It’s been a while since we’ve dabbled in a fantasy menu. What better occasion is there to dream than with the coming of a new year, filled with possibilities.
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The Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas
It doesn’t matter if you are observing the Octave of Christmas, which is eight days long, or the more widely known Twelve Days of Christmas, today is the fifth day for both. As the familiar song is sung, the tempo is very upbeat and quick until the 5th Day of Christmas. Clearly there is an emphasis on the Five Golden Rings.
Continue reading “The Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas”Saint John and the Christmas Season
While God does not work in Poetic Justice the way we think of Poetic Justice, there is something just in the fact that Saint John is the only Apostle whose feast day is within the Christmas Season. He was the youngest of the Chosen, and the only one to remain at the foot of the cross.
Continue reading “Saint John and the Christmas Season”It’s Christmas Morning!
For the life of me I cannot recall Christmas Morning traditions as a child. There were the squeal of delight accompanied the flurry of ribbons, bows and colorful paper ripped from packages and tossed aside. Santa always managed to bring us something special even when times were tight.
Continue reading “It’s Christmas Morning!”4th Sunday Advent: For He So Loved the World
Today marks the last day of Advent Sundays, but not the end of the Advent Season. That will not end until Christmas and the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
Continue reading “4th Sunday Advent: For He So Loved the World”Remembering A Feast Day of Old
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.
Continue reading “Remembering A Feast Day of Old”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.
Continue reading “Cover It In Chocolate”Spicing Up the Night
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.
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