Speaking of Saints.

There has been a lot of reports over the years of praying to Saint Theresa in a person's hour of need and receiving a rose in confirmation of one's prayer being heard and granted... Apparently there is a particular prayer that can be said.

I am not a particularly religious person and at 2 points in my life, when I had nothing more to lose, I gave praying to Saint Theresa a try.

On both occasions, something interesting happened.

On the first occasion, I did not receive a rose, but I received the beginnings of a rose BUSH where there had previously been no rose bush at all.

On the second occasion, I received a blooming rose on a rose bush where there had been no rose bud waiting to open.

And yes, both times what I had prayed for had been granted.