On the hill of Tepeyac a Lady spoke to Juan Diego in his own language. He walked home with December roses folded inside his cloak.

In Italy, long ago, a girl named Rita dreamed of becoming a nun. Life led her down hard roads, but she never stopped trusting God — and one frozen winter, a rose bloomed just for her.

In a castle wrapped in briars, a princess sleeps a hundred-year sleep, and the whole kingdom sleeps with her, waiting for the right day to wake.