23 August - St Rose of Lima

St Rose is the patron saint of embroiderers, gardeners, florists, those who suffer ridicule for their piety and those who have family problems. From young, Rose wanted to enter a convent to become a nun and take a vow of chastity. But her parents wanted her to marry and refused to let her enter a convent, which led to her staying cloistered in her room to pray for long periods of time. She made a perpetual vow of virginity.