Today is the final Friday of Lent. Next Friday is Good Friday, part of Holy Week. The time of Lenten Penance is coming to an end.
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The 5th Friday of Lent and an Amazing Supper
Lord, open my lips
And my mouth shall proclaim Your praise.
For the Lord is good and His love endures forever;
His faithfulness continues through all generations.
Psalm 100:5
The 4th Sunday in Lent and Herb Roasted Chicken
If I have said this once, I’ve said it a million times – Sundays and Roast Chicken go together like – well like peas and carrots or burgers and fires. Or better still Fish on Fridays.
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March 25 is exactly 9 months from Christmas Morning. That would make today the Feast of the Annunciation. Typically on this day, we’ve shared the traditional Waffle Breakfast. But not today.
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Today is the Feast Day of Saint Joseph, husband of Mary. We really don’t know much about Joseph except that he was Mary’s earthly Husband, the earthly father to Christ and that Joseph came from Bethlehem.
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Welcome to the third Friday of Lent. Depending upon your perspective, we are at the half-way mark. If you are only counting Fridays within the Lenten Season, there are 6. If you include Good Friday, there are 7.
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Saint Patrick’s Day, March 17, is forever destined to fall during the Lenten Season. While Lent itself changes, with Ash Wednesday as early as February 4 or as late as March 10, Saint Patrick’s Day is always within the Lenten cycle.
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Today is the third and final Ember Days of the Spring Season. It is also National Baked Scallop Day. Now I thought long and hard about what to share for today’s recipe.
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Today is the second Friday of Lent, the second Ember Days of Spring and National Eat Your Noodles Day. What a winning combination!
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Today is the first Ember Days of the Lenten or Spring Season. Last year, Ember Days Wednesday happened to fall on National Corn Tortilla Chip Day. This year we have both Crab Meat Day and National Meatball Day for inspiration.
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Just as the Advent Season in marked by the color Purple, so too is the Lenten Season. While purple is considered to be a symbolic color of wealth and royalty, it is also a symbol of penance, humility and a deep sorrow for Christ’s suffering on the cross.
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Today is the Friday follow Ash Wednesday and the Lenten Season. Lent is a special time of prayer, penance, sacrifice and good works in preparation of the celebration of Easter. It is a time of renewal and rebirth.
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Today is Ash Wednesday. In light of recent events, I offer up my prayers throughout the Lenten Season to the people of Ukraine and Russia. The world stands witness to evil wrapped in the form of a single human being who has been allowed to rise to power. Lord, be with us all. Amen.
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Today is the first Feast Day of Saint Bernadette. While the Church celebrates her official Feast Day on April 16, the day of her death and assertion into heaven, in many parts of the world, including France, today is the Feast Day of Saint Bernadette.
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Do you believe in miracles? What is a miracle? And do we use that word just a little too freely. Maybe, but it all depends upon your perspective. A miracle, in my opinion, always involves Heavenly Intervention. Surviving a natural disaster or a terrible accident is a miracle. Finding something once thought as lost is a miracle. Life is a miracle.
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