Learn to Discern: Christian or New Age?

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Garden puzzle

Found this through one of @Smalltalkwitht's tweets:

Today's flower

The culture information on Fravi's Cowl, Arum arisarum can be found here. In same family of the calla lily, it looks much like it. It is dedicated to St. Stephen of Citeaux

Traditional birthday flower for April 17 is Rosemary, the herb of remembrance, and symbolizes loyalty & friendship.

It's said the rosemary bush sheltered the Holy Family in their flight to Egypt, often called Saint Mary's Tree or Arbor Sanctae Maria.

The rosemary flowers early in spring. Botanical name Rosmarinus officinalis, a ground cover or shrub, very aromatic, & can be propagated by leaf cuttings or seed.

Photo you see here is of one of my plants (with a little honey suckle mixed in) sheltering the Sacred Heart of Jesus statue from the late afternoon sun. Nice smell for your visitors when planted close to an entry.

Today's flower

Yellow Tulip, Tulipa sylvstris aka wild tulip, a perennial good for naturalizing in zones 5-9 dedicated to St. Joachim of Sienna who I believe is Blessed Joachim Sienna.

A Prayer in Planting Time

Dear Lord, You are wonderful in everything you do. In
marvelous ways You take the full, rich life of the plant
and carefully fold it into tiny seeds. You form the
seeds according to many different shapes and sizes and
colors, so that man can know what kind of growth will
come of them. When they are placed the earth they may
look dry and dead, but when they are watered by the
life-giving rain and nourished by the warm sun, they lose
all their lifeless look and grow in an almost miraculous
manner. By the power You gave them, they take the dead
minerals of the earth and build up the nourishing, tasty
foods that men need to sustain life.

This week, dear Lord, we will plant these seeds of (wheat,
corn, or whatever it may be) that You have given us. Bless
them, and watch over them, and bring them to the full
growthand rich harvest that You wish to bless us with.

But, should You not allow them to come to full harvest,
we accept Your will humbly. We trust that You will
nevertheless watch over us and make the seeds of grace
that You have given us grow to flower and fruit in the full
Christian life that You intend for us here and hereafter.
Amen.




THE RURAL LIFE PRAYERBOOK
Copyright, 1956
National Catholic Rural Life Conference
http://www.ewtn.com/library/prayer/rlpraybk.txt

April 15

Green Stitchwort, Stellaria holostra - Some other English common names Addersmeat, Easter Bell, or Greater Stitchwort according to what I've read. Not native to my area & knowing very little about this plant, you can read some about it here: Flora of North America.

The flower was dedicated to St Peter Gonzales according to the Floral Directory. Also known as St Elmo & St Telmo, his feast day is actually on April 14 and was never formally canonized as a saint.

Blessing of Sprouting Seed

V. Our help is in the name of the Lord.
R. Who has made heaven and earth.
V. The Lord be with you.
R. And with your spirit.

Let us pray.

We ask and beg of You, Lord, to bless this sprouting seed. Warm
it with the gentle breath of soft winds, make it fruitful with dew
from heaven, and be so kind as to bring it to its fullest maturity
for the good of our souls and bodies, through Christ our Lord.
R. Amen.

(And they are sprinkled with holy water.)


From the THE RURAL LIFE PRAYERBOOK
Copyright, 1956
National Catholic Rural Life Conference - out of print
http://www.ewtn.com/library/prayer/rlpraybk.txt