Polish parishioners have shared this early-medieval
tradition with our Anglo community. This year, I adopted this richly symbolic
custom and prepared my first Święconka, meaning
the blessing of the Easter Baskets.
The Baskets contain a sampling of Easter foods
to be blessed on Holy Saturday for gatherings on Easter Sunday. The food in the Polish Easter Basket is similar to the Jewish Passover Menu.
Blessings to all your Easter food too!
The foods in the baskets have a symbolic meaning as follow:
Eggs - symbolize life and Christ's resurrection
Bread - symbolic of Jesus
Lamb - represents Christ
Salt - represents purification.
Horseradish - symbolic of the bitter sacrifice of Christ
Ham - symbolic of great joy and abundance
We are all connected in one way or another in faith and traditions.
This year, I selected these
readings to celebrate diverse traditions during Easter's Sunday:
Read: Tekla’s Easter (1962) and Catherine’s Pascha (2015) Children's Stories.
Both books tell the
story of one little girl who is celebrating Easter.
The Eastern and Western
point of view had one thing in common:
Celebrate Easter with family and
church community.
For More Reviews visit: http://www.catherinespascha.com/teklas-easter-a-review/
For
dessert what about and individual Easter Bread?
For Recipe Visit: http://christinascucina.com/2012/04/individual-italian-easter-bread.html
Lovely tradition to share with family and friends.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful Polish tradition. I'm going to share this with my nephew, Elijah to do this in memory of his mother.
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely Janet. Thank you for letting me know. She will be in my prayers too.
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