Advent: prepare for the four Sundays before Christmas!

country woman · Nov 13, 2014

musicalpilgrim said:
The collect for the day in the Church of England includes the words 'Stir up, O Lord, the wills of your faithful people, that they bringing forth the fruit of good works, may by you be richly rewarded: through Jesus Christ Our Lord.' Amen

It is only an informal title; the real name is 'Christ the King' but it is a good tradition and fun for all the family to make home made mincemeat and Christmas puddings and a cake.

Looks good but I don't like mincemeat

musicalpilgrim · Nov 14, 2014

aawww! pretty...

musicalpilgrim · Nov 14, 2014

Don't like mincemeat? In England Mincemeat goes in mincepies.

A Christmas pudding has lots of fruit in,

I particularly like the virtual ones...

musicalpilgrim · Nov 14, 2014

There are hints of a period of preparation prior to the celebration of Jesus birth in a ruling in 380 that no one should be allowed to absent themselves from church from the 17th December until the feast of Epiphany, but it is not until the end of the sixth century that a prescribed period of time was set aside as preparation for Christmas.
The 11th November, was a feast day of St. Martin of Tours, (the fast became known as "St. Martin's Fast," "St. Martin's Lent" or "the forty days of St. Martin") until Christmas Day.I believe it has been relaxed and not kept now.

When Martin of Tours was 20 years old, he was a Roman Cavalry Officer, but he ended his life as Bishop of Tours.

In between, as a Monk, he founded Liguge monastery in 363 A.D., the first monastery in Gaul (modern-day France).

Martin founded a second monastery in Marmoutier in 372 A.D.
More details can be found on the site; prayerfoundation.orgfavouritemonks

brinny · Nov 14, 2014

Thank you. That's very informative

brinny · Nov 14, 2014

Advent pancakes:

musicalpilgrim · Nov 14, 2014

Hi Brinny, they look great...a brilliant idea...I found these...

one large regular pancake
one smaller silver dollar sized red pancake (use food coloring) or a slice of sausage

2 chocolate chips
2 banana slices
two pieces of bacon

country woman · Nov 14, 2014

musicalpilgrim said:
Don't like mincemeat? In England Mincemeat goes in mincepies.

A Christmas pudding has lots of fruit in,

I particularly like the virtual ones...

yummy all this baking is making me hungry

country woman · Nov 14, 2014

brinny said:
Advent pancakes:

must be tasty

brinny · Nov 14, 2014

musicalpilgrim said:
Hi Brinny, they look great...a brilliant idea...I found these...

one large regular pancake
one smaller silver dollar sized red pancake (use food coloring) or a slice of sausage

2 chocolate chips
2 banana slices
two pieces of bacon

hahaaaa ka-yooot!!!! LOVE it

country woman · Nov 14, 2014

those pancakes look so good

country woman · Nov 14, 2014

good to be here again

brinny · Nov 14, 2014

Gingerbread advent wreath

country woman · Nov 14, 2014

brinny said:
Gingerbread advent wreath

that looks nice

musicalpilgrim · Nov 14, 2014

Lord Jesus, Master of both the light and the darkness, send your Holy Spirit upon our preparations for Christmas.

Dear Jesus,
Help me to spread Thy fragrance everywhere I go.
Flood my soul with Thy spirit and love.
Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life may only be a radiance of Thine.
Shine through me and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Thy presence in my soul.
Let them look up and see no longer me but only Jesus. Stay with me and then I shall begin to shine as you shine, so to shine as to be a light to others.
Amen.

-The Life and Prayers of Mother Teresa (p. 67).

country woman · Nov 14, 2014

musicalpilgrim said:
Lord Jesus, Master of both the light and the darkness, send your Holy Spirit upon our preparations for Christmas.

Dear Jesus,
Help me to spread Thy fragrance everywhere I go.
Flood my soul with Thy spirit and love.
Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life may only be a radiance of Thine.
Shine through me and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with may feel Thy presence in my soul.
Let them look up and see no longer me but only Jesus. Stay with me and then I shall begin to shine as you shine, so to shine as to be a light to others.
Amen.

-The Life and Prayers of Mother Teresa (p. 67).

I liked her

musicalpilgrim · Nov 15, 2014

now what are we to do ...temptation! virtual only! now a pot of virtual coffee to go with all this gingerbread anyone?

musicalpilgrim · Nov 21, 2014

Stir up Sunday is 23rd November... traditionally, the victorians would go to church and by an association of ideas would go home and 'stir up' the Christmas puddings and cakes.

The activity of stirring-up the ingredients symbolizes our hearts that must be stirred in preparation for Christ's birth.

The batter needs to be mixed up well, and everyone in the family and guests should give a good stir. Plum puddings are a classic Christmas dessert, as in Bob Cratchit's Christmas dinner in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

Plum puddings are similar to fruitcake, except they are more like a rich, dense spice cake. The pudding contains many candied fruits, lemon and orange peels, raisins and currants. After stirring up the pudding, it is then steamed this day, but not consumed until Christmas. Waiting until Christmas day gives the "aging" so the full flavor will be experienced. Serve with the delicious plum pudding sauce over the top.

For fun, add tokens into the stirred batter before steaming. Each token has significance for the finder.

Insert items like a coin (wealth in the new year), silver charms in shape of a button (person will be bachelor for another year), a thimble (spinsterhood for another year), a horseshoe (good luck), a ring (marriage in the upcoming year) and so on. These items can also be wrapped in aluminum foil so they will be easier to find when eating the pudding.
(Details collected from catholicculture.org)

The collect for the day from the Book of Common Prayer

Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of thee be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Feast of Christ the King
Dear Father, stir up our wills that we may get on with doing all the good works that you have planned for us to do.

Jesus is King, Lord of all! Amen!

country woman · Nov 21, 2014

musicalpilgrim said:
now what are we to do ...temptation! virtual only! now a pot of virtual coffee to go with all this gingerbread anyone?

here is the coffee

SeekerOfChrist94 · Nov 22, 2014

Isaiah 7:14 NKJV

"Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel."

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