Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Flowering the cross" in English language version.
If your garden is in bloom, bringing cut flowers from home can be a wonderful offering in honor of the risen Lord, and can also provide an opportunity for families to talk about the meaning of the cross and the resurrection. If you don't have flowers at home, most grocery stores have small bouquets available at a reasonable price to select as a family and bring as a sacrifice of praise.
The custom was restored in the 1979 BCP (p. 281), in which a wooden cross may be brought into the church and placed in the sight of the people. Following this the people may sing the Good Friday anthems and the hymn "Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle" (Hymns 165-166).
The flowering of the cross represents the transition from Good Friday to Easter, from meditation on Jesus' death to joyful celebration of his resurrection. The ceremony transforms a barren cross, a reminder of Jesus' death, into an Easter symbol. This year, as you come to Easter Sunday Service, pause by the cross, say a short prayer and add some flowers to it. You can bring flowers from your garden, your favorites that you purchased, or you can place flowers provided by the church.
Good Friday evening Tenebrae service will begin at 7 p.m. The service is especially meaningful and moving for Christians. Worshipers will have the opportunity to literally nail their confession or requests to the wooden cross in the Sanctuary. The Vigil of Easter Service will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 8. Assisting Reid will be invited area pastors including: Pastor Thomas Darr, Christ Lutheran Church, Vienna; Pastor Carolyn Mash, Elizabeth United Methodist Church; and Pastor Shauna Hyde, Christ United Methodist Church, Lauckport. Following the Saturday Vigil the wooden cross in front of the church at the entrance to the sanctuary will be decorated with flowers. This is a long-standing tradition which invites all to bring fresh flowers and participate in the decorating of the cross. The flower-bedecked cross will stand in front of the church to celebrate Christ's victory on Easter morning.
During the sixth century, art began to appear that took the Cross, this icon of the torture and death of our God, and let it burst into life. Flowered crosses blossomed into Church tradition as a way to represent the way God turns darkness to light, sin into salvation. What we make ugly, Christ makes beautiful.
The "flowering of the cross" is a church tradition that has been traced back to the sixth century as a striking way "to symbolize the new life that emerges from Jesus's death on Good Friday."
The entire cross is covered with flowers and is placed prominently at the front of the church to symbolize the new life in our risen Lord to all the worshippers present on Easter Sunday morning.
The flowering of the cross represents the transition from Good Friday to Easter, from meditation on Jesus' death to joyful celebration of his resurrection. The ceremony transforms a barren cross, a reminder of Jesus' death, into an Easter symbol. This year, as you come to Easter Sunday Service, pause by the cross, say a short prayer and add some flowers to it. You can bring flowers from your garden, your favorites that you purchased, or you can place flowers provided by the church.
Good Friday evening Tenebrae service will begin at 7 p.m. The service is especially meaningful and moving for Christians. Worshipers will have the opportunity to literally nail their confession or requests to the wooden cross in the Sanctuary. The Vigil of Easter Service will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 8. Assisting Reid will be invited area pastors including: Pastor Thomas Darr, Christ Lutheran Church, Vienna; Pastor Carolyn Mash, Elizabeth United Methodist Church; and Pastor Shauna Hyde, Christ United Methodist Church, Lauckport. Following the Saturday Vigil the wooden cross in front of the church at the entrance to the sanctuary will be decorated with flowers. This is a long-standing tradition which invites all to bring fresh flowers and participate in the decorating of the cross. The flower-bedecked cross will stand in front of the church to celebrate Christ's victory on Easter morning.
