"My beloved is unto me as a bundle of myrrh." Song of Solomon 1:13
Thursday, April 18th, 2019
The season of Lent began on March 6th. Here we are at the end of the season just about to enter Easter and finally a blog post on it. I had pretty low expectations for how we would observe the season in our home this year and I met those low expectations spectacularly.
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Saturday, March 30th, 2019
On the Sunday before Lent begins we remember the Transfiguration of Christ on the mount.
“We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” John 1:45
Saturday, March 30th, 2019
For the commemoration of Martin Luther, February 18th, we ate Schnitzel and Spätzle. I doubt Luther ever ate these foods, as German as they are, but I was happy to have an excuse to make them…if I even need an excuse. Mmmm.
Thursday, February 7th, 2019
Today the Church celebrates the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord which occurs forty days after the birth of Jesus. This year the feast felt a bit more poignant for me with a newborn
40 days after the time of year we lost our Ebenezer. And also because the next day we would swaddle our new baby and bring him to church to be baptized into Christ.
On this feast day I was just very thankful…and felt like making (well, eating) crepes.
Crepes are traditionally eaten on Candlemas and Shrove Tuesday “to celebrate renewal, family life, and hopes for good fortune and happiness in the future.” That is not why we make them.
I rather prefer the idea of how much, “crepes look like a swaddled baby” and visually remind us of when she and Joseph brought the infant Jesus to the Temple, as the author of THIS post and this crepe recipe noted.
Anyway, this is how we celebrated The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord.
