Catholic church flower lore, film reviews and more . . .
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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Very kind! Thank you for the encouragement Marie-Jacqueline!
You're welcome, Gemma. I have to say that I am truly impressed. You are really good at this!
Hello Marie-Jacqueline! I just posted a new entry more in the category of vestments. I am excited to read all of your past entries. So many wonderful things on this blog! I enjoy that you too are a fan of Evelyn Waugh. My father just gave me A Bitter Trial to read. Are you familiar with it?
Hi Gemma, I just visited your great new post. I commented about it there. As for "Bitter Trial", to my amazement, I hadn't even heard of it, although I knew Waugh loved the traditional Latin Mass and definitely did not like the liturgical changes. I just looked into the book online, though. Thanks for telling me about it.
Also, twice now when I've read your posts, I've wanted to tell you about a film called Christmas Story that is based on a work by Somerset Maugham. In the film, there is live footage from an actual pre-Vatican II Mass - I think at the Cathedral in Los Angeles. The movie is a grim film noir but the footage of the Mass makes it worth watching. My understanding is that the movie is in the public domain and available for free download at Internet Archive although I haven't checked to make sure.
Yes, how funny you should mention that! I watched that film over the holidays as I came across it in a great post- I can't recall which, something to the effect of "Does your church look anything like this?"- and it showed the clip of the solemn high Christmas Mass. Enthralled, I looked for more info, found the now wreckovated "event space" that was the original, beautiful LA cathedral (horrors! Double horrors when you read the history of what happened and consider the current monstrosity!). I watched the full length film on YouTube. We really are on the same wave-length Marie-Jacqueline.
CORRECTION: The name of the motion picture mentioned above is "Christmas Holiday" not "Christmas Story".
Marie-Jacqueline! I found you can add a subscribe button to the top by going into "Layout" and "Subscription" and "Follow by Email", I believe.
Regarding the veil, all of my "finds" have been given to our traditional priest. I will see if I can get some more pictures this weekend and post better images- great idea! (He also has the baldacchino and I want to do a post about that too!) The embroidered pelican really is beautiful.
Hi Gemma,
Thanks for your comments and the info about subscription. I will look into it. I have a lot "on my plate" right now due to various responsibilities but when I can I will deal with subscription and also put up a "blog roll" or whatever they are currently called. I will include yours and the blog you linked, plus others. I probably won't be as "talkative" during the next couple of weeks but I will definitely keep track of your blog and comments as I can. I am so happy that you have gone ahead with your charming blog. If I fall behind, I will catch up!!!
Thank you for your help Marie-Jacqueline! And thank you for your kind comments. I will remember you in my Rosary!
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