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It is by the power of God’s grace that from this barren and desolate earth there ever sprung up at all flowers of holiness and glory; and Mary is the Queen of them all. She is the Queen of spiritual flowers; and therefore, is called the Rose, for the rose is called of all flowers the most beautiful.
It is named after its first word in the 4th-century Vulgate Bible, based on Luke 1:46–55, and is widely used by Roman Catholics, Anglicans, and the Eastern Orthodox. [2] Some Marian hymns are shared by different groups of Christians, or are influenced by other hymns.
The song tells the Biblical story of Mary of Bethany and her distraught pleas to Jesus to raise her brother Lazarus from the dead. [1] Other narratives relate to The Exodus and the Passage of the Red Sea , with the chorus proclaiming Pharaoh's army got drown-ded! , and to God's rainbow covenant to Noah after the Great Flood . [ 1 ]
Integrity, strength and victory are the meanings for these blooms (also known as one of the August birth flowers). Gift this "flower of the gladiators" to a recent graduate or game winner. Lb ...
The blossom. Before the pontificate of Sixtus IV (1471–84) the Golden Rose consisted of a simple and single blossom made of pure gold and slightly tinted with red. Later, to embellish the ornament while still retaining the mystical symbolism, the gold was left untinted but rubies and afterwards many precious gems were placed in the heart of the rose or on its petals.
In the context of Christian liturgy, a canticle (from the Latin canticulum, a diminutive of canticum, "song") is a psalm-like song with biblical lyrics taken from elsewhere than the Book of Psalms, but included in psalters and books such as the breviary. [1]
The "Salve Regina" (/ ˌ s æ l v eɪ r ə ˈ dʒ iː n ə / SAL-vay rə-JEE-nə, Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈsalve reˈdʒina]; meaning "Hail Queen"), also known as the "Hail Holy Queen", is a Marian hymn and one of four Marian antiphons sung at different seasons within the Christian liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church.
In the Philippines, Mary is fêted in May with the Flores de Mayo ("Flowers of May"), where devotees collect colourful flowers with which to decorate the altars of parish churches and visitas (cf. chancel flowers). [17] Catholic communities often congregate in the afternoons to pray the Rosary, offer flowers to an image of the Virgin Mary, and ...