Flower Communion is a ritual service common in Unitarian Universalism, though the specific practices vary from one congregation to another. It is usually held before summer, when some congregations recess from holding services.
Read more about Flower Communion: History, A Sample Flower Communion, Symbolism
Famous quotes containing the words flower and/or communion:
“I have passed down the river before sunrise on a summer morning, between fields of lilies still shut in sleep; and when, at length, the flakes of sunlight from over the bank fell on the surface of the water, whole fields of white blossoms seemed to flash open before me, as I floated along, like the unfolding of a banner, so sensible is this flower to the influence of the sun’s rays.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet
Quaff immortality and joy.”
—John Milton (1608–1674)