Rose from St. Therese!

[Veronica97]

I saw the thread about roses from St.Therese, and I thought I had nothing to lose and asked St. Therese to send me a rose. I have been fighting scrupulosity, and I was once again debating about whether or not I was in mortal sin (due to blasphemous thoughts) and whether or not I should go to Communion. So I asked St. Therese (silently though b/c I didn’t want the devil to hear and try to trick me) to send me a single white rose if I was in a state of Grace and a single red rose if I should go to Confession. At the same time I prayed that she send one ONLY if it were God’s will–that if God wanted me just to trust Him with no sign, I would accept that. I saw some roses on television and in a store, but I told Therese that I would know my sign only if a single rose were handed to me. A few days went by, and I thought, “This is crazy…I RARELY receive flowers…who am I kidding?” Sunday came and it was time for Communion. I hadn’t received a rose, but I said to Jesus, “If I had sinned mortally, I would know it, and since I have doubts, I am going to trust in your mercy and receive you. I love you and you know those are my TRUE feelings.” Later that evening, I decided to go through a bunch of coupons from the newspaper that I had been letting pile up for a few weeks. I sat down with my scissors and worked for quite a while. Finally, I turned the page and there was an ad for a ring…with a SINGLE WHITE ROSE on it!! And I was holding the page in my hand!! I smiled b/c I felt that was my sign. I just feel like Jesus didn’t want me to see that until AFTER I had put my trust in Him and stopped worrying.

 

[MS_SURVEYOR]

That is GOOD! I like that! We can all take a lesson from this!

 

[CompSciGuy]

It does not count as a blasphemous thought unless it was an act of the will, i.e. you deliberately, out of some sort of personal rebellion or defiance, decide in your own mind “God does not exist” or something along those lines. In other words if you do it with a deliberate anti-God mentality, as in you hating God, etc. then it is sinful. If it is a fleeting thought that enters into your mind, perhaps by the power of suggestion or otherwise, then it is not even venial. It’s like, if I say to you “don’t think about elephants,” what is the first thing you will think about? Elephants. In the same way if you hear the culture saying “God is not real” or “God is evil” it’s only natural that these thoughts will enter into your mind and you may even experience legitimate doubts or questions about your faith but these thoughts themselves are not sinful.

 

[Small_Fish]

This made me smile, thanks for posting!

 

[goforgoal]

I saw the thread about roses from St.Therese, and I thought I had nothing to lose and asked St. Therese to send me a rose. I have been fighting scrupulosity, and I was once again debating about whether or not I was in mortal sin (due to blasphemous thoughts) and whether or not I should go to Communion. So I asked St. Therese (silently though b/c I didn’t want the devil to hear and try to trick me) to send me a single white rose if I was in a state of Grace and a single red rose if I should go to Confession. At the same time I prayed that she send one ONLY if it were God’s will–that if God wanted me just to trust Him with no sign, I would accept that. I saw some roses on television and in a store, but I told Therese that I would know my sign only if a single rose were handed to me. A few days went by, and I thought, “This is crazy…I RARELY receive flowers…who am I kidding?” Sunday came and it was time for Communion. I hadn’t received a rose, but I said to Jesus, “If I had sinned mortally, I would know it, and since I have doubts, I am going to trust in your mercy and receive you. I love you and you know those are my TRUE feelings.” Later that evening, I decided to go through a bunch of coupons from the newspaper that I had been letting pile up for a few weeks. I sat down with my scissors and worked for quite a while. Finally, I turned the page and there was an ad for a ring…with a SINGLE WHITE ROSE on it!! And I was holding the page in my hand!! I smiled b/c I felt that was my sign. I just feel like Jesus didn’t want me to see that until AFTER I had put my trust in Him and stopped worrying.

God bless you for sharing this Veronica97. Here are some other stories – true stories of people receiving roses from St. Therese of Lisieux.

“Anyone received Roses lately from St. Therese” ← a thread I started back in 2009

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=359280

St. Therese, Pray for us. Amen.