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The center of our Christian year.Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and The Great Vigil of Easter This week we join with Christians all over the globe and throughout time to watch and pray. The Church invites you to mark these days in litrugy, prayer, and intention of heart that bring us to live a life without fear and to offer all we do to God - as God has offered all to us. The liturgies of the church at St. Augustine's are as follows. Please join as you are able:
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Traditional Easter Basket “Taste and see that the Lord is good!” - Wednesday, April 13, 2022 The Blessing of Easter baskets at St. Augustine’s In life we have moments of both feasting and fasting. There are times when it is appropriate to gather friends together and have a celebration of richness, but there are also times when to celebrate so richly seems disingenuous to the situation. Lent and Easter, among many things, allow us to embody moments of joy and sorrow and see them gathered up in the Person and Passion of Jesus. The gathering at the Cross culminates our Fast, our celebration of the Resurrection begins the days of Feasting. The patient seeker finds God is in both places. Since somewhere around the 15th century Christians, particularly in the Ukraine and Poland, have marked the end of Lent with a blessing of festal baskets. It is the ‘first meal’, blessed in the church, to mark our entry into a season of feasting - the 50 days of Easter. It is a reminder as well of how our lives at home and at church are to be connected. A blessing will be offered as part of our celebration liturgy at St. Augustine’s on Easter Sunday 10am. If you wish join in, this will prove a fine way for you to enter into the liturgical act of Easter. If you wish, kids may bring a basket of goodies to be blessed as well! Option A – bring a selection of items from your own tradition that you will eat for Easter brunch/dinner. Decorate the basket, add a candle and a nice cloth, and bring the basket to church Easter Sunday. You may want to include some of the traditional items below as well. Option B – Below are the traditional items included in such a basket which gather up the whole story of Christ’s Passion in their symbolism. You may decorate the basket with greens and embroidered cloth.
This is a story we can taste! “Taste and see that the Lord is Good!” May your preparations for Easter be holy and fruitful for your spirit as well as your body. For more infomation visit: http://staugustinesedmonton.com/blog/traditional-easter-basket
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