I no longer try to smoosh celebrating Reformation Day, October 31st, in with Halloween. Instead I happily take advantage of the Sunday we observe the festival in our church. So this Sunday we remembered the Reformation.
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St. Michael and All Angels – September 29th
Wednesday, October 5th, 2016
The Feast of St. Michael and All Angels or Michaelmas is a favorite of mine. And yes Katy, it’s one more occasion for all my babies wear WHITE to church!
Holy Cross Day – September 14
Thursday, September 15th, 2016
September 14th is the Feast of the Cross.
“Although there will always be some question concerning the origins of Holy Cross Day, this festival invites an appropriate and salutary focus on the Cross as the means by which our Lord Jesus Christ atoned for the sins of the world, defeated death and the devil, reconciled the world to God, obtained our salvation and glorified the Father’s name. Though His Cross is a foolish scandal to the world, to us who are being saved it is the power and wisdom of God, unto salvation. For it is by His Cross that we are crucified, dead and buried with Him in Holy Baptism and in daily repentance, and from the same Cross that we receive the absolution or forgiveness of all our sins, by which we also rise with Christ unto newness of life.” source
St. Lawrence – August 10
Monday, August 29th, 2016
St. Lawrence is one of the saints I really enjoy remembering for this reason:
“After the death of Sixtus, the prefect of Rome demanded that St Lawrence turn over the riches of the Church. Saint Ambrose is the earliest source for the tale that St Lawrence asked for three days to gather together the wealth. He worked swiftly to distribute as much Church property to the poor as possible, so as to prevent its being seized by the prefect.On the third day, at the head of a small delegation, he presented himself to the prefect, and when ordered to give up the treasures of the Church he presented the poor, the crippled, the blind and the suffering, and said these were the true treasures of the Church.” wikipedia
That would have taken great faith. For doing this he was martyred, grilled alive.
For no reason in particular Phil chose this day to clean our grill. Maybe this is a good day to yearly keep that practice.
