Each of the four candles of Advent represent the light of God’s gifts for His children. Hope is the first light from above. Peace is the second, and Joy the third.
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Ember Days of Winter and Roasted Chicken Thighs
Today is the final Ember Days of Winter. It comes on the eve of the Fourth (and final) Advent Sunday before the Christmas Season. Each set of Ember Days has its own character and purpose.
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Today is the second Ember Days of Winter of the Advent Season. The Ember Days of Winter focus on the Oils of Anointment. The harvest of the season is both physical and spiritual.
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They will come and gobble it up. December 16 is the day all chocolate lovers have been waiting for – Chocolate Covered Anything Day. Anything and everything goes. It’s also the midst of the Holiday Season.
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From a purely secular perspective, we are entering the final few weeks of the year. From the perspective of the Church, the new Liturgical year has barely begun. So the Ember Days of Winter could be viewed as the last Ember Days of the year, or the first.
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In many parts of the world, especially Sweden, Norway and the Swedish-speaking parts of Finland, the Festival of Lights and Saint Lucia’s Feast Day mark the beginning of the Christmas Season. Saint Lucia is among the earliest Christian Martyrs. Her Feast Day honors her death at the hand of the Romans on December 13, 304.
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On this the third Sunday of Advent, we are filled with Joy and the coming of the Lord. This is a turning point, as we light the Shepherd’s Candle and recall the great joy they must have felt when hearing the angels announce that the savior was born.
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Although not spelled out in scripture, today many Catholics will fulfill their Holy Obligation and attend Mass in Celebration of the Immaculate Conception. The Feast of the Immaculate Conception is probably one of the most confusing days, even for some Catholics.
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Today is the Feast Day of Saint Nicholas. Nicholas of Myra was born in the 4th century in the fishing village of Patara, now modern day Turkey. Nicholas was Greek, born into a Christian family of wealth and means.
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Today posed a challenge. December 5th is National Repeal Prohibition Day. Prohibition went into effect with the passage of the 18th Amendment in 1920 and repealed on December 5, 1933 with the 21st Amendment. Celebrating the end of Prohibition is easy.
Continue reading “Advent’s Call for Peace”It’s Time to Get Baking
Welcome to National Cookie Day. Today is the day when we roll up our sleeves, warm up our ovens and begin baking cookies to fill our Holiday Tins. Be it cookie exchanges or party favors or just the mood that Christmas seems to bring, everyone’s a baker this time of year.
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As the secular year draws to a close, the Liturgical Year begins. Today is the First Sunday of the Advent Season. It marks the beginning of a new Church year as we begin preparations for the coming of our Lord. This year, the First Sunday of Advent shares the spotlight with the First Night of Chanukah.
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There are times when two Feast Days, one fixed and the other moveable, come together on the same day. Do we celebrate both? Does one take precedence over the other? And if so, which one? Such is the case today.
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If you’ve been around a while (and I thank you), then you know ours is an Old School Catholic household. That is to say in many ways we practice the faith of our childhood, before the changes of Vatican II.
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The day following All Saints is All Souls. Today is also National Ohio Day and National Deviled Eggs Day. For the past two years I concentrated on Ohio Day. It was fun, informative and oh so delicious. For whatever reason, we’ve simply skipped Deviled Egg Day. Not that we haven’t enjoyed numerous Deviled Egg Recipes, we just haven’t done so on National Deviled Egg Day. Maybe next year.
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