December 6 St. Nicholas Cookies
You may be able to find authentic St. Nicholas shortbread or cookie molds online in 2023, but there were NONE to be found in the USA 29 years ago when I decided I would no longer use my homemade cookie … Read the rest
Living the Feast
Stir-Up Plum Pudding
This recipe takes its name from the opening words of the “Collect”
for the First Sunday of Advent: Stir up your power, O Lord, and come.
According to an old English tradition, the Plum Pudding served at Christmas … Read the rest
San Pasqual — Soups & Sustainability
“I joyfully celebrate the food I am given.
May it deeply nourish everyone that I feed.”
~ San Pasqual
San Pasqual was born in Torrehermosa in the Kingdom of Aragon on May 24, 1540 on the Feast of Pentecost … Read the rest
St. Brigid’s Cross
| St. Brigid’s Crosses
For a video on You Tube demonstrating this project click here.
During one of her travels, St. Brigid went to visit a dying pagan chieftan. As she sat near his bed, she picked up some rushes |
St. Brigid’s Oat Bread
St. Brigid–(aka Bridget, Bridgid, and Bride), named after the ancient Druid Goddess of Fertility, was always giving food to anyone who was hungry. This recipe for Brigid’s Honey Oat Wheat Bread makes a dense and delicious loaf–especially good when sliced … Read the rest
Menu Ideas for Our Lady of Guadalupe
Traditional Mexican cuisine stays close to the Earth–Our Lady of Guadalupe came to the poor who know how to survive and know how to celebrate fiestas! For the most part, the dishes are mostly vegetarian and even vegan–corn, rice, beans, … Read the rest
St. Brigid’s Barinbreac
The first feast in February is that of Saint Bridget, known lovingly in her own land as “Mary of the Gael.” According to the scholars the name is rightly Brigit, but the common spelling is Bridget, and hers is the … Read the rest
DAY OF PRAYER FOR CREATION–POETRY
Haiku
Experimenting
I hung the moon
on various
branches of the pine.
Native proverb
The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives.
EARTH LOVE
And forget not that
the earth delights to feel your bare feet,… Read the rest
Menu for Presentation Dinner
What do you serve on February 2nd? The following is our post from 2015:
In our house, February marks the 40th and last day of Christmas (even though the Christmas/Epiphany season technically ended before Evening Prayer I of the … Read the rest
Living Sustainably–First Sunday of Advent
Sunshine & Laundry. The Thanksgiving weekend provided bright sun and day time temperatures around 48 degrees–warm enough to get three loads of laundry hung outside on Friday and another on Saturday. There is nothing like the … Read the rest