{"id":8240,"date":"2015-03-03T08:09:51","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T14:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thankevann.com\/homeschoolgoodies\/?p=8240"},"modified":"2020-09-12T17:14:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T22:14:10","slug":"lenten-recipes-from-the-catholic-foodie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thankevann.com\/homeschoolgoodies\/?p=8240","title":{"rendered":"Lenten recipes from the Catholic Foodie"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve never heard of the Catholic Foodie<\/a> you are in for a treat! Jeff\u2019s motto is \u201c. . . Where food meets faith!\u201d He\u2019s all about offering Catholic culinary inspiration to help you grow in faith around the table.<\/p>\n

Right now the Catholic Foodie<\/a> is all about Lent. Here\u2019s Jeff’s\u00a0latest newsletter:<\/p>\n

Tired of fish sticks and tuna fish sandwiches on Fridays in Lent? Want something really yummy instead?<\/p>\n

On this\u00a0Lenten Friday<\/a>\u00a0I want to share 7 unique recipe ideas for you and your family<\/a>. Simple, easy, and tasty, these recipes will not only beckon your family to the table, they will keep them there\u2026 asking for more!<\/p>\n

But…\u00a0we need to keep our Lenten Fridays in perspective<\/i>.<\/b><\/p>\n

The fact is that faithfully adhering to our Lenten observances \u2013\u00a0truly, from the heart \u2013 can be a tricky business. It is so easy to abstain from meat on Fridays only to overindulge on seafood. It\u2019s especially easy to do that here in New Orleans where fresh seafood is abundant and there’s no lack of good chefs.<\/p>\n

But Pope Francis reminded us just last week that real fasting isn’t\u00a0just<\/i>\u00a0about restricting food choices\u2026 abstinence isn\u2019t\u00a0just<\/i>\u00a0about not eating meat on Fridays.\u00a0Real fasting and abstinence must also include cleansing the heart of all selfishness and making room in one’s life for those in need and those who have sinned and need healing.<\/p>\n

Lent, Pope Francis said, isn\u2019t about formal observance. We are called to go beyond formal observance to the heart. “It is not a good Christian who doesn’t do justice to the people who depend on him” and who does not “deprive himself of something essential for him in order to give it to another who is in need.”<\/p>\n

“This is the distinction between formal and real,” Pope Francis\u00a0said,\u00a0which Jesus underlined, too, when he condemned the Pharisees and doctors of the law, who adhered to “many external observances but without the truth of the heart.”<\/p>\n

What is the ultimate goal of fasting and abstinence? Charity. Charity towards God and charity toward neighbor, which Pope Francis reminds us is one in the same. \u201cWhoever does not love a brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen\u201d (1 John 4:20).<\/p>\n

The one thing that we can never fast from is charity.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

And charity begins at home. \u201cLove begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action,\u201d as\u00a0Blessed Mother Teresa<\/a>\u00a0used to say.<\/p>\n

Blessed Mother Teresa, always an advocate of charity and \u201cgiving till it hurts,\u201d frequently used to help would-be do-gooders put things in proper perspective, highlighting the fact that we are called first to love those closest to us. As she would say, \u201cWhat can you do to promote world peace? Go home and love your family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Loving those closest to us is not always easy, and yet that is the first thing we are called to. We need to learn to see Jesus in those closest to us\u2026 and learn to love him there.<\/p>\n

So what about those yummy Lenten Friday family meals?<\/i><\/p>\n

We can certainly cook something healthy and delicious for our families on Fridays in Lent. We just need to keep things in their proper perspective. The point is not the food. It’s the meal… the shared meal around the table where we share not only food, but our very selves with those we love.<\/p>\n

Cook up one of these delicious\u00a0meatless recipes<\/a>\u00a0this Lent and share it \u2013 and yourself! \u2013 with your family…\u00a0around the table<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Click here to get these 7 unique lenten\u00a0recipes (for free!): 7 Unique Lenten Recipes for Fridays in Lent<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bon appetit!<\/p>\n

Jeff Young<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now that your mouth is watering, head over to the Catholic Foodie<\/a> to start your faith-filled culinary adventure.<\/p>\n

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