Our "adopted" son, Br. Juan Pablo is preparing to take his first vows on July 24, 2009 at 6pm, main altar of Our Lady's "Casita" in Mexico City. He and the other novices will be on a 30 day retreat in Monterrey until July 20th. Some excerpts from his recent letter follow:
"My brothers and fathers are all well ~ behaving! and outside of silence and prayer we pretty much laugh all the time. By now we are so aware of each others' cultural and personal differences that we can just be and laugh about it. Certainly, Our Lord calls the broken to serve the broken."
"Our father co-founder, Fr. Joseph Langford, MC, will be visiting us for two weeks to give us a very special seminar on the charism and Our Lady. :) He is a suffering soul in much pain so it is a miracle for us that he is able to come before we leave. Pray for him also, please."
"So time is flying~ in mid June we will travel to Monterrey for the 30 day exercises, but I am happy we will be here during May to celebrate with Our Lady and Mother. This (Easter) week of Octave ( as in Christmas) we have cultural nights so we all get to cook the food of our countries. This time Andres and I (thank God there's 2 of us) prepared Colombian tamales and plantain "aborrajados"~ one of my favorites ~ so I will share the recipe - very simple.
Colombian Aborrajados
1 ripe (quite ripe) plantain, like almost black
1/2 lb of stringy type cheese
Guava paste - (sweet style candy)
4 eggs, beaten
~1/2 cup flour
1/2 teaspon of salt
1 spoon of sugar
1/2 cup of milk
oil
*the amounts vary, especially w/ the flour ~ follow your mother instinct
Cut plantain in 1 inch pieces and fry them til they are golden.
Squeeze them into flat cakes and put some cheese and guavea paste to make a sandwich sealed on all sides.
Mix eggs, milk, flour, salt, and sugar until thick and then...
Bathe the little sandwiches in the mix and fry them on both sides until delicious.
*Be careful! Guava or whatever you use will be very hot! But delicious!
Let me know how it works in Texas."
Please pray for Br. Juan Pablo and all religious.
"My brothers and fathers are all well ~ behaving! and outside of silence and prayer we pretty much laugh all the time. By now we are so aware of each others' cultural and personal differences that we can just be and laugh about it. Certainly, Our Lord calls the broken to serve the broken."
"Our father co-founder, Fr. Joseph Langford, MC, will be visiting us for two weeks to give us a very special seminar on the charism and Our Lady. :) He is a suffering soul in much pain so it is a miracle for us that he is able to come before we leave. Pray for him also, please."
"So time is flying~ in mid June we will travel to Monterrey for the 30 day exercises, but I am happy we will be here during May to celebrate with Our Lady and Mother. This (Easter) week of Octave ( as in Christmas) we have cultural nights so we all get to cook the food of our countries. This time Andres and I (thank God there's 2 of us) prepared Colombian tamales and plantain "aborrajados"~ one of my favorites ~ so I will share the recipe - very simple.
Colombian Aborrajados
1 ripe (quite ripe) plantain, like almost black
1/2 lb of stringy type cheese
Guava paste - (sweet style candy)
4 eggs, beaten
~1/2 cup flour
1/2 teaspon of salt
1 spoon of sugar
1/2 cup of milk
oil
*the amounts vary, especially w/ the flour ~ follow your mother instinct
Cut plantain in 1 inch pieces and fry them til they are golden.
Squeeze them into flat cakes and put some cheese and guavea paste to make a sandwich sealed on all sides.
Mix eggs, milk, flour, salt, and sugar until thick and then...
Bathe the little sandwiches in the mix and fry them on both sides until delicious.
*Be careful! Guava or whatever you use will be very hot! But delicious!
Let me know how it works in Texas."
Please pray for Br. Juan Pablo and all religious.
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