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2023-04-08 15:30:00
2023-04-08 15:30:00
Blessing of the Easter Foods and Baskets
This old Eastern European tradition continues at Saint Joseph's. None of the blessed food is eaten until after the Vigil Mass or the Mass on Easter Sunday. This then becomes the traditional Easter breakfast.
While tastes vary by region and family, the basket usually contains smoked meats, sausage, butter, cheese, bread, salt and decorated, colored pysanky eggs. A white candle symbolizing Jesus, the light of the world, is placed in the basket so it can be lit during the blessing. Another local tradition is to tie two nails together in the form of a cross and place them in the basket.
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This old Eastern European tradition continues at Saint Joseph's. None of the blessed food is eaten until after the Vigil Mass or the Mass on Easter Sunday. This then becomes the traditional Easter breakfast.
While tastes vary by region and family, the basket usually contains smoked meats, sausage, butter, cheese, bread, salt and decorated, colored pysanky eggs. A white candle symbolizing Jesus, the light of the world, is placed in the basket so it can be lit during the blessing. Another local tradition is to tie two nails together in the form of a cross and place them in the basket.