If you attend the Catholic church, you may have noticed a new translation being used for the Mass. Well... someone did the same thing with a Christmas cookie recipe. It is quite funny. Enjoy!
Christmas Cookie Recipe
(New, Corrected Translation)
Serves: you and many.
Cream these ingredients, that by their co-mingling you may begin to make the dough:
1 chalice butter, 2/3 chalice sugar
In a similar way, when the butter is consubstantial with the sugar, beat in:
1 egg
Gather these dry ingredients to yourself and combine them, so that you may add them to the dough which you have already begun to make:
2 1/2 chalices sifted all-purpose flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix the precious dough with your venerable hands.
Into the refrigerator graciously place the dough so that it may be chilled, for the duration of 3 or 4 hours, before the rolling and cutting of the cookies.
When, in the fullness of time, you are ready to bake these spotless cookies, these delicious cookies, these Christmas cookies, preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Roll out the dough and, taking up a cookie cutter or stencil of your choosing, fashion the cookies into pleasing forms.
Sprinkle colorful adornments over cookies like the dewfall.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, or until the cookies have just begun to manifest the brownness that is vouchsafed to them by the oven’s heat.
May these cookies be found acceptable in your sight, and be borne to a place of refreshment at your table, there to be served with milk or hot chocolate, or with your spirits.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Monday, January 9, 2012
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
For unto us a child is born... seriously.
On December 31, 2011, our sister-in-love Julia Dawson went into labor 6 weeks early. She and her husband Pete (David's brother) live in Lafayette, but we were all in Baton Rouge for Christmas. They decided to go to Woman's in BR and from there decided to stay instead of going back to Lafayette. A C-section at 7ish in the morning brought us Luke Anthony Dawson!
He weighed 4lbs 12oz and was 17" long. He spent 2 days in the NICU on oxygen- one of the biggest and healthiest babies in the NICU I assure you. He is now in the special care nursery where he will stay until he is able to nurse/drink a bottle for at least 2 days. Please keep Julia, Pete, big brother Liam and Luke in your prayers. Luke is doing very very well, but life is a bit upside down for them, so prayers for patience, joy, energy, and strength would be greatly appreciated.
More Christmas pictures to come, but for now, here's a little taste of what Jacob Joseph is up to at 10 weeks...
It's a little dark, so I will tell you this: At his 2-month check-up Jacob was 75th percentile in height (short for our babies) and 90th percentile in weight (big for our babies). He naps well... in a swing, and he can do a 5 or 6-hour stretch at night... sleeping in our bed. His hair is coming in brown and it seems his eyes will be brown. So as of now he looks completely different than John Paul and Therese... oh twist my arm, here's a picture of them...
God is good. I am so grateful for my family. Can't wait to share the generic Christmas post with you!
He weighed 4lbs 12oz and was 17" long. He spent 2 days in the NICU on oxygen- one of the biggest and healthiest babies in the NICU I assure you. He is now in the special care nursery where he will stay until he is able to nurse/drink a bottle for at least 2 days. Please keep Julia, Pete, big brother Liam and Luke in your prayers. Luke is doing very very well, but life is a bit upside down for them, so prayers for patience, joy, energy, and strength would be greatly appreciated.
More Christmas pictures to come, but for now, here's a little taste of what Jacob Joseph is up to at 10 weeks...
It's a little dark, so I will tell you this: At his 2-month check-up Jacob was 75th percentile in height (short for our babies) and 90th percentile in weight (big for our babies). He naps well... in a swing, and he can do a 5 or 6-hour stretch at night... sleeping in our bed. His hair is coming in brown and it seems his eyes will be brown. So as of now he looks completely different than John Paul and Therese... oh twist my arm, here's a picture of them...
God is good. I am so grateful for my family. Can't wait to share the generic Christmas post with you!
Monday, December 26, 2011
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Our visit with our Polish friends
Our sweet friends have left us, but they have left quite a mark on our hearts. Thomas and Agnes Talaga and Father Peter Kleszcz (pronounced Kleh-sh-ch) were with us for a week and a half. There was so much wonderful time spent together that I only took pictures one day. There was so much I learned from them- their love, humor, holiness and intelligence, but for fun, I also wanted to share some things I learned about our difference in culture and language.
