DESSERT MENU FOR PENTECOST SUNDAY.
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THE HOLY SPIRIT |
Fruit Salad is often used as
a dessert for Pentecost Sunday. It is made from 12 fruits to represent the 12
Fruits of the Holy Spirit which are: Charity, Generosity, Joy, Gentleness,
Peace, Faithfulness, Patience, Modesty, Kindness, Self-Control, Goodness and
Chasity.
The fruit salad can be made
using both dried fruits such as currants, raisins, dates and tinned fruits as
well as fresh fruits. These are then combined with a syrup made with sugar and
water and perhaps a dash of your favourite liqueur.
Another name for Pentecost
Sunday is its traditional name' Whitsunday' which commemorated the white robes
worn by the newly baptised on this day. Two other traditional desserts served
therefore are white food-meringues or a sponge cake topped with white icing.
Regardless of whether you
choose these traditional Pentecost desserts or not, it is important to remember
that a new chapter began at Pentecost, and the Apostles started to take the
Gospel of salvation to the whole world. This is also our task.
Pentecost ends the liturgical season of Eastertide, but it marks the birthday
of the Church.
The message of Easter and of
the Church is not something meant to be kept to ourselves, rather it is the
glorious news that we must take to everyone : the love of God, the forgiveness
of sins, and the redemption of the human race. . May the Holy
Spirit bless you abundantly.
Happy Birthday to all believers.
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