Belle Fleur

[Shin]

Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy!   

[CyrilSebastian]

                   {A} Little Quick Fire Hydrangea   
                   {B} A hydrangea with white flowers that take on pink-red tones as the Summer progresses.   
                   {C} St. Catherine of Siena is the patroness of fire.

[Shin]

Ho ho, you forgot the (R) on it!

I have two hydrangea, of another variety, I do not know if they have survived the winter yet, and so far they have not grown high enough to blossom. Perhaps they will tell me a bit about the soil I have if they are the kind that change color depending on it.

St. Catherine of Siena, pray for us!

[CyrilSebastian]

                 {A} Yellow Trumpet Vine   
                 {B} A vine that bears clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers at the tips of their branches.   
                       Flowers are bright yellow.       
                 {C} Leviticus 23: 24 states: The seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall keep a Sabbath,           
                        a memorial, with the sound of trumpets.     
 
       

[CyrilSebastian]

                   {A} Cardinal Wyszynski Clematis   
                   {B} A clematis with bright crimson flowers.     
                   {C} Reginald Cardinal Pole was the son of Margaret, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence,   
                          brother of King Edward IV of England.

[CyrilSebastian]

          {A} Hope for Humanity Roses   
          {B} A shrub rose with red blooms.   
          {C} A Prayer for Hope   
                  Heavenly Father, I am your humble servant, I come before you today in need of hope.   
         
             

[CyrilSebastian]

              {A} Golden Beauty Daffodil   
              {B} A golden-yellow daffodil   
              {C} Levites of the family of Caath cared for the golden lampstand on the march.   
 
                 

[Shin]

 

 

[CyrilSebastian]

           {A} Rose of May Daffodil   
           {B} A daffodil with pure white double flowers   
           {C} The feast day of St. Ronan Fionn is celebrated on May 22.   
 
             

[CyrilSebastian]

               {A} Silver Cloud Tulip   
               {B} A tulip with a soft silvery lilac hue.   
               {C} In disappearing from their view Jesus was raised up and a cloud received him out of their sight.   
                     Acts 1:9     
   
                     

[Shin]

Since Lent is here, we know spring is coming, and then the Feast of the Resurrection and Ascension.

But first the three Ember days are from the 8th to the 10th. 

[CyrilSebastian]

                   {A} Passionale Tulip     
                   {B} A deep purple tulip   
                   {C} A Lenten Prayer called the Passion:   
                          Dear Lord Jesus, by your Passion and Resurrection You brought life to the world.   
                            But the glory of the Resurrection came only after the sufferings of the Passion.           
                   
       
                         

[CyrilSebastian]

                {A} Love Song Roses     
                {B} A floribunda rose with lavender flowers.   
                 {C} Is to love considered an act of charity the same as goodwill?     
   
                   

[CyrilSebastian]

                   {A} Iris Suffering Became Beauty   
                   {B} A Tall Bearded Iris that is fuchsia.   
                   {C} Jesus and his disciples suffered not for the sake of suffering but they had a reason.

[CyrilSebastian]

               {A} Capree Elizabeth Daffodil   
               {B} A daffodil with buttercup yellow petals and a coral pink cup.   
               {C} While St. Elizabeth of Portugal fulfilled her duties as wife and mother and Queen Consort,   
                     she also devoted herself with holy zeal to practices of piety and charity.       
   
                 

[Shin]

{A} Starch Hyacinth
{B} A plant with a long stalk at the end of which are many tiny blue flowers. The flowers have the scent of boiled starch.
{C} The different habits of nuns can require regular starching. Starch is made from various plants. The word 'starch' is from a Germanic root with the meanings 'strong, stiff, strengthen, stiffen'.

Today's saints whose flower this is are St. William, Abbot of Eskille, and Pope St. Sixtus I.

St. Sixtus I, born A.D. 42, died c. A.D. 124 was the sixth pope after St. Peter.  According to the Liber Pontificalis he passed the following three ordinances: That none but sacred ministers may touch the sacred vessels. That after the Preface the priest shall recite the Sanctus with the people. That bishops who have been summoned to the Holy See, shall upon their return not be received by their dioceses except on presenting Apostolic letters.