It is May, the month dedicated to the Most Holy Blessed Virgin Mary; and yes, as the title of today’s post suggests: do bring flowers of the rarest in setting up your May altar in Mary’s honor. If you do not own a statue of Mary, a picture will suffice. And, for today, as I posted on the same date…
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May is Mary’s Month
“The Child Christ lives on from generation to generation in the poets, very often the frailest of [mortals], but [mortals] whose frailty is redeemed by a child’s unworldliness, by a child’s delight in loveliness, by the spirit of wonder. Christ was a poet, and all through his life the Child remains perfect in him. It was the poet, the unworldly…
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Philadelphia Peonies
Since I wrote about peonies over the weekend, I have heard from many people who, too, share a love for this beautiful flower. The picture (above) was sent from a friend who resides in the Philadelphia area. The peonies look lovely perched on her buffet with Our beloved Mother, in a seeming final Ode to May! I hate to see…
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Bring Flowers of the Rarest
The month of May is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Bring Flowers of the Rarest is a favorite Marian hymn* for the month of May: “Bring flow’rs of the fairest, Bring flow’rs of the rarest, From garden and woodland And hillside and vale; Our full hearts are swelling, Our glad voices telling The praise of the loveliest Rose of…