1. The concern for use of energy is much greater in Poland than America. I will start conserving energy more.
2. They were always eating what was served them. They never wasted ANY food.
3. Poland is a country that endured much suffering for many years. We call our "greatest generation" those who fought during the second World War. I am convinced that what makes a generation of people who are appreciative, grateful, hard-working, and diligent (God-willing also very holy) are those who have suffered. The Polish have suffered both the tyranny of Nazi-ism and Communism- many years or suffering. If Thomas, Agnes, and Fr Peter of a representation of the Polish culture, then we should expect many more people from Poland who will change the world (like St. Faustina , John Paul II, and St. Maximilian Kolbe) because they have lived through such suffering and have come out of it with greater trust in God's providence.
4. It costs NOTHING to have a baby in a Polish Hospital.
5. Poland is about the size of Texas. http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
6. There are no interstates in Poland... because there are no states
7. Clothes are (for the most part) still dried without dryers (uses a lot of energy)
8. One of the most beautiful children's choirs is in Lodz (pronounced Wooge) and Fr Peter is the choir director - http://www.serca.franciszkanie.pl/
9. We Americans should all be fluent in at least ONE language besides are own. All three could speak fantastic English (and read it). I wish I could say that Polish is an easily learned language, but that would indeed be a great great lie.
I am so grateful for David after such a week. He worked so hard for them and for us. The retreat was wonderful, and we are so grateful to God for gifting us with Thomas, Agnes, and Fr. Peter and the Domestic Church.
1. The concern for use of energy is much greater in Poland than America. I will start conserving energy more.
2. They were always eating what was served them. They never wasted ANY food.
3. Poland is a country that endured much suffering for many years. We call our "greatest generation" those who fought during the second World War. I am convinced that what makes a generation of people who are appreciative, grateful, hard-working, and diligent (God-willing also very holy) are those who have suffered. The Polish have suffered both the tyranny of Nazi-ism and Communism- many years or suffering. If Thomas, Agnes, and Fr Peter of a representation of the Polish culture, then we should expect many more people from Poland who will change the world (like St. Faustina , John Paul II, and St. Maximilian Kolbe) because they have lived through such suffering and have come out of it with greater trust in God's providence.
4. It costs NOTHING to have a baby in a Polish Hospital.
5. Poland is about the size of Texas. http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
6. There are no interstates in Poland... because there are no states
7. Clothes are (for the most part) still dried without dryers (uses a lot of energy)
8. One of the most beautiful children's choirs is in Lodz (pronounced Wooge) and Fr Peter is the choir director - http://www.serca.franciszkanie.pl/
9. We Americans should all be fluent in at least ONE language besides are own. All three could speak fantastic English (and read it). I wish I could say that Polish is an easily learned language, but that would indeed be a great great lie.
I am so grateful for David after such a week. He worked so hard for them and for us. The retreat was wonderful, and we are so grateful to God for gifting us with Thomas, Agnes, and Fr. Peter and the Domestic Church.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Visitors!
We have some friends coming...
If you remember the various posts on David's trip(s) -yes multiple trips- to Poland, then you may remember that he stayed with some beautiful, holy, fantastic people Tomas and Agnes. He/we have become close over the last few years and now they are coming to teach us (and many other members of our church parish) about a lay movement in the Catholic Church called "Domestic Church." It was started by a priest in Poland (a friend of JPII's) and for the first time it has been translated into English and we will be learning about how to become a part!! It's all so amazing and we are so excited... this is happening because my precious husband is so diligent and obedient in his prayer (praise God for my husband), and now the movement will come to America (it's all over the world, but only Polish speaking natives have been member UNTIL NOW).
This is Agnes (she interpreted for David during his recent visit)
Stay tuned for details about their visit. By the way they took David all over Poland, so we plan to take them all over Louisiana!! (It's pretty much the same size.)
If you remember the various posts on David's trip(s) -yes multiple trips- to Poland, then you may remember that he stayed with some beautiful, holy, fantastic people Tomas and Agnes. He/we have become close over the last few years and now they are coming to teach us (and many other members of our church parish) about a lay movement in the Catholic Church called "Domestic Church." It was started by a priest in Poland (a friend of JPII's) and for the first time it has been translated into English and we will be learning about how to become a part!! It's all so amazing and we are so excited... this is happening because my precious husband is so diligent and obedient in his prayer (praise God for my husband), and now the movement will come to America (it's all over the world, but only Polish speaking natives have been member UNTIL NOW).
This is Agnes (she interpreted for David during his recent visit)
Stay tuned for details about their visit. By the way they took David all over Poland, so we plan to take them all over Louisiana!! (It's pretty much the same size.)
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