Today, June 24, is the Feast of the Birth of John the Baptist. He is so important that he actually gets two feast days, the other being his death, celebrated on August 29. As a solemnity there are extra readings at Mass and we say the Gloria and recite the creed. The first reading was [...]
I went to look for the saint of the day and Saint Helena was listed for today, June 20th, on a particular website. I happily wandered down the rabbit hole called, Google Saint Helena and get the island where Napoleon was ultimately imprisoned. I didn’t bother reading anything about him, but found an enchanting video [...]
I took a look at some of the March saints, especially ones for March 4. Saint Casimir of Poland, listed as a patron of Poland turned up first. He lived in the 1400's, and was a grandson of King Jagiello who married one of my favorites, Saint Jadwig. Saint Casimir was not Jadwig’s granddaughter. Jadwig’s [...]
Hail, O Lady, unique gateway through whom the Lord alone has passed! Hail, O you who, through your maternity, have shattered the locks of Hades! Hail, divine access towards salvation for the saved, O you so perfectly worthy of our praise! From the Akathist hymn to Our Lady written by Saint Romanus in Constantinople around [...]
I mentioned a three bean/baked bean recipe last Friday**, and can now report that I tried a version of it, using canned butter beans and navy beans as the second and third beans. I like the spices that I actually used, to wit, bacon, dry mustard, BBQ sauce (the recipe uses ketchup), brown sugar, cider [...]
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