The Magdalene and Her Flowers

Upcoming on Wednesday, July 22 is the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene.  The liturgical color is white.  Several flowers are associated with Mary Magdalene. The Agapanthus (above) is particularly significant because it reaches peak bloom around the time of her feast day.

Other flowers associated with her are the rose -- because of her love for Our Lord, and the sunflower -- because she turned her face to Him the way a sunflower turns its bloom toward the sun.

Also associated with Magdalene is spikenard from which her fragrant ointment for Christ was comprised.

Image:  Botanical illustration from Curtis' Botanical Magazine 1800