Bess, from England - "My first significant encounter with Mary came when I was 17 and I was on a French exchange and my French exchange's family had a house in the south of France and when I arrived, they said 'Next week you girls are going on a pilgrimage to Lourdes.' ... Lourdes was a complete revelation and what really struck me about it and surprised me was the grotto: that it didn't matter how many people were there, how crowded it was, there was just this sense, a tangible sense, of peace and that really struck me. And I really had a sense that if I were ever in difficulty after that time in Lourdes, I could ask Our Lady for help and she was reliable and she would look after me. And I would say that was turning point in my adult life as a Christian; that was the time or the moment when I chose to follow Catholicism out of my own will rather than going along with it because of family tradition. And my faith just grew and grew after that. And what I would say now is that my experience has really born out what the Church teaches, which is that Our Lady leads us to Christ." Music by Jesús Cabello. Visit Totus2us.com for much more - dedicated to Our Lady, it is inspired by our holy fathers Saint John Paul II, Papa Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. Totus Tuus - All Yours - was JPII's motto to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Our Lady is also everything to us - Totus2us.