Allelulia

[julesjones]

It probably says something about my circle of friends that I didn't make it to church for the Easter Sunday service this morning because I wasn't feeling well, I did get to a cricket-watching brunch where the atheists ate most of the hot cross buns I'd made, and I went to a Passover supper this evening...

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[esmeraldus-neo.livejournal.com]

Truly, I wish I could reproduce for you the sound I made when I read that.

[julesjones]

The kosher pancakes for the Shrove Tuesday pancake party usually amuse people as well...

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

ahah jules: your circle of friends have another member... I can only hope (correct term, isn't it?) that these four days will end soon... ciao, elisa

[julesjones]

I gather that Italy can be a bit single-minded at this time of year.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

uhmmm lety me think...
- forty days before easter we begin the Lent period (40 days of fasting)
- one week before easter we have the Palm Sunday
- friday before we have the Holy Friday (more fasting than during the lent period)
- saturday before we have the Holy Procession
- then EASTER's Sunday
- finally, if you manage to survive, you have the Angel's Monday (today)...

[julesjones]

I'm glad I'm a semi-detached Anglican, and don't feel obliged to do anything more than a token observance along the lines of eating fish on Good Friday, and maybe giving up chocolate for Lent. Which isn't much of a hardship, given what American chocolate is like. :-) But I was good and did not eat hot cross buns until Easter weekend.

pariyal is Orthodox, so I get to watch her talk about Lenten observance a week or two out of synch with what most of my observant friends are doing.

[ex-emilyvei.livejournal.com]

Good hot cross buns have probably converted more people than the Bible. I mean is if there is any reason to beleive in a benevolent God...

[julesjones]

Mmm... And these were pretty good. I should probably post the recipe on my LJ.