How do you define a miracle? Read this story. My friend Marie's birthday is December 8. A few years ago, her husband bought her a bouquet of roses for her birthday. December 8th is also a religious feast day--the Immaculate Conception. This day we honor the fact that Mary, the Mother of Jesus was born without Original Sin.
Anyway, Marie was overjoyed to receive this bouquet and felt very blessed. She felt moved to thank God by attending the daily Mass in her parish. She also thought of pleasing Jesus by honoring His Mother by giving her one of her roses. So on her way into Mass, Marie placed a rose at the foot of the statue of Mary.
After Mass, Marie prayed a rosary. Upon leaving the church, Marie saw her parish priest looking at her rose. As she approached, he spoke to her. "Look at that rose. Every Feast of the Immaculate Conception a rose appears at the foot of this statue."
Marie didn't tell the priest that she was the one who left it. She, like the priest, was too much in awe. That was her first and only time of giving a rose to Mary.
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