Drinking With The Saints

Drinking With The Saints

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Drinking With The Saints episodes

  • 067 - We're back! All Saints (and a couple broken bones)

    Mike and Alexandra return to the podcast with stories, laughter, and a hearty Manhattan in hand!

    After a long hiatus, they catch up on a whirlwind year and turn their attention to the joy and meaning of All Saints Day.


    In this episode they discuss:
    ● A year of trials and blessings (and one very dramatic broken leg)
    ● The origin and purpose of All Saints Day
    ● Why All Saints was moved from May to November
    ● How the feast celebrates every saint, canonized or not
    ● The beauty of the traditional Collect for All Saints
    ● A reflection on gratitude, perseverance, and grace under pressure


    Drink of the Week: The Manhattan
    1½ oz. bourbon
    ¾ oz. sweet vermouth
    Cherry for garnish

    Stir all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a cherry and raise a toast to Mother Cabrini, patroness of Manhattan!

    Books Mentioned:
    ● My Drinking and Dining with the Saints Journal
    ● Abstaining with the Saints: No and Low Alcoholic Beverages for Sober Souls

    Prayer:
    “Stay with us O Lord because it is getting toward evening. Bless our drinks and our conversation. Amen.”

    Find more at:
    drinkingwiththesaints.com
    Instagram @drinkingsaints

    Produced by Back Row Media
    backrow.fm
    Instagram @backrowmedia

    Find the Books:
    Drinking with the Saints
    Drinking with St. Nick
    Drinking with Your Patron Saints
    Why We Kiss Under the Mistletoe: Christmas Traditions Explained
    Dining with the Saints
    Lost in Translation: Meditating on the Orations of the Traditional Roman Rite

    35 min
  • 066 - Soberish Septuagesima

    Mike and Alexandra discuss:

    • Septuagesima

    • The burying of the A-word

    • Why “sober-ish?”

    • The 3 phases of Septuagesima

    • Join in on our Sodality! See below.

    Drink of the Week: Sentia Gaba Black

    Join in the Soberish Septuagesima Sodality! Follow along at:

    drinkingwiththesaints.com/soberish-septuagesima

    Instagram @drinkingsaints

    Facebook facebook.com/dwsaints

    Join Us on Pilgrimage! June 2025 "Liturgical Living Along the Rhine River" through the Netherlands, Germany, and France. SEE FULL DETAILS HERE

    AND MORE CRUISE DETAILS HERE

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    “Stay with us O Lord because it is getting toward evening. Bless our drinks and our conversation. Amen”

    Find more at:

    https://drinkingwiththesaints.com/

    Instagram @drinkingsaints

    Produced by Back Row Media 

    backrow.fm

    Instagram @backrowmedia

    Find the Books:

    Drinking with the Saints 

    Drinking with St. Nick

    Drinking with Your Patron Saints

    Why We Kiss Under the Mistletoe: Christmas Traditions Explained

    Dining with the Saints

    Lost in Translation: Meditating on the Orations of the Traditional Roman Rite

    24 min
  • 065 - Lingering Questions About the Magi & Dueling Cocktails

    In this post-Epiphany episode, Mike and Alexandra discuss:

    • Each comes up with a drink to represent the three gifts of the Magi. Which will turn out better?

    • Mike has some lingering questions about the Magi

    • The Epiphany blessing and chalking

      • Drink of the Week #1: Mike’s Original Epiphany Cocktail

      Golden Cinnamon Schnapps

      White Rum

      Grapefruit Bitters

      Combine ingredients in a shaker full of ice. Shake 40 times. Strain into a cocktail glass.

      Drink of the Week #2: Alexandra’s Original Epiphany Cocktail

      Fig Jam

      ½ of a clementine orange

      2 oz Bourbon

      Cardamom Bitters 

      Muddle the orange. Combine jam, orange, and bourbon in a shaker without ice. Dry shake 40 times. Add bitters, then add ice, and shake with star anise. Strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with anise.

      Join Us on Pilgrimage! June 2025 "Liturgical Living Along the Rhine River" through the Netherlands, Germany, and France. SEE FULL DETAILS HERE

      AND MORE CRUISE DETAILS HERE

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      “Stay with us O Lord because it is getting toward evening. Bless our drinks and our conversation. Amen”

      Find more at:

      https://drinkingwiththesaints.com/

      Instagram @drinkingsaints

      Produced by Back Row Media 

      backrow.fm

      Instagram @backrowmedia

      Find the Books:

      Drinking with the Saints 

      Drinking with St. Nick

      Drinking with Your Patron Saints

      Why We Kiss Under the Mistletoe: Christmas Traditions Explained

      Dining with the Saints

      Lost in Translation: Meditating on the Orations of the Traditional Roman Rite

      32 min
    • 064 - St Cecilia and a Jam Cocktail

      Mike and Alexandra discuss:

      • St. Cecilia’s story

      • Marcus Aurelius and stoic philosophy

      • St. Cecilia’s incorruptible body

        • Drink of the Week: An original cocktail for St. Cecilia

        1 mostly empty jar of jam

        ½ grapefruit

        4 oz. bourbon

        Squeeze the grapefruit into the jam jar, and then add the bourbon. Put the jam jar lid on and shake forty times. Transfer to a low ball glass with ice.

