It’s almost time for the May Crowning, a tradition I have always liked in which we honor our Queen Mother, the Virgin Mary, with a crown of spring flowers. The only problem is I have never been able ...

Mary's Flowers, Gardens, Legends, and Meditations by Vincenzina Krymow, with illustrations by A. Joseph Barrish, S.M. and meditations by M. Jean Frisk - October 1999 ...

Christian flower symbolism, with origins in the Wisdom and Prophetic books of the Bible, was applied to Mary by the Church Fathers, as an extension of Isaiah's prophecy of the Virgin Mother of the ...

Van der Weyden’s depiction of Saint Luke is a meditation on attention as much as painting I often study the expression on the face of Saint Luke in this masterpiece by Rogier van der Weyden at ...