my little miracle :)

wow..something cool happened today.. to start the story, i went to the dentist for a checkup. lol that's not the cool part, i don't think anyone enjoys going to the dentist and having someone look at their teeth from all angles with all sorts of metal instruments ;) but... recently, i've been reading the autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux, called "Story of a Soul". i also saw a movie about her life..called "Therese"...i liked the movie :)

ever since i started reading the book, i really liked St. Therese right from the beginning. i love her "way of spiritual childhood", and her humility and love for Jesus...she's a great example of a Christian who really tried to serve the Lord in all she did, and a great example for us.

i was researching online and came across a novena to St. Therese. to be honest all this stuff is REALLY new to me. asking the Saints and Mary for prayer...i just never did any of these things before!! lol i remember the first time i said the Rosary, - i went and bought a rosary at "the Bible society", to use for the divine mercy chaplet - this was in the winter - i was soo nervous... i was worried that i am offending God by talking to Mary and wondered if she could even hear me. i mean i read tons of apologetics on the communion of saints and how people in heaven aren't dead, but alive, and we're all one in Christ..but i was still soo unsure. but when i said the prayer, i felt that both Jesus and Mary were listening to me together, and i felt such a profound sense of peace. complete utter peace. and ever since then, i've loved Mary and i consider her my Mother in heaven. i know now that when we honour her, we are honouring Her Son, and not worshipping her.

anyway.. but although i'm fine with Mary now, i still had my doubts about the Saints. saying a novena to St. Therese...was just TOO NEW... but for some reason, i wrote it down in my journal, thinking that maybe if i'm ever brave i'll ask for her intercession, regarding something i really need help on. i mean..."the prayer of a righteous man avails much" ;) and she's united with God, totally free from sin!! :) i ask my Christian friends for prayer, why not my brothers and sisters in heaven? the Holy Spirit unites us all together, and it's by the Spirit that they can hear us.. and they WANT to pray for us, because they see in how much darkness we're living in, and they want us to persevere and get to heaven too! they know what it's like! they're filled with God's love and demonstrate this love by helping us, and in this way, glorify God. lol well that's the explanation for all this...

on the website, people could leave replies and testimonies about St. Therese. many, many of them said that after they said the novena, they saw a rose, or in some cases, many roses. Some people smelled roses - even when none were around. In fact these sorts of experiences is what contributed to her canonization. before she died, she said that she'll spend her heaven doing good on earth, and that after her death she'll send out a "shower of roses" because of her intercession. (this is symbolic for graces) oki to be honest i was REALLY unsure about this. i thought..maybe it's just coincidence...no doubt if we looked for roses we'd see them all around!! but i was interested...

so..one morning..i got up, checked the time on my cell phone, which was on this little table where I keep my rosary, Bible, and the Sacred Heart picture i got at a catholic bookstore.. (i call it my "prayer corner")...brushed my hair, came back to my room, and kneeling beside my "prayer corner", said 5 Our Fathers, 5 Hail Marys, 5 Glory Be's, and this:

"st Therese, the little flower, pick me a rose from the heavenly garden and send it to me with a message of love. ask God to grant the favor i implore and tell Him i will love Him each day more and more Amen"

lol :)

i waited..nothing happened.. thought, oki, well i really hope she prays for me cause i need prayer so badly!! and then..i looked up at my prayer corner and saw a vase full of ROSES!!!

i can't explain how surprised i was. i was like..THANK YOU st therese...cause i knew she heard, and is praying for me. the cool part...i didn't see these flowers on my table the other 4 times i looked right at it!!! WHY? i dunno... i guess God prevented me from seeing them, lol... but i know they were there the whole time, because my mom put the vase there that morning. (i obviously didn't know). the roses came from our backyard. she doesn't normally do this, and when i asked her, she said - she just felt like doing it for some reason, lol. :)

well, today i decided i'd continue the 5 day novena and i said it again, in the car, because i had no time to pray at home...had to get ready for the dentist. well..i finished it right when i walked in the door of the office, and when i sat down in one of the chairs, i looked at a little table and saw - this is hilarious - a kleenex box (LOLL) with a picture of roses..and on it, it said "la petite rose". haha. oki i don't know much french but i know what "petite" means. the little rose..little flower! St. Therese Little Flower :) and in french too LOL - she was French. i just started laughing.

thank you St. Therese for praying for me..
I hope God will answer both of our prayers. I really need His help on something.



update:

St Therese sent me flowers several more times when i asked her for prayer :) other times, i guess God wanted me to rely on faith.

one day i was praying before Mass and said the novena again.. and then, right when i finished!! i saw a little girl enter the pew in front of me, wearing a long dress on which were drawn..lots of big red roses! :)

another time, at Notre Dame.. when i saw her statue with the flowers..

and the last time was only several days ago.. i came in for my appointment with the priest, and decided to pray a bit beforehand.. so i went into the church, knelt before the Eucharist and started praying. i asked St Therese to pray for me.. but i didn't expect any sign, and i felt fairly sure there weren't any roses in the church cause the altar was decorated with these other red flowers all summer.. but then i looked up, and saw pink roses :) or at least flowers that look A LOT like roses.

i know she is praying for me and i'm so thankful..