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Re: No flowers in Lent, opinions please
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Posted by Dennis@Holy Rosary on March 18, 2004 at 11:02:24:
In Reply to: Re: No flowers in Lent, opinions please posted by Gabby on March 18, 2004 at 10:06:52:
: : We've always put these rather nice arrangements of bare branches around the altar during lent, well not always but as long as I can remember.
: : And they are striking, and very beautiful and we were pleased with them.
: : But someone said they thought they were "the decorating equivalent of a Friday night lenten lobster tail." That they violate the spirit of what is supposed to be a "fast" from decoration, that we might as well have a make-up artist do the application of ashes.
: : Does he have a point? He's a just a man from the parish, not the pastor or liturgist or anything.
: : (WE are a Roman Catholic parish, just so you know, I see there are Lutherans and others here.)
: We don't do any decorating for Lent. Flowers and most plants are removed from the church. That's as far as we go. It's still a stark contrast to the rest of the year though, as we usually have lush plants all over the sanctuary and in front of the side pews.
: Gabby
we have a vase of sticks in front of the altar
in water..it must be forsythia or something.
just beginning to bud..also two large pots on
each side of the sanctuary full of dirt...and
bulbs in there are beginning to creep up thru.
it is a great reminder of the the hope of the
resurrection.. our people take joy in watching them just as we anticipate the coming of resurrection..I think it is a great visual.