Tag: harvest feast

• Mint carpet for the Assumption

  

  Historically, church aisles would be carpeted with mint for the Assumption – as parishioners walked across the mint, every footstep released fragrance. What a beautiful, tangible way of calling to mind the Assumption of Mary! A few years ago, we began folding this fragrant tradition into our home. We harvest fresh mint from our fields […]

  Hearthstone Fables

  August 16, 2022

  Assumption Traditions, Ordinary Time II

  church calendar, farm life, first fruits, harvest feast, herbs, liturgical calendar, liturgical living, Marian feasts, mint, Our Lady, seasonal