{"id":1726,"date":"2020-04-28T07:40:23","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T11:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=1726"},"modified":"2020-05-02T10:24:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T14:24:15","slug":"194-the-50-day-feast-breaks-the-blues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=1726","title":{"rendered":"194- The 50 Day Feast Breaks the Blues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><em><strong>Green Arrow = Play Podcast<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/14173760\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/stats-code\/season17-10\/\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Great 50 Day Eastertime Feast Breaks the Blues of Corona19 and Can Be A Time of Hidden Joy while Sheltering in Place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:21px\"><a href=\"mailto:nikossteves@gmail.com\">Let Me Know How You Are Handling &#8216;Sheltering In Place&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/culture\/liturgicalyear\/activities\/view.cfm?id=1233\">Details &amp; History about the 50 Day Feast Celebration (CatholicCulture.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:19px\">IDEAS FOR THE GREAT 50 DAY FEAST TO CELEBRATE CHRIST HAS RISEN (while sheltering in place)<br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foryourmarriage.org\/why-do-we-celebrate-easter-for-50-days\/\">Some ideas are from the website <em>For Your Marriage<\/em> (this links to their site)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Decorate your house for the season! Place fresh flowers on your table and mantle \u2013 you can even place flowers on crucifixes in your house. Frame or write out a quote from one of the Gospels and display it somewhere prominent.<\/li><li>Continue with spiritual resolutions, such as reading the Scriptures together as a family. <\/li><li>As the weather warms, plant a garden together to commemorate Easter morning, where Mary Magdalene found Christ in the garden.<\/li><li>Consider reading Acts of the Apostles or some of the New Testament letters as a family during this liturgical season.<\/li><li>The Easter season is a time of celebration! The <a href=\"https:\/\/rosaryarmy.newevangelizers.com\/prayers\/scriptural-rosary-glorious-mysteries\/\">Glorious Mysteries<\/a> of the Rosary are particularly fitting for this time. Pray a decade as a family each week night.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"735\" height=\"734\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Liturgical_year.svg_.png\" alt=\"Pie chart example of the sections of the church's liturgical year\" class=\"wp-image-448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Liturgical_year.svg_.png 735w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Liturgical_year.svg_-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Liturgical_year.svg_-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Example of the Liturgical year (2014)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Catch up with a neighbor over the fence (6&#8242; distance)<br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Look for 5 different kinds of birds in your area<br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See how many animals you see in your yard in twenty minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Count the different types of flowers from your yard\/window\nfrom 1 spot <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Count the different trees in your view<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Look at old Family photos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grill out<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ver-1976.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of text for Encapsulement Blues that I wrote in July 1976\" data-id=\"1753\" data-link=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?attachment_id=1753\" class=\"wp-image-1753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ver-1976.jpg 640w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ver-1976-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ver-2020-1.jpg\" alt=\"photo of text for Encapsulement Blues- my update April 2020\" data-id=\"1756\" data-link=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?attachment_id=1756\" class=\"wp-image-1756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ver-2020-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ver-2020-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0Encapsulement Blues- Original\u00a0 penned 1976,\u00a0 New verse- March 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:44px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I value feedback through the comments section here<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OR- Better via email at <a href=\"mailto:NikosSteves@gmail.com\">NikosSteves@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constant Procession tells of key apparitions of the Virgin Mary since she\npassed on from the world and how she serves humanity through Christianity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The origin of these podcasts began with my book <em>Constant Procession.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(An e-book copy of the book can be found here on the website.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constant Procession; the podcast; is published here every Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve read the entire book from cover to cover (Installments 93-110)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=516\">To listen from Installment\n93<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Great 50 Day Eastertime Feast Breaks the Blues of Corona19 and Can Be A Time of Hidden Joy while Sheltering in Place. Let Me Know How You Are Handling &#8216;Sheltering In Place&#8217; Details &amp; History about the 50 Day Feast Celebration (CatholicCulture.org) IDEAS FOR THE GREAT 50 DAY FEAST TO CELEBRATE CHRIST HAS RISEN &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/?p=1726\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;194- The 50 Day Feast Breaks the Blues&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nikossteves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}