitted it. But I was very confused about booking the ticket. Because even though I wanted to come, I wasn't sure if it was God's will, God's plan. So, I told Mother in a somewhat tough way, "No matter how I go, the ticket will cost around 19,000 rupees round trip. But I will only come if I get a ticket for less than 30,000 rupees. If I come, I will believe it is Mother's will that I should come." So, when I looked for tickets, the rates were not decreasing. I thought, "Okay, then I won't go." But suddenly, one day, the ticket rates dropped. I quickly booked the ticket. My younger sister is also studying nursing in Germany and working as a nurse. She also came to Germany as a nurse after making a covenant here. So, she and I suddenly came here. On the night of the twenty-fifth, we were ready to come for the perpetual rosary prayer. When we woke up the next day, my younger sister was very unwell. She couldn't attend the rosary prayer. But I could come. I reached here in the morning and went for the perpetual rosary prayer. Then I saw many aunties and sisters running very fast. So, I thought, "Do we have to run fast like this for the rosary prayer?" I didn't know exactly. So, for the first hour, if Joseph was in front, I walked fast to go there and touch and kiss Mother. After a while, I realized that walking so fast was useless. I wouldn't reach. I felt very guilty. "I came to the perpetual rosary prayer of Mother and am going so fast like I'm in a race without even sincerely reciting one rosary. Why am I doing this?" With that sadness, I stopped running with anyone. Then I slowly reached the rosary prayer and sincerely offered each rosary to Mother. It was very hot. So, I told Mother, "Mother, it's very hot, but it's okay. I will offer this for my ancestors in purgatory. Grant them liberation. I will bear this heat and hardship." After reaching the rosary prayer and reaching Mother, when it was time to go back, I couldn't get a bus. So, I walked back. While walking back, I said, "This is also okay. Even if I have to walk all the way to Alappuzha, I have no complaints, Mother. I don't need anything special anymore. Will I get a full-time job tomorrow? I haven't asked Mother for such things. I always ask, 'Lord, bring me closer to you. Make me your most beloved servant.' That's how I prayed. So, from the church there, I walked back towards Alappuzha for a long distance, I don't know how many kilometers. I walked back, reciting the rosary. Then I got a bus and reached home. When I reached home, we had sent some vehicles from Kollam. But I didn't know. They told me they reached the block at 9 PM. So, I thought, even if I had to walk back, I reached home around 4 or 5 AM. So, I told Mother, "It's okay. It's not my plan, Lord. Let your plan be fulfilled." So, what I want to say most is about the great blessings the Lord has given me in the field of my education, and how much I have been able to grow spiritually. Today, when I came again and renewed the covenant, I had to write six things, but I have nothing to write. Because the Lord who gives knows how to fill a stomach. I don't know what I should ask for, what I should write. Because I know that tomorrow I will get a job, or whatever I need after that, the Lord has a great plan for me. I would plan extensively, thinking I must study this, I must do that. But God would do much bigger things for me than that. So, I am very confused about what to do. I then wrote a few things like, "Purify me," "Bring me closer to the Lord." Also, when I was in Germany, there were many temptations. Because we live alone, we don't have family with us. So, I would often tell the Lord, "Lord, this is my young age. I am only 25 years old. So, instead of concentrating on other things, I dedicate this youth to you to draw closer to you. I don't need anything else. I must be able to possess you completely." I told the Lord that. I am able to live by dedicating myself completely and dedicating myself to the Lord every single day. Also, in Germany, we attend Holy Mass every Sunday. So, the Christians there always tell me, "You are a Hindu. Seeing your faith and your prayers, they themselves are amazed. They are not doing anything for the Lord." When they say such things, I feel very happy. At least the Lord has chosen me. I am very happy about that. Also, last month, I went around distributing pamphlets to houses. I mostly gave them to Hindu houses. My intention was only this: that they too should know the one true God, Jesus Christ. That they too should believe in Him and attain salvation. With that desire, I distributed pamphlets to each house and prayed. Also, as an act of charity, I always set aside 10% of my salary every month. I set aside about 1000 rupees every month for charitable work. Some months, it might be Holy Mass. If it's one Holy Mass, 50 rupees. So, sometimes I do two Holy Masses a week, or I save the money and give it to the poor people I see when I come home. We also have a sister there whose husband passed away, and she is a widow. So, I mostly help such people financially. That's how I am able to do more charitable works. Also, another thing I always ask Mother is, "Mother, when your own son lay dead, how were you able to stand as your servant, loving the Lord without any complaint to the Lord? I don't understand that. It amazes me. I would never accept it if someone dear to me died in front of me, and still be able to believe in the Lord." So, I used to ask Mother, "How can you be so calm?" When I returned home from Germany, my father was drunk and in a terrible state. Seeing that, I broke down. I thought, "My father, who wanted to see me when I came home, is like this. He is very loving, but still, when he came drunk, I broke down." But for the past two weeks, in Father Joseph's morning prayer, in the daily bread, Father Joseph always says, "First, you will be in the Jordan, then you will reach the desert. At that time, you will be a bit weaker. Then you will be strengthened by the Holy Spirit." Truly, that was my life. When family problems arose, I came home from Germany, but for a week or two, I just sat at home and cried. Because my father was like this, and my mother was very unwell. I came on leave, but I didn't say a single word of complaint to the Lord. I came on leave from the Lord, didn't I? That's when I truly understood how much the Holy Mother must have been filled with the Holy Spirit. So, through