Is anyone familiar with the rose novena to St. Therese?

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The one that starts, “St. Therese, Little Flower, please pick a rose from the heavenly garden and send it to me with a message of love…” Whenever I’ve read about it, the instructions for saying it specify that it has to be said before 11:00 A.M. Why? Does St. Therese leave her office after 11:00? Does time even matter in heaven? This doesn’t make sense to me. (By the way, I’ve said the prayer at various times of the day, and God & St. Therese still answer me.)
 
I too have said it at all hours of the day and night. Specifics, like the time of day, get too close to superstition for me.
 
It’s like saying the Mysteries of Light on Thursday. You can say them any day of the week but it is a good habit to say them on Thursday. It gives balance to the week and is recommended by the Church. It’s also a good idea to offer up yourself to God in the morning each day. You don’t have to do it in the morning but it makes since that you offer yourself up to God earlier than later in the day.
 
Here’s a question, I believe the Rose novena has to be said for five days only - so why is it called a novena? shouldn’t it be a cinquena or something?
 
I’ve often wondered that myself. I supposed it’s like calling any kind of facial tissue a Kleenex or any kind of copy a Xerox.
 
Aurelia said:
The one that starts, “St. Therese, Little Flower, please pick a rose from the heavenly garden and send it to me with a message of love…” Whenever I’ve read about it, the instructions for saying it specify that it has to be said before 11:00 A.M. Why? Does St. Therese leave her office after 11:00? Does time even matter in heaven? This doesn’t make sense to me. (By the way, I’ve said the prayer at various times of the day, and God & St. Therese still answer me.)
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I am not familiar with it but would love to be. Can you post a link to a site that has it?
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I’ve said it by rote, not by rote, in a state of grace and outside a state of grace - got nuthin. And no, I wasnt asking for the lotto numbers. Basic sensible stuff that God says he provides for if you “knock and ask”
 
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I am not familiar with it but would love to be. Can you post a link to a site that has it?
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“St. Therese, the Little Flower, please pick me a rose from the heavenly garden and send it to me with a message of love. Ask God to grant me the favor I thee implore [state intention here], and tell him I will love him each day more and more.”

followed by five Our Fathers, five Hail Marys, and five Glory Be’s each day for five days,

on the fifth day say an additional five Our Fathers, five Hail Marys, and five Glory Be’s
 
I was fortunate enough, blessed, to visit the relics of St. Therese in Buffalo a few years ago. What a wonderful experience. I hope this event will happen again. St. Therese is such a wonderful saint.
 
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I’ve said it by rote, not by rote, in a state of grace and outside a state of grace - got nuthin. And no, I wasnt asking for the lotto numbers. Basic sensible stuff that God says he provides for if you “knock and ask”
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i have learned that you should say the novena only as a prayer… God’s will in your life cannot be changed.
 
CathCentrist said:
I’ve said it by rote, not by rote, in a state of grace and outside a state of grace - got nuthin. And no, I wasnt asking for the lotto numbers. Basic sensible stuff that God says he provides for if you “knock and ask”
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I pray a novena to St. Therese every month between the 9th and the 17th. When I first started praying it, almost two years ago, there was something very specific that I wanted. I never got it, but in a way I got something much better, and that is the grace to accept God’s will in my life.
 
I am a big fan of this 5 day “novena” to St. Therese.

But two things should be considered:
1. You are asking for a rose as a message of love, which I
have read means that we will have an assurance that
our prayer is being heard, not necessairly that our
request will be granted.
2. When we say “…tell Him we will love Him each day more
and more.” we really do need to mean those words and
put them into action somehow. Love has to be expressed
in some way.

So the roses from St. Therese are a sign that our prayer is being heard and also a promise that if the answer to our request is “no” we will have the grace to accept that answer gracefully and with a peaceful heart.

As an aside, the first time I prayed the rose novena, I really didn’t expect that it would result in the sign of roses. Of course, it did and always does although not always after the first round of the 5 day prayer. And I know many, many stories from others who have been so blessed by St. Therese.
 
I read about this novena on holyrosarieforourlady site. And the site said say the prayer for 5 days and if u see a rose after that it means your prayer is been answered.

Well on my fifth day I went passed my grandmothers house and saw a vase of roses, some withered away. It was in the middle of winter and the next day it started snowing, and i’ve not seen a flower . Does that still count if the roses were dying? Does it mean that my prayer will be answered?
 
St. Therese said that anyone who asked her intercession would get an answer. It sounds superstitious to think that you need a rose to assure what Therese promised. The issue is not the state of the roses, it’s the virtue of hope. Look at what’s happening and try to see what has happened that is the answer, even if in disguise.
 
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