Do you like learning new things about your faith? So much of the customs and traditions of old have fallen away, depriving those of us living in a hustle and bustle secular world to miss out on the quiet moments of contemplation of faith.
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Cover It In Chocolate
Today is National Cover It in Chocolate Day. Boy, that sure leaves us wide open for interpretation. Cover what? The world? Yeah, let’s turn the world into one giant Chocolate Covered Malt Ball.
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Growing up, Dad always made a big pot of Ham Hocks with Beans and Sweet Cornbread to welcome the first day of the year. Yeah, that should have been Black Eyed Peas, but none of us would eat Black Eyed Peas. I passed the tradition of a pot of beans on New Year’s Day on to my own children.
Continue reading “Spicing Up the Night”The Lights of Saint Lucia
December is the coldest, darkest time of the year for those living in the Northern Hemisphere. It is no wonder that so many of the Holy Days throughout December shine with candlelight.
Continue reading “The Lights of Saint Lucia”A Little Friday Spice for Our Beautiful Lady
When most of us think of our Lady of Guadalupe, we think it must be some sort of Mexican celebration. That would be true, but that’s not where it ends. Did you know that our Lady of Guadalupe is the Patroness of the Americas? That would be all of the Americas – from South America through Central America and North America.
Continue reading “A Little Friday Spice for Our Beautiful Lady”A Blessed Solemnity Feast
Imagine my surprise when the Vatican came out recently to reject petitions within the Church to formally proclaim Mary as “co-redemptory” or “co-mediatrix.” It shows how little I know about certain movements within the Church.
Continue reading “A Blessed Solemnity Feast”Go In Peace This Advent Season
There is no recipe to share with this post. It’s just me, rambling through my own thoughts of the moment. Every year our Parish hosts an Advent Mission. It is a four-day lecture to help us to grown in our faith, prepare for the Season and to act as a catapult of sorts. It’s a Mission after all.
Continue reading “Go In Peace This Advent Season”Is that you Dino, Singing in My Head
Most Thursdays are Italian Inspired Suppers in our house. The moment I start planning a meal such as the one we are sharing today, Dean Martin starts singing in my head. As a girl I was a big, big fan of The Dean Martin Show.
Continue reading “Is that you Dino, Singing in My Head”Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
The world has seen its shares of ups and downs, of war times and peace times. As bad as the bad times get, they do end. Just as good as the good times seem, they too run in cycles, coming to an end.
Continue reading “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”Do You Do It?
Guess lots of folks that don’t venture out for Black Friday or want even more bargains are all surfing the net for amazing on-line deals. Awesome, I guess. Personally I avoid the internet on Cyber Monday as I don’t care much for traffic jams.
Continue reading “Do You Do It?”Before the Christmas Rush Begins
Today is a very busy Saturday. It’s a part of our beloved Four-Day Weekend. There was Thanksgiving and National Family Day. Today is Shop Small Business Saturday. And tomorrow we begin the Blessed Advent Season.
Continue reading “Before the Christmas Rush Begins”Just the Sides if You Please
Last year we celebrated an early Thanksgiving in our home. It was the first Thanksgiving since the breakup of my father’s second marriage. With our house divided and the farm on the market, we knew things were going to change.
Continue reading “Just the Sides if You Please”Let Them Eat Cake!
Today is National Cake Day. That means we can bake any cake we like – from Angel Food to Vanilla Cream and everything in between. Yes, let them eat cake!
Continue reading “Let Them Eat Cake!”Happy Almost New Year’s Eve!
No, I haven’t lost my mind. Tomorrow is the Feast of Christ the King. It is the last feast day of the Year C Cycle. Next Sunday is Advent, and the beginning of a New Year. We’ll get into all of that when the time is right. For now it’s just a lovely Saturday on the Home Front.
Continue reading “Happy Almost New Year’s Eve!”Hail Holy Queen
Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve: to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
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