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Coming soon on February 2 is the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord (also known as Candlemas or Candelaria as well as the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary). As a feast of Our Lord, the liturgical color is white. And, as I have said before, I think it is one of the most beautiful feast days in the Catholic calendar.
Gemma did lovely arrangements for Candlemas in 2020). See and read more here.
We live in a time of vulgarity, irreverence -- and worse -- even in high places in church and state. We must not join in this. We need to frequently turn our minds to Our Lord, Our Lady, the angels and saints, and everything we know to be good, beautiful, and true.
We need to sanctify our homes in every way possible. We need statues, art, candles, music, books, and flowers that call our minds to higher things and refine us.
We need etiquette in our homes as well as in public places. We need to observe the proper order of things.
I hope that readers of this site will adapt information found here about church flowers to their "oratories" at home. I hope too that many will honor Our Lady with a Mary garden, whether it be outdoors or on a windowsill or table top. And I hope that our Queen will inspire us to remember that we are only as good as we are in private when we think no one is looking and forget that all of Heaven can see us.
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Gemma told me a while back that due to a residential move she is not doing church flowers for the time being. Apparently she has also disabled comments. She has left up her blog, however, and you will find much information and many photos of her lovely church flower arrangements there, including this one.
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