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Dessert & Prayers

October 30, 2010 by Lena {JOYfilledfamily} Filed Under: Recipe, St. Crispin

Oct. 25

Sparkles eagerly requested that dad make an apple crisp in honor of St. Crispin’s feast day. She loves all apple desserts.

We used Charlotte’s recipe since Rose’s favorite apple crisp recipe calls for oats, which we did not have.

St. Crispin is a patron saint of leather workers and is often depicted with shoemaker’s tools. Thus, we found it only fitting to offer prayers for our dear old friend, Pietro a shoemaker. He is in his 90s and is still making shoes in his little factory. He made Mother Teresa of Calcutta’s sandals. God bless his humble soul.

Sweetness

September 20, 2010 by Lena {JOYfilledfamily} Filed Under: Baking, Recipe

This pile of yummy goo was made to celebrate Dragonfly’s 4 month mark. It was ultra sweet. Mr. didn’t care for it. He prefers a plain brownie. I didn’t mind, it meant more for me and everyone else. We love anything with marshmallows. It was best once cooled.

I found the recipe here.

Faith Cupcake

September 13, 2010 by Lena {JOYfilledfamily} Filed Under: Little Flowers, Recipe, St. Catherine of Siena

I decided to make this cupcake for Little Flowers Wreath I ~ St. Catherine of Siena and the virtue of faith. I found the idea at Skip To My Lou.

SUPPLIES:

yellow cake mix
buttercream frosting
chocolate frosting
chocolate puff cereal
cupcake liners
Golden Yellow gel icing color
star tip for icing

DIRECTIONS:

Bake cupcakes as desired. I used a box mix of yellow cake.

Frost the middle of the cake with chocolate frosting.

Dip the frosted cupcake into chocolate puff cereal. Save this step for later if you plan to refrigerate the cupcake. If not, the cereal will loose it’s crunch and become stale.

Using a star tip, frost around the chocolate top of the cupcake with buttercream frosting that has been dyed yellow using Golden Yellow gel icing color.

Here is a great buttercream frosting recipe. 1 batch is enough for approximately 36 cupcakes.

Feast Day Celebration for Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

July 17, 2010 by Lena {JOYfilledfamily} Filed Under: Crafts, Marian, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Recipe

The Virgin of Carmel
Moretto da Brescia c. 1522
Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice

Dinner: Mini Meatball Sandwiches

Meatball ~ Mount Carmel

According to legend, a religious community was established even before the time of Christ on Mount Carmel. This is the mountain overlooking the Mediterranean Sea on which the prophet Elijah successfully challenged the priests of Baal and won the people to the true God. The feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel entered the Calendar of the universal Church in the early 18th century.

Although there is no historical evidence for the pre-Christian Carmelite community, references in the 12th century record a community of monks on the holy mountain. Despite continual difficulties, the community built a monastery and church dedicated to the Virgin Mary on Mount Carmel in 1263. Saint Louis, King of France, had visited Mount Carmel in 1254, and brought back six French hermits for whom he built a convent near Paris. Mount Carmel was taken by the Saracens in 1291, and the brothers were killed and the convent burned. The spread of the Carmelites in Europe is largely attributable to the work of Saint Simon Stock (1247-65). The Carmelite Order was formally approved in 1274 at the Council of Lyon.’

Provolone Cheese ~ White for the purity of Our Lady

Bread ~ The Bread of Life, Jesus – who Mary ALWAYS leads us to

Sauce ~ The Blood of Christ that was shed for all

Dessert: Caramel Iced Frappuccino

Craft: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Tile

Picture

Additional Resources:

Original Post

Mt. Carmel Talk given by Fr. Mitch Pacwa – Audio In these five video clips, I hope you come to a better historical understanding of the significance of this great feast we celebrate every year on July 16th ~ The Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. ~ Fr. Mitch Pacwa

Our Lady of Mount Carmel - Resources from EWTN

Coloring Pages

Brown Scapular – Free Offer

Celebrating Our Lady of Mt. Carmel – Catholic Cuisine