Category: EASTER
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PASSION FLOWER
THE FOLKLORE OF PLANTS: Passion Flower Lisa Karen Miller When Spanish explorers in South America first laid eyes on this beautiful flower, they saw in it not only a symbol of Christ’s passion, but a heavenly reassurance that their mission to spread their faith to a new world would succeed.…
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EASTER LILY
THE FOLKLORE OF PLANTS: Easter Lily Lisa Karen Miller The “white-robed apostles of hope” symbolize the purity of Christ. Their trumpet-shaped flowers amplify the message “He is risen!” As their bulbs must be in the ground for three years before blooming, they represent the three days Jesus spent in the…