Autumn Mums & Anenomes: Latin Mass Altar Flowers for Sundays after Pentecost

For the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost (and two baptisms!) I made altar arrangements of white spider mums, mini poms, baby's breath and garden anenomes. For greenery I used dusty miller, escalonia and hydrangea leaves.

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Christ the King: Altar Flowers

Altar flowers for the feast of Christ the King! The challenge with these arrangements was to incorporate the traditional colors of white, gold and red with the request from a dear friend to provide flowers for the church upon the celebration of her son's nuptial Mass. The bride selected autumn colors for her bridal bouquet: burnt orange, dark red and rose. I thought it would be best to select flowers that could be used for both the wedding (on the feast of St. Raphael Archangel) and the feast of Christ the King. Let me know what you think! Entry table arrangement Side altar arrangement Another entry table arrangement Main altar arrangement Roses and lilies with acacia, eucalyptus and blueberry greens. Christus vincit, Christus regnat, Christus imperat!

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 arr

Corpus Christi Altar Flowers

White and gold arrangements for the Traditional Latin Mass feast of Corpus Christi. Alstroemeria, carnations, centranthus, boxwood, variegated privet (?), maple leaves, and rosemary sprigs.

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