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Write short love notes to each family member every day or do a specific and intentional action of love to each member each day.
OCTAVE OF EASTER FREE
You can find Easter playlists on Spotify (you can sign up for a free account) and also on youtube! If you haven’t already, change your music selections to Christian songs for the week. Every year I discover one of our friends who has never had the joy of trying lamb (which is always our Easter Monday dinner.) We receive the joy of their company as well as celebrating this feast with them - inviting friends over is always a win! Invite another family over to join in your feast. Even singing an Alleluia! Gorge on alleluias! We’re been fasting from them - include them before your meals! Our typical song choice has been Jesus Christ is Risen Today. Sing an Easter song as part of grace before meals. All our favorites jazzed up a notch (nachos with bacon and caramelized onions? Yes, please!) Jazz up the table with candles or sparklers! One of my favorite years, we had an eight-day Mexican food fiesta. Plan a feast for the remainder of dinners for the Octave. Dive into the deep end, my friends this is the only time in the year we have such an Octave! 1.
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My question is this: Now that we celebrate anew the bridegroom resurrected, how are we feasting? What are our Easter priorities? If you have few, fear not! I have five ways you can incorporate to make sure you celebrate this eight day feast regally. We spend so much time preparing our hearts in Lent - attention to detail, changing daily routines, restricting ourselves. Proof for this lies in both the prayers at Mass: Each day is as if that day was Easter Sunday. We start celebrating Easter at the Vigil and we celebrate it right through until the end of the next Sunday. Are you familiar with this? As Catholics, we have a strange and wonderful warping of time.