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Summer, yet Solemn: Altar Flowers for a Solemn High Mass

 

Things have been very busy this month of June.  While the Vatican is threatening and traditionalists are conjecturing, a diocesan Solemn High Mass is being celebrated for the first time in maybe fifty, maybe a hundred years (who remembers just how long ago?) in this historic rural church. 

No time to wax poetic, here are the pictures.  The weather here in northern California has been strangely warm and humid these past two weeks.  I love the sun, and I love yellow!  I made these summer altar arrangements with yellow lilies, sun flowers, weigela greens and blossoms- that were so gorgeous in the garden, I just couldn't resist!     






Ad Dei Majorem Gloriam!

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  1. WillaGJune 20, 2021 at 11:14 AM

    They are just so lovely! I wish I was there with you.

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    1. GemmaJune 22, 2021 at 6:18 AM

      We wish you were here too! Love and prayers!

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