We hosted a pot-luck at our house the weekend before last. The theme was "Tapas" - Spanish appetizers. People came up with the most amazing recipes - we had a great time. We made our classic deviled eggs, but tried two new recipes - pinwheel sandwiches and stuffed strawberries. Others brought the most amazing creations - fried olives, Mexican casserole, bruschetta with prosciutto, Spanish cheeses, rhubarb crisp, fruit platters, bean and corn salad, mini cheesecake slices, country bread, shrimp and cocktail sauce, baby greens salad - an awesome feast.
This past weekend one of our friends invited us to a Pentecost Vigil Mass followed by a pot-luck. He is a Catholic priest, and very much into the Holy Spirit. The Pentecost is when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Mother of Christ and His Disciples, after the Resurrection. We celebrated Pentecost this past weekend as the end of the Easter season in the Church year (liturgical calendar).
The Mass was very intimate - a bunch of us crowded into a small basement room - scriptural readings, songs, prayers and meditations, plus the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. It made me think of the way Mass was once celebrated in the catacombs, where the Christians hid from their persecutors. Or like Christ and His Mother, hidden in a locked room for fear of those who might come and kill them...
It all ties together. Friends. Food. Christ and the Last Supper. There is so much of God and Church in our everyday lives. In the ordinary things that we do, we often don't realize who or in what way we are bringing Christ into the world.
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