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If you are signed up for the weekly email blasts you’ll read about the feast day that’s celebrated every August 29th - the Beheading of John the Baptist. After Mass today one of the other priests who works in the seminary stopped me to tell me an interesting “fun fact” about how the Eastern Rites of the Catholic Church Celebrate this Feast. For them, it’s actually a day to fast. They are not allowed to eat anything spherical, such as lettuce, cabbage, or even cocoa puffs - because the spherical nature of the foods would be too similar to a head (a head of lettuce, a head of cabbage - you get the point). AND, they are not allowed to eat foods on a platter either. Bowls are ok, but no platter and no round foods! The significance is obvious, albeit somewhat funny.
Another thing: I just finished writing the summary for the trip that I led to Italy (August 6-17). It’s about 12 pages long, so I thought it would be interesting for the rest of the viewers to see what kind of fun we had this most recent pilgrimage. So, I may be posting a few of the days at a time to whet your appetite for a future trip that I plan to lead next year - possibly late May or early June, 2008. I’m calling it the “Feeding Your Faith Pilgrimage!” It should be a fun and inspiring opportunity. If you see these random blog entries about Italy, you now know where it came from and why I posted them.
By the way - we’re spreading this site around to all parts of the world, and so thanks for sharing in this mission. I just got invitation to speak in Japan! Maybe not this year, but I’m going to be in that area next July! It’s very true, there’s more of a feast day to celebrate when there’s more people with whom to celebrate. Thank you for sharing the blasts with your family and friends and thank you for encouraging others to sign up and to join our table!
Peace!
Fr. Leo
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