Mother's covenant, I received the great grace to be filled with the Holy Spirit and draw closer to God. Also, whenever I go for any exam, wherever I go, I always draw crosses with oil on my laptop. I always recite the Creed and put oil. My father is a Hindu, and my mother is also a Hindu. My mother is a believer, and she has made a covenant. But my father is not so much of a believer. So, when I go to church or Holy Mass, my father always says, "Why do you always go to church? Isn't every God the same?" My father says such things. But I didn't feel like complaining to the Lord. Even in such a situation, the Lord has given me faith in my heart, and I am very grateful to God for that. Also, every year, when New Year comes, there is a Thanksgiving program. We all sit together at midnight and pray. Last year, I have only more to say thanks for all the blessings God has given me each year. So, I pray to the Lord, "Lord, this New Year, give me experiences that allow me to say that I have drawn closer to you than to any blessing." I am very happy to have received so many blessings and to be able to speak in front of all of you. Before I came, I thought, "What will I say? I am not at all prepared." Some sisters have written down what to say on paper. I haven't written anything. I thought about what to say when I get there. Then I thought, "The Holy Spirit will give you wisdom at the right time about what you need to say. So, you don't need to worry at all." I was sitting with that verse in my mind. Also, every week, I write small prayers in my own way and send them to our group. This is one of the prayers I wrote: "My God, seven Jesus said, Abraham, please love the best fit for your plan. And sometimes we are too late for our work, but we never ever be late to praise you." Psalm 37:4: "Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act." Gokulakrishnan, this daughter, is sharing how beautifully she has transformed her life through the covenant. The daughter is not really talking about material gains. What the daughter shared is entirely about finding and loving Jesus, living under Jesus' protection, and living every moment of her life. It is a beautiful covenant testimony that the daughter has shared. Truly, as we listen to every sentence, we wonder how one can love Jesus so much, how one can live by Mother Mary's covenant so much, how one can glorify God's name in our own actions so much, how one can share the gospel so much. We have all surely thought about this. As our minds are filled with many thoughts, we wonder where our faith stands, how high the daughter's faith life is. We ponder this. How profoundly she has shared her divine experience before us. The way of life she shared is not at all trivial. We know that when she concludes, she has her own problems, shortcomings, and difficult circumstances in her life. However, it is not these things that deepen and sustain her relationship with Jesus. The daughter's words testify how much she dedicates her life to living in holiness, loving Jesus every moment, and sharing the gospel and joy with others. What the covenant desires from us is only the process of purifying and refining our souls to give them to eternity. All material benefits are merely crumbs given to us to grow in God's love. But what is fundamentally needed is to properly organize our lives and surrender them to Jesus so that we can give our souls to Jesus. The daughter indicates that she is moving towards this very quickly at this young age. She said that after going to Germany, for a short period, she was addicted to "vibing" and "chilling" with friends, a time of enjoyment. There was a time when she strayed from the covenant. But she herself realizes that it was a time of suffering. When she surrendered her life to worldly desires, she lost divine protection, the spirit of prayer, and her progress in life went backward significantly. This is what the daughter experienced and shared with us. But when she returned to Mother Mary, renewed the covenant, and decided to organize her life using the covenant's sacred objects, the obstacles were removed, she got a stable job, and she experienced more divine joy and love. The daughter shared this with us. She also mentioned that she wished to participate in the perpetual rosary procession. She came on leave with the desire to participate in that rosary procession. There were days when she thought it would be difficult to submit her thesis paper. When she had to submit it on the twenty-first, and it seemed difficult to arrange other things, Mother Mary made it possible for her to submit it a week earlier, on the fifteenth. She provided an opportunity to book a ticket at a very low price. She brought the daughter to that perpetual rosary procession. She shared an experience of participating in the rosary procession with us. She said that she prayed the rosary throughout the entire procession. What truly amazed me was when she said that she prayed the rosary for the souls in purgatory. For a non-Christian daughter to reach the concept of purgatory, how much spiritual growth she must have achieved on her own. She understands all these things. The daughter is able to interact, behave, speak, and pray with Jesus and Mother Mary with the freedom of a child. She shared this with us through her words. She said that at first, she saw many people running in the rosary procession like a race. Later, she realized that running was useless if she didn't pray. "I have come this far. I have waited for so long. As I walk on the paths Mother walked, on this arduous pilgrimage, if the thought of God leaves my mind, if other things influence me, even this journey, this pilgrimage, will be in vain." Then she didn't look at anyone else. She calmly and continuously recited the rosary and walked with her Mother Mary. Dear ones, how beautiful were each of the daughter's sentences, how beautiful were her divine understandings and experiences, and her confident speech rooted in divine assurance. We should pray for that. Let us pray to Mother Mary to help us know and love Jesus a little more, to live by accepting Jesus within us, and to strengthen us for a life of clarity of soul beyond material gains. Let us offer our hands in thanks for all the spiritual insights and life's blessings received by the daughter and offer this testimony to Mother Mary and the King of Kings. 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