First off, I would like to greet everyone of you a Blessed Christmas. I pray that this Christmas is filled with the love and joy of the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. And I wish that the meaning and celebration of God coming down from heaven and became flesh has a profound effect on you this Christmas season and live it out for the rest of your life.
If you have been following my blog, last time I wrote about how I started the 9 day novena to St. Therese to ask for her intercession. And according to St. Therese she will send down flowers from heaven in response to your prayers, signifying that your petition have been granted (Re: Story of a Soul).
My ninth day of novena was last Friday (December 23, 2011). We went to our local church to pray my last day of novena. Among many of my prayer requests was the healing of my acid reflux. If you don't know yet, I have been suffering from acid reflux for almost 10 years. The first time I felt it was around year 2000. It wasn't very pretty. Every time I would go hungry, I would feel the acid shooting up and at times it was very uncomfortable. And recently, it has gotten worst. Thankfully, I was given a medication for it, and now there are over the counter medication for my condition. But ever since my conversion, I prayed to God that I would like to rely on Him in everything. And so inspired by the story of my sister-in-law, Mae, I prayed the 9 day novena of St. Therese. The first day I started the novena, I prayed like a child (I have included several petitions other than myself), I cried as I started the novena and I prayed with an expectant faith. I also requested for a white rose as a sign from St. Therese.
So on the ninth day, I was so excited. I was looking for any signs of white roses. We even went to a church to pray my ninth day novena, hoping I can see white roses. But these days you can barely see white roses on display in church, it's mostly poinsettias. And so we went to BLD in the evening for mass and Christmas party. In the church I was hoping to see white roses, but there was none. So my oldest son wanted to pee, and it was my wife who was suppose to bring him to the restroom. But I volunteered to bring him anyway. So on our way back to the pew there was a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the right side of the church. I did notice flowers at the feet of Virgin Mary. There were red and white poinsettias and an orange rose in the middle. There was also a plastic red and white roses on the side. That alone made me happy. I told myself if that is my sign I would accept it. See the picture below.
But then I noticed, there is a bouquet of flowers on the side. I looked closely, and to my surprise...IT'S WHITE ROSES!
I was tearing up as I saw the white roses. I prayed in silence thanking the Blessed Mother and St. Therese and of course our Lord Jesus. He heard my prayers. Ever since then I have not felt the pain in my stomach. I have not taken the medication in almost a week. Praise God! Blessed be the name of our Lord Jesus. Praise be unto Jesus for His faithfulness and compassion. St. Therese and our Blessed Mother are powerful intercessors. They see the face of God in heaven so take advantage of their aid in praying.
I pray that this story inspires you to put your faith in Christ, and to the powerful intercession of our saints.
Jesus loves you!
Thank you for posting your testimony to God's faithfulness, compassion and healing and to the powerful intercession of the Blessed Mother and St. Therese. I am happy for your good health! A friend sent me a prayer to St. Therese through an e-mail. I usually disregard these kinds of e-mails, but I prayed my petition to the Lord and said the prayer to St. Therese. Later this afternoon, I went outside. There, on the pink rose hedge, where there have not been any blooms for a couple of weeks, amid all the dried up; now brown roses, there was blooming a WHITE rose!!! Wowzers!!! Hard to believe if I had not seen it with my own eyes. All I can say is: Glory to God and thank you, LORD Jesus! Hugs to dear St. Therese and God bless you and your loved ones and may you receive many more white roses! Best, Annette
ReplyDeleteAnnette, Thanks be to God for your kind words. Our Blessed Mother and our best friend St. Therese has never failed in aiding me in my prayers, most especially when praying for our brothers and sisters in Christ. And yes, St. Therese has showered me and the people I prayed for during the novena with flowers in the most unexpected ways. Like you, I am always amazed at how the flowers we requested would all of sudden pop up in the most unexpected way. God is so faithful. And our prayer are even more effective with our communion with the saints. As for my health, my acid problem is on and off, but not as severe as before, like St. Paul, a thorn in the flesh was given to me. I may not understand why or how, but I still have faith in God in spite of all of this, in fact I love Him even more. As mentioned in Sundays readings..."for when I am weak, then I am strong". So please pray for me. Thank you also for your testimony. God bless you.
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