I am reminded of the practice, many decades ago, of bringing lilac into school for the May altar and singing the May hymn, “bring flowers of the rarest, bring flowers of the fairest”.

“Bring flow'rs of the fairest, bring flow'rs of the rarest ... which has a statue of Our Lady of Grace, for prayer and song. Students bring flowers and form an honor guard for the May queen ...

Rising from the shelves of dusty cupboards – sometimes in the choir loft of churches that have them – the young folks these days are pulling out old hymnals and finding hymns like these: Bring flowers ...

The Catholic tradition used to sing a May song to the Virgin Mary, "Bring flowers of the fairest..." How about bringing somebody a flower this week? Dave Pasinski is involved with the Alliance of ...

Bring flowers of the rarest, bring blossoms the fairest, from garden and woodland and hillside and dale. THE evocative hymn, as sung by Canon Sydney McEwan, brings a tear to the eye of many of us ...