In the latest edition of the Great Rosary of Blessings for Families, held every year in Montevideo, Gustavo Zerbino was one of those invited to tell his story in front of thousands of Catholics.
“So that you can see what the presence of God was on the mountain, because 19-year-old Uruguayans overcame all limits, because they knew that they could not do it alone and they asked the Virgin for strength,” he highlighted.
“During the 73 nights, every night, led by Carlitos Páez, we prayed the Rosary for three reasons: the first to thank or ask the Virgin for strength to face a day like today, and that day suddenly 8 had died. people; The second reason was so that, in the darkness of the night, no negative thoughts would colonize our minds and lead us to become depressed, suffer, and fall into an abyss from which it would be impossible to get out; and the third reason, since there were 16 of us, every five minutes it came back to you, you had to pray it yourself… If you fell asleep a little, they would nudge you so that you could say the Hail Mary, because if you fell asleep you could freeze to death,” story.
“The Virgin covered us with her mantle, and we learned that it is God praying and giving the hammer, we ask the Virgin to give strength to Nando and Roberto to walk for 10 days, almost 80 kilometers.”