"I am the Rose of Sharon, and the Lily of the valleys"
Song of Songs 2:1
'Mary's wedding garment, according to approved
revelation, was "richly embroidered with blue, white,
violet, and gold roses." At the Incarnation, while the
Angel vanished down the path that led up to heaven,
showers of half-blown roses fell on Mary. In the city
of Damascus, very familiar to Mary, hundreds of men
and women earn their living by working with roses,
from which they distill rosewater and extract attar
and syrup of roses. These people carry the scent of
roses with them wherever they go. This is a lesson
for us; let us become so saturated with the virtues
of Mary that we carry their fragrance and attract
other souls to our Divine Lord through His Mother,
the Mystical Rose.