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Thursday, May 26, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Don't You Love May?
This Friday, May 13, is the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima. May crowning at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church following the 8:00 am Mass.
And for those of you looking to create a Mary garden, here are some plant suggestions from Rita Heikenfeld:
• Angelica – stands for St. Michael the archangel and angels – blooms on his feastday.
• Cilantro – the seed of this plant, Coriander, is sometimes mentioned as the manna of the Bible.
• Cornflower: Mary’s crown
• Costmary – I love this herb – it’s called the Bible herb because folks used to put a leaf in their Bible to keep them awake during long sermons. It has a balsam like aroma.
• Day Lillies – These are edible but most lilies represent our Lady for her purity and chastity. White Lilies especially. And Angel Gabriel is often shown holding a lily.
• Flax – it has beautiful blue flowers and the linen from the shroud of Turin is supposed to have been made from the stem of this flower.
• Forget Me Nots – These remind us of Mary’s eyes. They’re a beautiful blue.
• Forget-me-not: Eyes of Mary (beautiful blue)
• Garlic, leeks & onions – not fragrant is a sweet sense, but all mentioned in the Bible.
• Impatiens – A Mother’s love
• Larkspur: Mary’s tears
• Marigold – I like Calendula, an edible member of this family and one I use in my homemade spa products. “Mary’s Gold” equates itself also with sunflowers and common marigolds.
• Mary’s Bedstraw – it’s a low growing perennial that looks like what might have been put in the manger. My statue of Mary stands on the bedstraw.
• Mint, Fennel and Dill – all tithing herbs but great in cooking
• Mint: A variety of Spearmint is called Mary’s mint.
• Morning Glory: Our Lady’s mantle
• Oregano/Hyssop –Moses told the Israelites to dip a branch of hyssop in lamb’s blood to mark their door posts.
• Pansies – These are called Our Lady’s Delight.
• Poppy: Christ’s blood
• Rosemary – supposedly this herb was named Rosemary because Mary tossed her blue cloak over the bush and the flowers turned blue. This is a piney tasting herb full of antioxidants.
• Roses – another edible flower for the Mary Garden. It becomes a nice background bush.
• Snapdragon – another edible flower which is called infant Jesus’ shoes
• Strawberries: Designated as the fruit of Mary
• Sweet Allysum: Flower of the Cross
• Thyme – this herb grew wild in the hills of Jerusalem and the area. Some folks use this as a bed for the manger.
• Violets
• Zinnia: Virgin
And for those of you looking to create a Mary garden, here are some plant suggestions from Rita Heikenfeld:
• Angelica – stands for St. Michael the archangel and angels – blooms on his feastday.
• Cilantro – the seed of this plant, Coriander, is sometimes mentioned as the manna of the Bible.
• Cornflower: Mary’s crown
• Costmary – I love this herb – it’s called the Bible herb because folks used to put a leaf in their Bible to keep them awake during long sermons. It has a balsam like aroma.
• Day Lillies – These are edible but most lilies represent our Lady for her purity and chastity. White Lilies especially. And Angel Gabriel is often shown holding a lily.
• Flax – it has beautiful blue flowers and the linen from the shroud of Turin is supposed to have been made from the stem of this flower.
• Forget Me Nots – These remind us of Mary’s eyes. They’re a beautiful blue.
• Forget-me-not: Eyes of Mary (beautiful blue)
• Garlic, leeks & onions – not fragrant is a sweet sense, but all mentioned in the Bible.
• Impatiens – A Mother’s love
• Larkspur: Mary’s tears
• Marigold – I like Calendula, an edible member of this family and one I use in my homemade spa products. “Mary’s Gold” equates itself also with sunflowers and common marigolds.
• Mary’s Bedstraw – it’s a low growing perennial that looks like what might have been put in the manger. My statue of Mary stands on the bedstraw.
• Mint, Fennel and Dill – all tithing herbs but great in cooking
• Mint: A variety of Spearmint is called Mary’s mint.
• Morning Glory: Our Lady’s mantle
• Oregano/Hyssop –Moses told the Israelites to dip a branch of hyssop in lamb’s blood to mark their door posts.
• Pansies – These are called Our Lady’s Delight.
• Poppy: Christ’s blood
• Rosemary – supposedly this herb was named Rosemary because Mary tossed her blue cloak over the bush and the flowers turned blue. This is a piney tasting herb full of antioxidants.
• Roses – another edible flower for the Mary Garden. It becomes a nice background bush.
• Snapdragon – another edible flower which is called infant Jesus’ shoes
• Strawberries: Designated as the fruit of Mary
• Sweet Allysum: Flower of the Cross
• Thyme – this herb grew wild in the hills of Jerusalem and the area. Some folks use this as a bed for the manger.
• Violets
• Zinnia: Virgin
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