Elena Maria Vidal has an informative post at Fountain of Elias about Ash Wednesday and Lent in general She discusses prayer, fasting, and almsgiving as well as the fact that Friday is still a day of abstinence. Read more here
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About this site
This blog is, for the most part, a church flower site directed toward traditional Roman Catholics. It is intended to provide volunteer church flower arrangers with relevant useful information, not to provide photographs of designs that can be copied. The content should also be helpful to anyone decorating a devotional space in their home, especially if they wish to change the decor in keeping with the liturgical seasons.
About contemporary life
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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Church Flowers and Catholic Horticulture
- Church Flowers for Pentecost
- Church Decoration for Palm Sunday
- Laetare Sunday and the Golden Rose
- Church Flowers for the Annunciation
- About Church Flowers during Lent
- Mary's Star (the daffodil)
- Almond Blossoms and the Blessed Virgin
- Our Lady's Smock
- Our Lady and the Marigold
- The Annunciation Lily
- Church Flowers for Septuagesima
- Snowdrops for Candlemas
- Flowers for Assumption Day
- Blessing of Flowers for the Feast of the Assumption
- About Church Flowers During Advent
- The Five Elements of Floral Design
- Traditional Liturgical Colors and Church Flowers
- Pink Flowers for Church Decoration
- The Six Principles of Floral Design
- Hydrangeas
- Orange Flowers for Church Decoration
- White Flowers for Church Decoration
- Color in Church Flower Arrangements
- Scale, Proportion, and Balance
- Foliage and Form - Part II
- Foliage and Form - Part I
- Altar Flowers
- Silence, Annunciation, Incarnation
- The Priest's Birthday
- St. Thomas More's Flowers
- St. Bartholomew and His Star
- Pink Roses and the Virgin's Immaculate Heart
- Assumption Day and Our Lady's Bower
- The Magdalene and Her Precious Ointment
- Mary Gardens - An Introduction
- Monastic Gardens
- Our Lady's Sorrows and the Iris
- Rosemary and Our Lady's Teacake
- St. Fiacre and His Garden
- St. Joseph, Mary Garden Patron
- St. Louis IX, King of France, and the Fleur-de-lis
- St. Salaun and His Lily
- The Archangel Gabriel and the Lily
- The Assumption Lily and Our Lady
- The Crown of Thorns and the Euphorbia Plant
- The Dogwood and the Cross
- The Holy Cross and the Basil Plant
- The Rose and the Precious Blood of Christ
- The Virgin Mary and the Wild Rose
St. Joseph, Guardian of the Virgin
The Holy Rosary
Church Attire, Etiquette & Personal Safety
Care of the Church and Sanctuary
Reviews of Films by Robert Bresson
Marie-Jacqueline at the Movies
- The Painted Veil (2006)
- A Man for All Seasons (1988)
- A Handful of Dust (1988)
- The Laziest Gal in Town (Stage Fright, 1950)
- The Ten Most Elegant Motion Pictures
- The Quiet American (1958)
- Babettes Gæstebud (1987)
- The White Countess (2005)
- Satan Never Sleeps (1962)
- The Fugitive (1947)
- The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
- The End of the Affair (1955, 1999)
- The Nun's Story (1958)
- The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
- High Noon (1952)
Book reviews
Posts about St. Casilda (a Muslim princess who converted)
Caveats, Disclaimers, and Copyright
Please be advised:
1. When I quote or link content from another site this is not in any way intended as an endorsement of that site, its owners, or even necessarily of the quoted or linked material.
2. Although I attend the traditional Latin Mass and strive to lead an integral Catholic life grounded in tradition, I am not affiliated with any sub-group within (or without) the Church.
3. I am not a catechist or theologian. When I make a statement that has doctrinal or theological content in the course of a movie review or other post, I believe the statement to be correct. But please verify any such statement with a traditional priest or theologian before relying on it.
1. When I quote or link content from another site this is not in any way intended as an endorsement of that site, its owners, or even necessarily of the quoted or linked material.
2. Although I attend the traditional Latin Mass and strive to lead an integral Catholic life grounded in tradition, I am not affiliated with any sub-group within (or without) the Church.
3. I am not a catechist or theologian. When I make a statement that has doctrinal or theological content in the course of a movie review or other post, I believe the statement to be correct. But please verify any such statement with a traditional priest or theologian before relying on it.
4. Maria Dolores is a fictional commenter -- a device I use to follow up to posts in a manner I hope is more engaging.
All original material: Copyright 2009-2026 - Marie-Jacqueline
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