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Saint Patrick: a bold and true messenger for God, bringing the gospel and God's love to people who hated him. Patrick's life was full of danger, troubles and sorrow - like many of us, some of that pain he brought onto himself, but much of it was due to his passion for Jesus Christ.

I highly recommend listening to the Adventure's in Odyssey retelling of Saint Patrick's story. In their album "Day's to remember", it is a two part series. "Patrick; a heart afire".

I believe you can hear a different telling of the story here (I will add that i have not heard this version, if you are concerned about content, you will have to preview it yourself - and let me know if you do! :) okay? ) : At Story Nory




All I did: make dough in the morning. Set it to chill. Help roll the first two balls ( it is always the most difficult to roll at first, until the dough gets used to being pressed down ). Put full trays into and out of the oven.

The Kids : rolled, cut, peeled off the wax paper or table, put them on the trays, painted them with sugar-glaze once they were cooled.

I was super impressed with their independence on this project. THEY ARE GROWING UP!! :) wow. i was excited to see them succeed in this task. (disclaimer: mercy ONLY did the painting job!! haha) OOOOH, it was SOOOO fun!! we listened to the entire story of St. P as we did this job.... i love audio stories!! :)

Sugar glaze: again, i find myself baking with no icing sugar in the house, so i mixed a bit of green food coloring with plain old' white sugar and a drop of water. This makes the mix spreadable, yet sticky enough to hold to the cookie. And you can't get much more "Child-Friendly" than icing with a paintbrush, even the littlest ones can do it! :)




SO, wear GREEN on thursday, and remember that as Christians we are all called to love others with God's great love, even if it takes us to places we don't want to be, or around people that hate us. God's love is greater than these fears and limitations.