[Magdalen] A Rose is a Rose.

[Marion Thompson]

Why not use a ciborium for the  main distribution?  We only use the 
small paten for the altar party.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 3/18/2015 11:39 AM, Ann Markle wrote:
> 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.