Helen Steiner Rice, "An Easter Prayer" “You bless the Earth and abundance flows in its pastures; grant that by your blessing our fields may yield the food we need. For this we pray.” ...

A lot of Easter traditions are connected to food – no meat on Good Friday is a remainder of the numerous fasting days in centuries past; the blessing of Easter baskets on Holy Saturday underlines the ...

9 a.m. March 31 — Holy Saturday morning prayer with Swieconka, a blessing of Easter Food Baskets. No 5:30 p.m. Mass. 8 p.m. Great Vigil of Easter Mass. • 7, 9 and 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., April ...