Before the 15th century, the Sunday after the Ascension was called in the Roman books “Sunday of the Rose” (Dominica de Rosa). On this Sunday, the mass is centered on the coming Feast of Pentecost. At the church of Santa Maria Rotonda in Rome (the Pantheon), following the Pope’s sermon, a shower of roses was thrown from the nave of the church in token of the Lord’s promise that He would send the Paraclete soon. We can spiritually revive this custom by making an offering of roses to the statue of Our Blessed Mother in our home or parish church. ~ excerpt from my May 2015 Catholic Digest submission
It’s been such a lovely day!
Thank you so much for this blog it was beautiful!
2015-05-18 12:46:12
Those pancakes look so good! And I love your girls' dresses.
2015-05-18 14:07:54
I will have to remember about the roses–that would make a beautiful tradition. Pancakes are certainly not to be discounted, however!!!
2015-05-18 21:13:10
I clicked on the 2010 link of Ascension pancakes, those cuties were so young! 🙂
I hope you are feeling well with the AIP diet!
2015-05-19 04:17:41
Nice and amazing one dear. So interesting post.
2015-05-19 05:04:00
Love the dresses! The pancakes not so much. Too sweet for me. Just out of curiosity, do your kids ever get tired of having their photos taken all the time?
2015-05-23 16:41:17
Beautiful!
2015-05-26 19:16:34