Flaming Heart.
The Flaming Heart expresses fervent piety and love.
Anchor.
The Anchor is an ancient Christian emblem of firmness, hope, and patience. It is found in the catacombs and ancient Christian gems.
Lamp.
The Lamp, lantern, or taper, is the old emblem of piety, celestial light, or wisdom. "For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth." (Isa. lxii. 1.) "Let your light so shine before men." (St. Matt. v. 16.)
Lilies.
The Lily is the emblem of the incarnation, and of purity, always placed in the hand of the angel Gabriel, and often in the hand of the infant Saviour and the Blessed Virgin; sometimes in that of St. Joseph. Lilies of the Valley seem to be peculiarly fitted to represent purity and meekness combined. Violets are a modern emblem of modesty.
Fleur-de-lys.
The Fleur-de-Lys is considered the conventional form of the lily, and was in the Middle Ages adopted as the emblem of the Blessed Virgin. Some see in the Mother of our Lord a type of the Church on earth—see St. Matt. xii. 49, 50—which gives her emblem a much enlarged significance.