The ROSE – Next to diamonds, roses are truly are a woman’s best friend!  You will find the symbol of the rose as representing the nativity of the Lord.  Often this symbol is an emblem of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The symbol of the rose is adorned in many of the Gothic cathedrals of the thirteenth century.  In the text of Ecclesiasticus you will find the passage “…I was exalted like a palm tree in Cades, and a s a rose plan in Jericho.”