While the infamous Betrayal with a Kiss has not yet happened, we know from scripture that the motions of His betrayal have been put into place. The writing, if you will, is on the wall. There is no turning back.
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Tuesday of Holy Week
Today is Holy Tuesday, one of the most important days of Holy Week for a number of reasons. There is the withered Fig Tree, the completion of Monday’s events on the road to Jerusalem. But Tuesday represents so much more.
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Nine months from today we will once again celebrate Christmas – the birth of our Savior. That can only mean one thing of two things.
Continue reading “Holy Monday and the Count Down Begins”Palm Sunday’s Feast of Gabriel
First lets get the Feast of Saint Gabriel out of the way. Prior to Vatican II and it’s many simplified changes in the traditional observances of the faith, three of the most predominant Archangels – Gabriel; Raphael and Michael each had their own feast day.
Continue reading “Palm Sunday’s Feast of Gabriel”Welcome to the Last Lenten Friday
Today is the last Friday of the Lenten Season. While some people count Good Friday as the last Friday of the season, actually it’s not. The Lenten Season ends with the evening Mass of Holy Thursday. It is the Lord’s Supper, and it ushers in the Holy Triduum. More on that later.
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Today we celebrate one of two feast days to honor Saint Joseph, Christ’s earthy father. The full title of today’s feast is the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The fact this this is a Solemnity Feast speak volumes of the Church’s regard toward Saint Joseph.
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It’s Saint Patrick’s Feast Day – that time of the year when the world is suddenly Irish. At least that’s what we see here in America. There are parades and even the Chicago River is dyed green to celebrate the Emerald Isle.
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Welcome to the 4th Friday of Lent – we’re on the back side now. One more Lenten Friday, then Holy Week begins. For this particular Friday in the Lenten Season, we’ve shared six recipes over the years – half of those are for some sort of Tilapia dish. Hum, I sense a theme.
Continue reading “Pan-Seared Tilapia for A Lenten Friday”Spicing up Potato Chip Day
Today is National Potato Chip Day. I have this really cool slicer just for making your own potato chips. In all the years I’ve owned it, haven’t made potato chips once. But it does work well to get the most amazing paper-thin onions ever.
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Hubby is celebrating today. He adores all sorts of seafood, and scallops are at the top of his lengthy list. Until I met him, I had never eaten a scallop, let alone cooked one. You might say we have managed to broaden each other’s horizons over the years.
Continue reading “Gotta Bake Scallop”Laetare Sunday – 4th Sunday in Lent
Today is Laetare Sunday. I’ve always considered myself to be a learned Catholic, with a fairly strong grasp on Church Teachings and traditions. I will confess, I hadn’t a clue what Laetare Sunday meant until recently.
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Now why couldn’t this be yesterday? I mean, how convenient would that have been! Lenten Friday, Oregon Day and Crabmeat Day all rolled into one amazing supper. Oh well, I guess we can’t have everything.
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It’s been a while now since we vacationed in Oregon. The Oregon Coast is one of my favorite places to spend time. I had even considered retiring in the Pacific Northwest. But then that was before.
Continue reading “Celebrating Oregon on This Lenten Friday”A Lenten Friday in Minnesota
Today is the 2nd Friday of the Lenten Season; or the 3rd Friday since Ash Wednesday. Whatever else might be going on today, for Catholics throughout the world, our attention is focused on Christ’s sacrifice for the forgiveness of sin.
Continue reading “A Lenten Friday in Minnesota”Ember Days Saturday of Spring
Today is the last of the Ember Days of Lent or Spring. Most Catholics today, even older Catholics, pre-Vatican II Catholics such as myself, have no real memory of Ember Days from before. In 1969; the Vatican left the celebration of Ember Days up to the discretion of each National Conference of Bishops.
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