St Rose Confirmation

The saint that I chose for Confirmation is Saint Rose of Lima. I chose Saint Rose of Lima as my saint because she was the first saint that I learned about. When I was little my grandma used to talk about how Saint Rose was her confirmation saint and how much that my grandma looked up to Rose when she was a little girl. I also loved how much Saint Rose cared about everyone that she met throughout her life. Saint Rose was raised in a Catholic family, but her faith grew stronger as she grew older. One event that caused her to grow as a Christian was when she had been playing mass with her favorite brother, Fernando. She was 5 years old at the time and Fernando was 7. He played the priest and when it came to the homily, he told her that it was bad to worry about what you looked like and what you wore. He said that this was the reason that girls didn't go to heaven. At the end of his homily, he proceeded to throw mud into her hair. Rose was mad at first, but after some thought, she discovered that he was right. After this experience in her life, she cut her hair very short after her favorite saint, Saint Catherine of Siena, …show more content…
One of the most interesting miracles that was attributed to Rose was when there were pirates coming into the town to destroy all Catholic things. Upset, the town people ran to Rose's house, told her about the Pirates, and asked her pray to keep everyone safe. Rose promised that the Pirates wouldn't come. After they left, she prayed for hours. Just as she said, the Pirates left at dawn without destroying anything. People believe that it was because of Rose that nothing happened. There were, also, many miracles following her death. One of them was when a crippled boy kneeled in front of her dead body and asked to be able to walk. Saint Rose heard and answered the boy's prayers and the boy was able to get up and