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stellamaris
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Posted: Sept 28 2009 at 1:15am \| IP Logged

I just realized that we will be on the road driving back and forth to our friend's funeral for the feast of the Archangels.

I was really looking forward to having a little celebration for this great feast, and I realized that, for a lot of reasons, being away from home for a liturgical feast day that I would like to highlight happens at least three or four times a year here. I'm looking for any pointers to help me celebrate liturgical feasts on the road. I'm just not creative enough to come up with any ideas except bringing a book along for them to read in the car. Any thoughts on this would be very helpful!

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Posted: Sept 28 2009 at 1:53am \| IP Logged

First thing I thought of was to check and see if there are any shrines, churches, etc. that are named for or dedicated to any of the archangels along your route. You could make a pilgrimage stop.

Look for images of angels (or references to angels, or the names Michael, Gabriel, Raphael) on the road (signs, billboards, bumperstickers, businesses, etc.)

Purchase some sort of blackberry treat that travels well for snack along the way. My children love blackberry IZZEs for this feast - a tradition we started last year and now will have to repeat indefinitely

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Posted: Sept 28 2009 at 12:48pm \| IP Logged

We're gone for weekend trips quite often. "Celebrating" means different things in different homes. I do make sure the books come along, and if we're somewhere we can attend Mass, we do.

And like Mary, we buy the treats on the road -- calling them feast-day treats. Home or away, I admit that eating out is my favorite way of celebrating.

For the Archangels, aren't there some Hostess cupcakes that are devil's food cakes? Or Little Debbie? Easy to take along.

And then in the car, coloring pages courtesy Charlotte. And I was thinking the same thing, playing games along the road about those names.

And your trip prayers include the St. Michael Prayer, Angel of God, Prayers to Raphael and Gabriel.

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Posted: Sept 28 2009 at 12:50pm \| IP Logged

Do your younger children like to color? Mine love coloring on long drives, and Charlotte has such a wonderful coloring page for this feast.

Oh and Mary! I was so excited to find the Izze drinks this year at Costco!! I better go and put them in the fridge for tomorrow!!

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Posted: Sept 28 2009 at 12:57pm \| IP Logged

OK I don't get it.. why Izze drinks for this feast in particular? just because? or is there a reason?

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Posted: Sept 28 2009 at 2:00pm \| IP Logged

JodieLyn wrote:

OK I don't get it.. why Izze drinks for this feast in particular? just because? or is there a reason?

It's not that they are IZZEs - it's that they are blackberry, and there aren't that many blackberry drinks available as it isn't common like other fruit flavors. My kids love IZZEs and the blackberry flavor is a favorite.

The blackberry is linked to the feast because of the story of Satan being kicked out of heaven and fell to earth landing on a prickly blackberry bush. Her cursed it and spit on it - so each year the tradition says this is the last day of the year to eat blackberries before they are bad.

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Posted: Sept 28 2009 at 2:01pm \| IP Logged

ah ha.. I was wondering if it was the blackberry.. that sounds like a lovely thing to do. Plus I LIKE the Izze drinks (though pomegranite is my favorite

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Posted: Sept 28 2009 at 2:09pm \| IP Logged

JennGM wrote:

For the Archangels, aren't there some Hostess cupcakes that are devil's food cakes? Or Little Debbie? Easy to take along.

This is such a great idea!! Don't forget to take along a plastic olive spear to spear the devil's food cake!

Could you do a quiz in the car? Which angel appeared to Mary? Which angel troubled the waters? etc? The Catholic Culture website has some great facts about the Archangels.

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JodieLyn wrote:

ah ha.. I was wondering if it was the blackberry.. that sounds like a lovely thing to do. Plus I LIKE the Izze drinks (though pomegranite is my favorite

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Yeah - maybe we can figure out a feast that is linked to pomegranite...

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Posted: Sept 28 2009 at 2:14pm \| IP Logged

MaryM wrote:

JodieLyn wrote:

ah ha.. I was wondering if it was the blackberry.. that sounds like a lovely thing to do. Plus I LIKE the Izze drinks (though pomegranite is my favorite

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Yeah - maybe we can figure out a feast that is linked to pomegranite...

Haha! That's easy -- the bursting pomegranate is a symbol of the Resurrection. Easter Izze drinks! Since the Resurrection is commemorated every Sunday...this could be your Sunday drink.

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JennGM wrote:

Haha! That's easy -- the bursting pomegranate is a symbol of the Resurrection. Easter Izze drinks! Since the Resurrection is commemorated every Sunday...this could be your Sunday drink.

Ooooh, great idea - especially the Sunday part, as I'm looking for those ways to focus Sunday after reflecting on this topic over the seekend.

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Posted: Sept 28 2009 at 2:17pm \| IP Logged

JennGM wrote:

MaryM wrote:

JodieLyn wrote:

ah ha.. I was wondering if it was the blackberry.. that sounds like a lovely thing to do. Plus I LIKE the Izze drinks (though pomegranate is my favorite

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Yeah - maybe we can figure out a feast that is linked to pomegranate...

Haha! That's easy -- the bursting pomegranate is a symbol of the Resurrection. Easter Izze drinks! Since the Resurrection is commemorated every Sunday...this could be your Sunday drink.

Oh my gosh that's brilliant! Jenn you are a genius--I love this idea! I like pomegranate.

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Posted: Sept 30 2009 at 3:09pm \| IP Logged

I wanted to thank everyone for all the great ideas! We found the Izze drinks, a big hit, and, of course, had to tell the story about the devil landing in the blackberry bush. We brought along a few angel picture books, prayed the St. Michael prayer before starting out (which, actually, we always do), and listened to "Panis Angelicus", which seemed to fit the theme. The highlight of our trip was purely a sweet gift from Jesus. Near Arlington, one of my ds's had to use the restroom (even though we had just done this) and the only one I knew in the area was in the St. Agnes Perpetual Adoration Chapel. So we went there, and, guess what? There are beautiful angels on either side of the altar (which I knew, but had forgotten about). So, when we went in to spend a few minutes with Jesus, we also got a wonderful image of the angels' highest purpose...praising God!
Thanks again all of you, and for your prayers, too, which I'm sure some of you kindly sent up for this trip.
God bless you all!

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Posted: Oct 01 2009 at 3:17am \| IP Logged

stellamaris wrote:

We found the Izze drinks, a big hit, and, of course, had to tell the story about the devil landing in the blackberry bush.

Glad you found them and enjoyed them! They are yummy.

Your traveling feast day sounds like it was quite nice.

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Posted: Oct 21 2009 at 10:00pm \| IP Logged

~Jessica~ wrote:

Oh and Mary! I was so excited to find the Izze drinks this year at Costco!! I better go and put them in the fridge for tomorrow!!

I found the IZZE variety pack at Costco - blackberry, clementine, and pomegranate

...can't wait to give them a try this weekend.

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