An Old Cookbook for Lent

Start getting those Lent meals planned! Here’s a late 19th-century gem from England that I found scanned and uploaded one day: Cookery book for fasting and abstinence days. Eel Pie for the very brave, and Macaroni Pie (baked Mac’n’Cheese) for the rest of us! Although the variety of cookery books at present in circulation is…

Guest Post: Ember Days

(Today’s post comes from the pen/keyboard of reader and commenter Rannygazoo.) — † — I bought a lovely Catholic planner this year instead of an ordinary secular one. Usefully, it has both the traditional calendar of the Roman Rite and the current calendar that has been in use since 1969. I have greatly enjoyed having saints’ memorials and holy days…

Into the Wilderness

I warned on Ash Wednesday that it wouldn’t be long before I had more thoughts about Lent–and now it’s only Friday! (All thoughts will keep for later use, though.) If you need some more encouragement to value this solemn time of the year, here are three things to keep in mind as you enter deeper into this…

CAT-e-chism: Go to Confession

Have you been to confession lately? (Sigh–even though it seems like she’s staring into your soul, my fat cat Cee-Cee is so lazy she couldn’t even be bothered to do that. We’ll pretend she is, though, and I’ll ask you on her behalf.) Since today is Saturday, it is a very good day to go…