[Magdalen] A Rose is a Rose.

[Ann Markle]

Interesting, both Jo and Sally.  We always used flowers, IIRC, on Rose
Sunday, even in Lent.  No rose vestments at St. Peter's (where I serve
now), and even if we did get a memorial or bequest for worship
"accessories," I'd rather go blue in Advent than worry about the rose,
which are used exactly 2 days per year.  And we need a larger silver paten
- ours is too small, and wafers are always spilling off.

And funerals?  They are Easter services, and flowers are always
appropriate.  "Even at the grave...Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia."

Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
Buffalo, NY
ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com

On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 1:04 AM, <sally.davies at gmail.com> wrote:

> At the Catholic funeral yesterday, no flowers in the church but the coffin
> arrived from the funeral home with a lovely wreath and this was placed on a
> side table in the foyer just inside the front door.
>
> Lent simplifies things...
>
> Sally D
> On Tue, 17 Mar 2015 at 23:12 Jo Craddock <jocraddock at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Late response:
> >
> > Rose vestments, stoles, and hangings on altar, lecturn, pulpit. No
> > flowers on altar during Lent at St. James, Baton Rouge.
>