Mother's Day

This year on Mother's Day I asked my husband Paul  to take me to the Our Lady of Ephesus House of Pray in Jamaica, VT. The house is a replica of the Virgin Mary’s house in Ephesus Turkey. History says that Saint John took Mary to Turkey when living in Jerusalem when the Roman’s began persecuting the Christians. In order to leave early Sunday morning for this day trip, I went to mass Sat. afternoon. Sat. night I was so fortunate to watch on ETWN a movie on Jesus’s life with a focus on the Blessed Mother Mary.  Sunday was a beautiful day and we arrived in Jamaica VT around 10am. The house was so beautiful. It was built with hand crafted brick and stone work. It was open for us to come in and pray. I was able to have the whole place to myself and pray the rosary in peace and silence. There were  vases of flowers with lots of roses that filled the house with a light scent of rose. Light came down from a skylight to fill the altar area of the prayer house. This house is holy ground and I could feel the supernatural sense of being that comes when you are walking on holy ground. The peacefulness was intoxicating. It was so quiet you could only hear the birds in the area. Behind the house was a walkway to an outdoor altar. There was a screened in gazebo where we ate our lunch. It was heaven on earth. Down the road is a retreat house that overlooks the beautiful green mountains. We meandered home enjoying the picturesque backroads of VT and NH. Although this house is tucked away in rural VT. it's not hard to find. 
http://ourladyofephesushouseofprayer.org/