Double Crumb Apple Crisp

INGREDENTS

2 cups oats

2 cups brown sugar

1 cup flour

1 Tbsp cinnamon

1 tsp salt

1 cup soft butter or margarine

1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)

14 apples, peeled and sliced (11 cups)

1/4 cup sugar plus 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Combine oats, sugar, flour, cinnamon, salt, and butter till crumbly. Mix in nuts if desired. Press about a third in the bottom of a 9×13″ pan. Spread apples over crust and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture. Sprinkle remaining crumb mixture evenly over the top. Bake at 350° for 40-50 minutes or till apples are tender. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.

Smoky Pork Cops

prep time: 15 minutes
cook time: 20 minutes
ready in: 35 minutes

makes: 4 servings, 10 oz. each

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons butter, divided
• 3 teaspoons olive oil, divided
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon crushed garlic
• 8 oz. sliced mushrooms
• 4 boneless pork chops, about 1 1/2 lb total

• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
• 2 cups diced tomatoes
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley

Steps

1. Heat 1 teaspoon each of butter and oil in large sauté pan over medium high heat. Add onion and garlic, sauté until lightly browned, remove from pan.
2. Add 1 teaspoon each of butter and oil, sauté mushrooms until browned, remove from pan.
3. Reduce heat to medium, season pork chops with salt, pepper and paprika. Add remaining oil to pan, brown pork chops, about 2 minutes on each side.
4. Add tomatoes, onions and mushrooms, reduce heat to low and cover pan. Simmer for 5 minutes or until chops reach internal temperature of 145°F. Sprinkle with parsley before serving.

Suggestion: Serve with cooked pasta and steamed asparagus.

Per serving: 330 calories, 18g fat, 6g saturated fat, 75mg cholesterol, 370mg sodium, 11g carbohydrate, 2g fiber, 5g sugars, 31g protein

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ST. PATRICK'S PRAYER

St. Patrick's prayer for the faithful captures the wonderful spirit that
made him Ireland's patron saint and one of the Church’s most beloved missionaries.
Born in Britain shortly before the 5th century, St. Patrick, pictured below, was taken captive to Ireland by raiders at the age of 16. He lived there for six years as a shepherd under harsh conditions and became intensely devoted to God in prayer, as he puts it, “because the spirit was then fervent within me.” Tradition has it that divine dreams inspired both his escape from captivity in Ireland and his return there later in his life as a bishop.
In this prayer he asks for God’s help in various ways:

May the Strength of God pilot us.
May the Power of God preserve us.
May the Wisdom of God instruct us.
May the Hand of God protect us.
May the Way of God direct us.
May the Shield of God defend us.
May the Host of God guard us.
Against the snares of the evil ones.
Against temptations of the world

May Christ be with us!
May Christ be before us!
May Christ be in us,
Christ be over all!
May Thy Salvation, Lord,
Always be ours,
This day, O Lord, and evermore. Amen.
St. Patrick's prayer no doubt helped him in his missionary efforts. Although he faced his share of resistance, St. Patrick was so successful in preaching the gospel and organizing the Church in Ireland that he is largely credited with converting the Irish to Christianity.
His emblems are the snakes that legends claim he drove out of Ireland
and the Shamrock he used to great effect to explain the Holy Trinity.
(This is a wonderful illustration of three distinct entities, the three leaves of the clover, making up one shamrock, much like the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit constitute One God!)
St. Patrick's prayer for the faithful, much like the famous Breastplate prayer also attributed to him, can truly inspire us to ask for divine assistance in living our faith each day.
As Our Lord said in Matthew's gospel, if our requests are in accordance with His will, “ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you” (7:6). The “Strength of God” mentioned in the first line of this prayer should give us strength indeed!