January 21, St. Agnes
To Eat: You could make a lamb cake, especially if you had a lamb pan.Agnes sounds like “lamb” in Latin so this came to be her symbol.Her name also means “pure” in Greek.If you don’t have a lamb pan, it can be made by cutting out a sheet cake to look like a lamb and cover it with white frosting, coconut. This baking experiment can be a practice run for a lamb cake when Easter comes. Or you could try these "Lamb Sandwiches" http://littlecooksreadingbooks.com/2014/03/19/lambwich-sandwich/
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To Do: Here is a short biography from HolySpiritInteractive.net to read to you family:
St. Agnes was a Roman girl who loved Jesus so much that she chose only him for her husband. She was very beautiful and when she was just twelve years old, many young men wished to marry her. But as Agnes had given her heart to Jesus, she would always say, "Jesus is my only husband." She even turned down the governor's son, who became very angry. He tried to win her affection with gifts and promises but Agnes said to him, "I am already promised to the Lord." Agnes was accused of being a Christian and brought to the governor. Then she was taken to a Roman temple in Minerva (Athena), and asked to sacrifice to pagan gods. When Agnes was led to the altar, she made the Sign of the Cross. The governor tried to scare her by putting her in chains, but even then she refused to turn against God. Agnes suffered other tortures. Finally, she was condemned and killed for her faith at the young age of twelve in 304. St. Ambrose and other well-known early Church saints have written about this brave girl. Agnes is buried in a cemetery named after her. In 354, Emperor Constantine's daughter built a large church there and had Agnes' body placed under the altar. |
To Pray:
Collect: Almighty ever-living God, who choose what is weak in the world to confound the strong, mercifully grant, that we, who celebrate the heavenly birthday of your Martyr Saint Agnes, may follow her constancy in the faith. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.
To Color: the beautiful picture of St. Agnes from Waltzing Matilda’s webpage:http://tiredtwang.blogspot.com/p/coloring-pages-month.html
Collect: Almighty ever-living God, who choose what is weak in the world to confound the strong, mercifully grant, that we, who celebrate the heavenly birthday of your Martyr Saint Agnes, may follow her constancy in the faith. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.
To Color: the beautiful picture of St. Agnes from Waltzing Matilda’s webpage:http://tiredtwang.blogspot.com/p/coloring-pages-month.html