+ All for the greater glory of God! One of the greatest experiences I ever had in my life was to have a live encounter with God. Once I came to know that God exists, I was really hungering and thirsting to experience Him. I was ready to do any fasts or penances; finally the long awaited day arrived. It was also when I least expected the Lord to touch me. It was August 29th, 1991, about two months after my first retreat. I had become lax in my spiritual fervour, feeling that God was not going to bother with me. I had almost given up my daily prayers and sunk again into the mire of sensuality and sin. So here I was, depressed and feeling downcast, when I reached my aunt's house which was about two hours from Cochin. The same evening I reached there, there happened to be a small prayer. There was a lady who had experienced a divine touch from our Lord Jesus, she was staying at my aunt's house at the time being and she was constantly experiencing several divi