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Altar Flowers for Marian Feasts


For the feast of the Annunciation, we will have no Traditional Latin Mass.  Much the same as last year, yet different.  At the large brass doors of the church I left two small flower offerings for our good curé to place on the altar for his private Mass.  His Roman vestments were trimmed in sky blue.  Looking round the garden, forget-me-nots seemed appropos.  One year later, the forget-me-nots are back, but now the private Latin Masses are being canceled in the Vatican.

Supernatural hope prevails.  Our Lady breaks through the spiritual darkness and the Lenten flower fast with her fiat at the Annunciation. For altar flowers, perfectly white roses would be my ideal choice.  Where white roses aren't available, alstroemeria, carnations and liles are good substitutes.  Daffodils, or "Mary's Star", would also add a beautiful touch of gold. For information on flowers traditionally associated with Our Lady, check out Fleurs de Marie-Jacqueline's blog.

Here are some arrangments from past blog posts, in (mostly) white and blue- Our Lady's colors! Where other colors are seen in the photos, substitue another white bloom or a golden daffodil.  

Roses, forget-me-nots, yew and daffodil greens.

Carnations, alstroemeria, camellia greens and laurel.

Roses, lilies (substitute white!), acacia greens and eucalyptus.

Alstroemeria and breath of heaven.

Hydrangea, alstroemeria, ginger, camellia and rosemary.
Lilies, poms, waxflower, snowdrops, camellia and pittosporum greens.

Roses, green poms, centranthus, camellia and crocosmia greens.

 




Comments

  1. Marie-JacquelineMarch 25, 2021 at 6:55 AM

    Another great post, Gemma. I particularly like the arrangement with the blue hydrangeas.

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  2. GemmaMarch 25, 2021 at 7:12 AM

    Thanks Marie-Jacqueline! Good news: we will have a full Holy Week in the Traditional Rite. Lots of things to come!

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  3. Marie-JacquelineSeptember 12, 2022 at 9:30 AM

    I think the one with the forget-me-nots is appropriate for today's Feast of the Holy Name of Mary.

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