Wednesday Words

 

How to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet

Optional Opening Prayers:

You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls,
and the ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world.
O Fount of Life, unfathomable Divine Mercy,
envelop the whole world and empty Yourself out upon us.

(Repeat 3 times) O Blood and Water, which gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a fountain of Mercy for us, I trust in You!

Our Father, Hail Mary and the Apostle's Creed

For each of the five decades (On each “Our Father” bead of the rosary, pray)

Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Your Dearly Beloved Son, Our Lord, Jesus Christ, in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world.

(On each of the 10 “Hail Mary” beads, pray)
For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Concluding prayer (Repeat 3 times)
Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.

Optional Closing Prayer
Eternal God, in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible, look kindly upon us and increase Your mercy in us, that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent, but with great confidence submit ourselves to Your holy will, which is Love and Mercy itself.

Weekly Meal Plan 4/22/22 to 4/28/22: Feeding the Family

 Last week was a lot of leftovers.  I'm cooking again, but I'm reluctant.  I miss leftovers.  But these people need to eat.

Friday:  Left over Mississippi Chicken and potatoes from Thursdays dinner.

Saturday:  Turkey Egg Roll in A Bowl (hot dogs for the kids that don't like cabbage)

Sunday:  Buffalo Chicken Caesar Wraps and melon: (chicken thighs sprinkled with Emeril's Essence and grilled, dredged in Primal Kitchen Buffalo Sauce [and yes, I get mine at Costco]. And I also picked up an Earthbound Organic Caesar salad kit at Costco.  Layer your wrap with salad, chop up a cooked and sauced chicken thigh and add it to the top of the lettuce.  I added some dressing and cheese that came with the salad kit to ours and left it off J's since the dressing contains egg.  Roll you wrap and eat).  Very Yummy!

Monday:  One Skillet Chicken and Broccoli Dinner

Tuesday:  Turkey Tacos

Wednesday:  Grilled Chicken Salad

Thursday:  Clean up or Poor Man's Meal

I also made a veggie soup for lunch this week:

2 leeks

1 tbs olive oil
2 stalks of celery
1 carrot
1/2 yellow onion
1 carton (4 cups) of vegetable broth
spices (I used garlic, parsley, herb de Provence, salt and pepper)

Clean your leeks (How to clean leeks)

chop up your celery, carrot, onion and sauté in 1 tbs of olive oil until slightly softened

add in cleaned and sliced leeks and garlic

sauté 3 minutes more

add in broth and spices

cook on medium heat for 20 minutes

It's a completely plain soup.  But that is what I want.  Not a lot of fat.  No cheese or cream.  I just wanted a light soup to pair with a salad to get me through the week.

Baseball games should have started this week.  But due to an inordinate amount of rain, the games were cancelled.  I am going to have to adjust my menus once baseball starts.  It's hard to cook prior to the games but it's no fun eating dinner between 9-10 at night.  On week nights, I might make sub sandwiches and take them with us, but many games are on meatless Fridays and my people will not eat veggie subs.  Baseball season always adds an extra step to the weeks menu.  But I've been doing this for years, so I will figure it out.

What are you cooking this week?  Do you have anything that makes it hard to keep up with your menu?  

Have a Blessed Week Ahead!!

Easter, Spring Break, and so much more!

 Last week's Easter Sunday was really nice.  I will never take being able to go to church for granted again.  Last Easter was our first holiday back in church since Covid and I will never forget the feeling of churches being closed.  Our church wasn't as crowded as it usually is, but it was still quite crowded and decorated beautifully.  Easter dinner was the usual treats.  We had ham (Honeybaked), Delmonico potatoes, bacon wrapped green beans, 4 types of sausage (smoked Slovenian, smoked kielbasa, fresh kielbasa, and fresh Hungarian), and gluten free chocolate pudding pie for dessert.  The oldest came home from college for a few days and it was nice to have him with us.  But it's such a long drive just to be home for 48 hours.  Since the middle son will be at the same college next year, we are thinking that we may just drive down there instead of the boys driving up here.  But we'll see.

Baskets being blessed at church

We always have two baskets.  Too much food.

The two younger boys were on spring break last week, so it was a busy, yet relaxing week.  The little guy had baseball practice, he read to a horse again through our local library system, and I took him to the zoo.  They only have around a month of school left, but no one wants to go back (I'm sure the teachers are included).

I've also been planning the middle son's graduation party, ordered his senior pictures, and designed and ordered his announcements.  And I even started to purchase some of the things he will need for his dorm room.  It's a lot, but it's all good stuff.  Tomorrow is back to school, and we need to finish out this school year strong.

Holy Saturday

 

Good Friday

 

Holy Thursday

 

Wednesday Words

 

Holy Week

 Yesterday, Palm Sunday, began Holy Week.  This is the holiest time of the year for Catholics (yes, even over Christmas time).

Have a wonderful and blessed Holy Week.

Wednesday Words

 

Weekly Meal Plan 4/1/22 to 4/7/22: Feeding The Family

 Happy April!!  Does this year seem to be going by quickly to you?  I can't believe it's April already.  Slow Down 2022!!

This week I shopped at Aldi and at the market at Rothenbuhler Cheese.  I didn't plan on going to the cheese market, but as I drove by, I just had to stop. It's been a few years since I've been there.  I was actually able to get most of the things that I couldn't get at Aldi.  

Friday:  Garlic Butter Shrimp, rice with mushrooms, and veg

Saturday:  Salsbury Steak, baked potato, and veg

Sunday:  Swedish Meatballs, Italian Meatball Casserole, salad, veg, and bread

Monday:  Coconut Curry Ramen Soup, baked fish

Tuesday:  Chicken Divan, veg

Wednesday:  Garlic Butter Chicken Bites, potato, and veg

Thursday:  Clean up or burgers on the grill

I didn't buy any meat this week.  I'm using what I have in the freezer.  I'm also contemplating buying a half of cow (and splitting with a friend).  Grocery prices are crazy and there are so many shortages.  I already paid for my CSA this summer so vegetables will be taken care of (as long as the weather cooperates) but I'm wondering about what to do with the meat.  I just started researching the half a cow since the meat processor we used to use closed (there was a family squabble and they had to shut down which is too bad).  I will keep you posted on how all of that works out.

Have A Blessed Week!!