Today August 22 is the traditional Catholic feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.Fish Eaters has an excellent page on the Immaculate Heart and also a page on the related Miraculous Medal devotion.
In keeping with the theme of this blog, this post is about why -- as I mentioned in an earlier post -- devotional pictures and statutes of the Immaculate Heart usually show the Blessed Mother's heart surrounded by a wreath of pink roses. Why pink?
I found the explanation in an article at EWTN on another topic. The answer is that pink is a mixture of red and white. In turn, red stands for love and sacrifice while white stands for purity. That is, Immaculate = white, Heart = red, Immaculate Heart = pink.
It's as simple as that -- and rather nice, I think.
Image:
19th century devotional picture of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, from Wikimedia Commons. In the public domain.
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