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“Wherever the Catholic sun doth shine, there’s always laughter and good red wine. At least I’ve always found it so. Benedicamus Domino!” —Hilaire Belloc
Catholics always speak drearily of the Lenten sacrifice and for good reason — if you’re taking Lent seriously, it should be a hard slog. Suffering is redemptive but for it to have its fullest meaning, it must stand in stark contrast with the jubilation that God also asks of us when our fast is finished. One doesn’t fast for the sake of fasting. The point to fasting is to ultimately end it. There is a time for everything, sayeth the Preacher. God sets the time for sorrow and the time for joy, the time for mourning and the time for dancing (Ecclesiastes 3:4). And now that we made it through Lent, let’s get on with the rejoicing. And what better way to rejoice than by feasting on food that was erstwhile forbidden us during Lent? After all, forbidden fruits still taste the sweetest …
I’ve collected some of the most decadent, redolent and dissolute recipes that Catholics in the States and Europe have historically used to express the incomparable joy we feel at Easter.
Continued below.
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Catholics always speak drearily of the Lenten sacrifice and for good reason — if you’re taking Lent seriously, it should be a hard slog. Suffering is redemptive but for it to have its fullest meaning, it must stand in stark contrast with the jubilation that God also asks of us when our fast is finished. One doesn’t fast for the sake of fasting. The point to fasting is to ultimately end it. There is a time for everything, sayeth the Preacher. God sets the time for sorrow and the time for joy, the time for mourning and the time for dancing (Ecclesiastes 3:4). And now that we made it through Lent, let’s get on with the rejoicing. And what better way to rejoice than by feasting on food that was erstwhile forbidden us during Lent? After all, forbidden fruits still taste the sweetest …
I’ve collected some of the most decadent, redolent and dissolute recipes that Catholics in the States and Europe have historically used to express the incomparable joy we feel at Easter.
Continued below.
6 Easter Meals to Feed the Body and the Soul
“Wherever the Catholic sun doth shine, there’s always laughter and good red wine. At least I’ve always found it so. Benedicamus Domino!” —Hilaire Belloc
