"My beloved is unto me as a bundle of myrrh." Song of Solomon 1:13
Sunday, June 30th, 2013
Yesterday, June 29th, the Church remembered Sts. Peter and Paul.
“We praise You for St. Peter;
We praise You for St. Paul;
They taught both Jew and Gentile
That Christ is all in all.
To cross and sword they yielded
And saw Your kingdom come;
O God, these two apostles
Reached life through martyrdom.”
From By All Your Saints in Warfare LSB 518
You can listen to this hymn HERE, a few words different from the one in my hymnal.
Monday, June 24th, 2013
It is interesting to me that the Church doesn’t typically celebrate the earthly birthdays of its saints but their Heavenly birthdays, the days they died and entered Heaven. There are two exceptions to that, Mary’s and John the Baptist’s births. As I understand it, the Catholic church teaches that this is because they were born without Original sin. As a Lutheran we don’t teach or believe that but we still commemorate the birth of St. John the Baptist today.
“And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
to give knowledge of salvation to his people
in the forgiveness of their sins,
because of the tender mercy of our God,
whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high
to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.” Luke 1:76-79
Sunday, May 26th, 2013
Today we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Trinity; Creator, Redeemer and Sanctifier.
This delicious Three Berry Pie has become the traditional dessert for today. I did quit making crusts from scratch though, I just can’t get them to the right texture and really I could use the extra time they require.
Saturday, May 25th, 2013
Yesterday we celebrated the Commemoration of Esther, originally named Haddasah meaning “myrtle“.
I thought it would be fun to have these Chocolate-Filled Donut Holes for dessert, the chocolate being “hidden” as Esther hid her identity as a Hebrew.
The story of Esther “is an example of how God intervenes on behalf of His people to deliver them from evil, as here through Esther He preserved the Old Testament people through whom the Messiah would come.” from Treasury of Daily Prayer
