When My Prayers Don’t Seem to Matter: Trusting God Is Listening

The 54-day Rosary novena should come with a warning label: “CAUTION: Only pray this if you are prepared for EVERYTHING to change.” 

Early in our marriage, my husband and I decided to pray the 54-day Rosary novena to discern the direction of our careers and to start a family. For those of you who haven’t ventured into this novena, it’s broken into two halves: the petition portion and the thanksgiving portion. We had no idea what we were getting into.

I remember exactly where I was the day we swit...