tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post2115028066188939711..comments2024-03-05T11:44:26.154-08:00Comments on The New Theological Movement: The origins of the Easter egg: The Resurrection, St. Mary Magdalene, and the Lenten FastFather Ryan Erlenbushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07557817305024750902noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-17657922586196759052012-03-22T09:45:33.742-07:002012-03-22T09:45:33.742-07:00@Canis,
And yet, Pope Benedict XV lamented (in his...@Canis,<br />And yet, Pope Benedict XV lamented (in his day, when the fast was still much more than today) that there was such lack of zeal for penance and fasting during Lent.<br /><br />I can't claim to love the poor and practice almsgiving, if I only give a penny (when I am a millionaire, say) ... neither then can I claim to love penance and practice fasting, if I don't make any significant sacrifice.Father Ryan Erlenbushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07557817305024750902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-1327623995149089622012-03-22T08:38:38.158-07:002012-03-22T08:38:38.158-07:00I'm with Nick. If the Church has allowed chang...I'm with Nick. If the Church has allowed change in the custom of our fasting, it's through wisdom, and in general it's no less Catholic, no less real, no less beneficial than when the fast was harder.<br /><br />Besides falling prey to the notion of "post-Christian," we can also fall prey to the very human notion that more is better, harsher is better, least pleasurable is most beneficial. That sounds like Puritanical thinking to me.David Urbanskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007466106643467532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-55049169394773401022011-05-11T06:46:32.043-07:002011-05-11T06:46:32.043-07:00While St. Mary Magdalen is sometimes depicted hold...While St. Mary Magdalen is sometimes depicted holding an egg, or contemplating a skull, she is traditionally shown holding an alabaster jar (from John 11:2, 12:3-8, Mark 14:3-9, and other passages in the Gospels). In this case, in the painting by Segna di Buonaventura, she is holding an ornate jar, clasping the base of it with her red cloak.Magdalen Rossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-1373657185165293712011-05-01T18:32:49.241-07:002011-05-01T18:32:49.241-07:00Father,
I had heard that St. Mary Magdalene was co...Father,<br />I had heard that St. Mary Magdalene was connected with the tradition of dying Easter Eggs, but the story as I heard it is that St. Mary Magdalene was in Rome and was taken before Caesar. Caesar told her that he would sooner believe that the eggs he was currently feasting upon could change colors than that Christ could be Risen from the dead. St. Mary prayed and the eggs turned a deep blood-red, confirming her faith before this non-believer.<br /><br />I have no historical citation, as this was the story I heard in a sermon before the blessing of Easter Baskets of food, and I didn't ask the priest for his source material.<br /><br />~Tribus SuperbiaTribus Superbianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-69153666804499824852011-04-27T09:32:49.359-07:002011-04-27T09:32:49.359-07:00Re: "But we live in a post-Christian age"...Re: "But we live in a post-Christian age"<br /><br />We live in the Age of Christ and of the Church. This age will not end, not even when the Antichrist comes, but will last forever, in Our Lord.<br /><br />Don't let your mind be swept away by trash talk like "post-modern" and "post-Vatican Council II" and "post-Christian" and other "post-" stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-31927930412669160372011-04-26T14:15:15.525-07:002011-04-26T14:15:15.525-07:00In Portugal it is traditional to give sweet almond...In Portugal it is traditional to give sweet almonds for Easter, as well as a "folar" (a cake which has a hardboiled egg on top).Marco da Vinhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06092410765851812842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-19691753584403451542011-04-26T12:33:28.058-07:002011-04-26T12:33:28.058-07:00Hot cross buns sold at my local grocery store in I...Hot cross buns sold at my local grocery store in Indiana do not have butter, eggs or milk. I eat them on Good Friday with a cup of tea.<br /><br />HenryPHenryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04867349174732218445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-53289055611277924902011-04-26T09:21:34.173-07:002011-04-26T09:21:34.173-07:00A note on hot cross buns: they were originally int...A note on hot cross buns: they were originally intended for Good Friday. That's the day I bake them for my family (I'm English, living in a southern US city where nary a hot cross bun can be found).The Runcible Penhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404638468437546854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-79790786225414688692011-04-26T08:44:15.233-07:002011-04-26T08:44:15.233-07:00Anon: my pastor emeritus recently told us that as ...Anon: my pastor emeritus recently told us that as a boy in Ireland his grandmother and her generation observed a black fast throughout Lent, which consisted of no food except dry toast and black coffee/tea. I believe he meant throughout the day and night, not just breakfast. Quite spiritually rigorous but nutritionally pretty reckless.Bradnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-80161043837751404482011-04-26T04:21:25.572-07:002011-04-26T04:21:25.572-07:00These traditions are very important and it is trag...These traditions are very important and it is tragic when they fall into disuse. We need them to make spiritual truths manifest. We now have many traditions in the secular world that people adhere to "religiously" which are replacing the spiritual traditions. Does anyone know of the Black Fast on Good Friday? My mother would pour black coffee over Saltine crackers and eat that for breakfast on Good Friday. It always impressed me as a child.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-88846971174555171852011-04-25T18:54:34.517-07:002011-04-25T18:54:34.517-07:00God bless Brad ,the Easter buns used to have a spr...God bless Brad ,the Easter buns used to have a sprinkle of bitter herbs , such as wormwood , through the cross on top . This bitterness was a reminder of Our Lord`s bitter passion , thus one of the preparations for the penitential season .Trad Dadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-78759407923672648582011-04-25T16:53:14.008-07:002011-04-25T16:53:14.008-07:00Dear Fr. Reginaldus,
I cannot support the traditio...Dear Fr. Reginaldus,<br />I cannot support the tradition of fasting and abstaining from eggs and dairy products during lent with hard supportive arguments for it. I can, though, remember that fasting in my family when I was growing up. Breakfast of toast with oleo (margarine) and jelly, lunch of plain tomato soup (or no lunch at all), and dinner of canned salmon with sliced onions and bread (We were (are) Eastern Europe dissent, Polish and Slovak but Roman Catholic). Then Easter morning after Easter Mass. My Polish grandfather blessing the table and food with a sprig of Pussy Willow drenched in Holy Water and tears welling in his eyes.<br />Thanks for stirring those memories.<br />You are in my prayers, please pray for me. A very Blessed Easter to you.Bernardushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09343171766154713726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-37420431432902390952011-04-25T14:42:52.020-07:002011-04-25T14:42:52.020-07:00God bless the Eastern churches! They hold onto tra...God bless the Eastern churches! They hold onto traditions so we can look to the past. <br /><br />The Greeks bake a braided bread with red hard-boiled eggs pressed into the braids. There's your red eggs still in the celebration today!<br /><br />See link at http://greekfood.about.com/od/greeklenteaster/r/Greek-Easter-Bread-Tsoureki.htmTherese Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03925404067634150968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-14816702091113649152011-04-25T12:58:53.943-07:002011-04-25T12:58:53.943-07:00Nowadays hot cross buns are sold throughout Lent, ...Nowadays hot cross buns are sold throughout Lent, alas. They include egg and butter, which are luxurious, fruit-of-the-animal ingredients that are meant to stop at Mardi Gras and resume with the Easter feast. But we live in a post-Christian age and the baker no longer knows or cares about his buns and Lent. He only hazily comprehends they are to appear in spring. And that's saying nothing about the cross that decorates them.Bradnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578980753063154388.post-28808015356085168272011-04-25T11:02:15.771-07:002011-04-25T11:02:15.771-07:00Why did she bring eggs to Jesus' tomb? Is it a...Why did she bring eggs to Jesus' tomb? Is it a Jewish custom?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com