Today is Coq au Vin Day. Tomorrow is the Feast Day of Saint Joan of Arc. Coq au Vin is a French Classic. And Joan of Arc is the stuff of legends. It seems only fitting to bring these two celebrations together in one amazing supper.
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Celebrate the Joy of this Day
Today marks forty days since we celebrated Easter. Forth Days – the number of days God made it rain. Forty Days past before Noah opened the window of the ark he had made. Moses was on the mountain Forty Days and returned with the 10 Commandments. Christ fasted in the wilderness for Forty Days. Forty Days holds great meaning.
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Today is the Feast Day of Our Lady of Fatima. It marks the first of six monthly appearances of our Blessed Mother to three young children in Portugal. She came to the world during a time of war and upheaval. She promised peace while predicting future wars far worse than the Great War.
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May 1st is a very strange day, historically torn in different directions. It is the mid-way point between Spring and Summer. It is International Workers Day, Loyalty Day and the Feast Day of Saint Joseph the Worker.
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Today is National Shrimp Scampi Day. Who doesn’t adore shrimp scampi? But sometimes we want more or different or whatever. It’s spring – let’s embrace the wonder of the season.
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There are feasts celebrated within the Church calendar that have been established by the Church – the celebration of a Feast Day for a particular saint comes to mind. Saint Patrick and Saint Nicholas are probably the most recognized Feast Days even among non-Catholic communities.
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Welcome to Jelly Bean Day and Earth Day and my personal favorite, Fabulous Friday. Originally, today appeared on my meal planner as Fish Friday, but that just didn’t have the appeal I was looking for.
Continue reading “Beautiful Tilapia with Garlic Green Beans”Easter Sunday Filled with Tradition
On the first day of the week, at the first sign of dawn, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
Luke 24:1-3
Holy Saturday Awaiting Easter
Tomorrow we will celebrate Easter. Today is our darkest hour as we wait. Wait in joyful hope.
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In the early morning hours one-hundred and ten years ago today, a maritime disaster pierced the social conscience of the entire world. When the Titanic slipped below the icy waters in the North Atlantic, 1,514 souls were lost.
Continue reading “Remembrance, Soup and Good Friday”A Memorable Feast for Holy Thursday
Tradition has it that Holy Thursday was Christ’s Last Supper. It was the Passover Seder, rich in tradition, scripture and customs. While we can appreciate the observation, it does not belong to us. Passover belongs to the Jewish faith alone.
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Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, “What will you give me if I betray him to you?” They paid him thirty pieces of silver. And from that moment he began to look for an opportunity to betray him.– Matthew 26:14-16
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On Holy Tuesday, as the twelve followed Jesus past the same fig tree from the day before, Peter was struck by what he saw. The tree was completely withered. Christ saw this as an opportunity to teach.
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We know that Jesus entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. We also know that He and those traveling with him did not spend the night in Jerusalem. We know this because both Matthew and Mark tell us the story of the Fig Tree.
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Easter is a moveable feast, tied to the Spring Equinox and the first full moon of spring. The earliest believers in the Church of Asia Minor wished to keep the observance of Easter tied to the Jewish Passover. After all, it was the observance of Passover that brought Christ and his followers to Jerusalem.
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