Community Corner
Blessing of the Food on Holy Saturday [Photos]
Families brought baskets of Easter food to St. Vincent Ferrer Church on Saturday morning to receive a special blessing from Fr. Binny.
This blessing is a tradition dear to the hearts of many Polish families. As a token of their gratitude to God for all his gifts, they have the food of their table sanctified with the hope that spring will also be blessed by God’s goodness and mercy. Baskets containing a sampling of Easter foods are brought to church in a basket lined with white linen or a lace napkin and decorated with sprigs of boxwood, the typical Easter evergreen. The blessed foods include eggs, sausage (kielbasa) or ham, paschal lamb (made of butter, cake or even plaster), horseradish or pepper, salt, bread, vinegar and wine.
