Mary’s Immaculate Heart's fire illustrates the burning love Mary has for God the Father and for

her Son. Mary's heart, pierced with a sword to remind us of the sorrows she endured silently in her lifetime as Jesus's mother, is ringed with a wreath of roses. The flowers symbolize that,

throughout her spiritual suffering, Our Lady remained committed to the humility, obedience, and

purity for which we revere her.