Feast of Ste. Theresa, the Little Flower

Happy Feast of Ste. Theresa of Lisieux, Everybody!

Ste. Theresa died when she was only 24 years old, having entered the Carmel (monastery) when she was 15. She decided to offer every single action, big or small, as a prayer. This is now called her "Little Way." She stated before her holy death, "I want to spend my Heaven doing good upon the earth."

When you pray a Novena to Ste Theresa, usually on the first day, she will send you a rose or two. You may get a card, a bunch of address labels, a silk rose, a real rose, a plastic rose, a bunch of roses in a vase, a picture of a rose, or you will suddenly notice a rose on a signboard, See? The common thing here is.....Roses.

Here is a 5-day Novena to ask Ste. Theresa for something. Every day say this prayer: "O little Ste. Theresa, please pick for me a rose from the Heavenly Gardens and send it to me with a message of love. O Little Flower, please ask God today to grant the favour(s) we thee implore and please tell Him we will love Him each day more and more." Then say your petition; after which you pray (5) Our Fathers, (5) Hail Mary's, and (5) Glory Be's, each day for 5 days. On the 5th day, offer one more set of (5) before 11:00am. Wait and see what happens.

Back in the '90's a friend of mine began praying this Novena to Ste. Theresa. Then she went out for lunch at a restaurant near where she worked in Kemptville. As soon as she walked through the door, she noticed that every single table had a vase with roses in it! This had never happened before. And Ste. Theresa answered her prayers too.

My husband and I have asked for confirmations of different items over the years we have known each other. As a matter of fact, while we were dating, we each prayed a separate Novena to Ste. Theresa to see if we should marry one another. Our Novenas were answered.
Ste. Theresa, like all the Saints, has got a sense of humour. On the last day of his Novena, my beloved complained, "Ste. Theresa didn't answer my Novena! I asked her for a blue rose and she didn't send me one!"...upon which I showed him the back of my music binder, whereon was painted a blue rose. Ste. Theresa did answer his Novena after all. :)

So please don't just take my word for it. Try it yourself.

The LORD give you Peace!