Today marks the fifth Sunday in Lent. Only one Lenten Sunday remains, Palm Sunday to mark the start of the Holy Week before Easter.
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Celebrate the Feast of the Annunciation
Have you heard? Today is exactly nine months until Christmas! No, I’m not rushing out to get an early start on my shopping. Nine months until Christmas would make today the Feast of the Annunciation.
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There are certain things I can recall so vividly – such as the first time I ever tasted a Bisque Soup. It was at a very upscale restaurant in San Francisco that, sadly for now, is closed for business.
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Today we celebrate the Feast Day of Saint Joseph, Husband of Mary. Within the Catholic Church, this feast has the rank of Solemnity. To rank a feast as a Solemnity is to give it the highest importance. Solemnity Feasts celebrate a mystery of faith or an important event.
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Today is the forth Friday of Lent. It is a day set aside for abstinence. It is also the Feast Day of Saint Patrick. As a feast day for the Patron Saint of Ireland, the Irish have been granted a special dispensation. That means if you are Irish Catholics, Corned Beef is okay fine.
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If you love seafood, consider this the 3rd Sunday in Lent your lucky day! Unlike all the other days of Lent, Sundays are apart from the sacrifices, the penance and sorrows of the season. Sundays are to be celebrated with feasts and filled with joy.
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Depending upon how you keep count, today is either the second or third Friday of Lent. Need more information? Me too.
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Welcome to the Second Sunday in Lent. Sundays fall during Lent, but they are not “of Lent” since every Sunday in considered a Mini-Easter. Catholics do not “attend” church, we Celebrate the Mass.
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Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord
Today is the final Ember Days of Spring. Spring, a time of renewal. A time of growth. A time to draw ever closer to God.
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Ember Days of Spring makes me think America the Beautiful. But that’s a whole other subject, right? Today is both an Ember Days of Spring and the second Friday of Lent.
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Show us, O Lord, the light of Your kindness
Today is the first of three Ember Days of Spring or the Lenten Season. These are days of old, no longer held in the same high regard as before. They were observed as days of fasting and abstinence. The Ember Days of Spring are movable; as they are observed on the first Wednesday, Friday and Saturday following Ash Wednesday.
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Today is the first Sunday in Lent. Not of Lent, for Sundays are a celebration. The Sundays in Lent are apart from the penance of Lent. Does that make sense? Yeah, we Catholics are a complicated bunch!
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This is not our First Friday of Lent together. We’ve shared four others at Rosemarie’s Kitchen. That said, this First Friday of Lent is different in that it’s the first time we’ve shared a bowl of soup.
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Today is Ash Wednesday. It’s one of those movable dates, as is Easter and Palm Sunday. To calculate Ash Wednesday, first you need to figure out Easter, then work backwards.
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While today is not the official Feast Day of Saint Bernadette, it holds great significance, especially in France. In many ways, you could say that Saint Bernadette has two feast days.
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