        Join Us on Pilgrimage! June 2025 "Liturgical Living Along the Rhine River" through the Netherlands, Germany, and France. SEE FULL DETAILS HERE

        AND MORE CRUISE DETAILS HERE

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        “Stay with us O Lord because it is getting toward evening. Bless our drinks and our conversation. Amen”

        Find more at:

        https://drinkingwiththesaints.com/

        Instagram @drinkingsaints

        Produced by Back Row Media 

        backrow.fm

        Instagram @backrowmedia

        Find the Books:

        Drinking with the Saints 

        Drinking with St. Nick

        Drinking with Your Patron Saints

        Why We Kiss Under the Mistletoe: Christmas Traditions Explained

        Dining with the Saints

        Lost in Translation: Meditating on the Orations of the Traditional Roman Rite

        31 min
      • 063 - St Raphael | Book of Tobit | Help Mike Name This Drink

        Mike and Alexandra discuss:

        • Abstaining with the Saints

        • The deuterocanonical books of the Bible

        • The story of Tobit, Tobias, and St. Raphael

        • The Nights of Tobias on your wedding night

          • Drink of the Week: Help us name this mocktail for Abstaining with the Saints!

          1 oz. Passionfruit Syrup

          ½ oz. Lemon Juice

          Lots of Bitters

          Sparkling Water

          Combine all ingredients in a highball glass and add ice.

          Send us your mocktail name ideas to [email protected] or on Instagram @drinkingsaints

          Join Us on Pilgrimage! June 2025 "Liturgical Living Along the Rhine River" through the Netherlands, Germany, and France. SEE FULL DETAILS HERE

          AND MORE CRUISE DETAILS HERE

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          “Stay with us O Lord because it is getting toward evening. Bless our drinks and our conversation. Amen”

          Find more at:

          https://drinkingwiththesaints.com/

          Instagram @drinkingsaints

          Produced by Back Row Media 

          backrow.fm

          Instagram @backrowmedia

          Find the Books:

          Drinking with the Saints 

          Drinking with St. Nick

          Drinking with Your Patron Saints

          Why We Kiss Under the Mistletoe: Christmas Traditions Explained

          Dining with the Saints

          Lost in Translation: Meditating on the Orations of the Traditional Roman Rite

          31 min
        • 062 - St. Wenceslaus and Pilsner Beer’s Origins

          Mike and Alexandra discuss:

          • The story of Wenceslaus

          • The hymn associated with Wenceslaus

          • Wenceslaus’s association with beer and wine and his connection to the origins of  pilsener beer

            • Drink of the Week: 

            Pilsner Urquel

            Join Us on Pilgrimage! June 2025 "Liturgical Living Along the Rhine River" through the Netherlands, Germany, and France. SEE FULL DETAILS HERE

            AND MORE CRUISE DETAILS HERE

            We would love to hear from you! Send us an email with your comments or feedback to [email protected] 

            Let us know what you think, or share a picture of your drinks with us! Find us on Instagram at @drinkingsaints

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            “Stay with us O Lord because it is getting toward evening. Bless our drinks and our conversation. Amen”

            Find more at:

            https://drinkingwiththesaints.com/

            Instagram @drinkingsaints

            Produced by Back Row Media 

            backrow.fm

            Instagram @backrowmedia

            Find the Books:

            Drinking with the Saints 

            Drinking with St. Nick

            Drinking with Your Patron Saints

            Why We Kiss Under the Mistletoe: Christmas Traditions Explained

            Dining with the Saints

            Lost in Translation: Meditating on the Orations of the Traditional Roman Rite

            23 min
          • 061 - Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Liebfraumilch Wine

            Mike and Alexandra discuss:

            • Liebfraumilch wine and its origins

            • The feast of the Nativity and other feasts of birthdays

            • The most charming blessing in the Roman liturgy 

            • The connections between the feast of Mary’s nativity and the harvest

              • Drink of the Week: 

              Liebfraumilch wine

              Join Us on Pilgrimage! June 2025 "Liturgical Living Along the Rhine River" through the Netherlands, Germany, and France. SEE FULL DETAILS HERE

              AND MORE CRUISE DETAILS HERE

              We would love to hear from you! Send us an email with your comments or feedback to [email protected] 

              Let us know what you think, or share a picture of your drinks with us! Find us on Instagram at @drinkingsaints

              - - - - -

              “Stay with us O Lord because it is getting toward evening. Bless our drinks and our conversation. Amen”

              Find more at:

              https://drinkingwiththesaints.com/

              Instagram @drinkingsaints

              Produced by Back Row Media 

              backrow.fm

              Instagram @backrowmedia

              Find the Books:

              Drinking with the Saints 

              Drinking with St. Nick

              Drinking with Your Patron Saints

              Why We Kiss Under the Mistletoe: Christmas Traditions Explained

              Dining with the Saints

              Lost in Translation: Meditating on the Orations of the Traditional Roman Rite

              27 min
            • 060 - Lammas Day and Other "-mas" Days | Wheat Beer

              Mike and Alexandra explore an unofficial feast of the liturgical calendar to discuss:

              • Nonalcoholic beer

              • Sour beer

              • Wheat beer

              • The origin of Lammas Day

              • -mas Days

                • Drinks of the Week: 

                Martin House Brewing Company “Key Lime Pie Sour Ale”

                Athletic Brewing Company “Atlética”

                “Mas” Holidays

                The definitions of these words, in chronological order, are:

                1. Uphalimass, Epiphany, January 6--“up” can mean "completed, over" and “hali” is short for haliday or holiday. Epiphany is the end of the Christmas holidays

                2. Twelfthmas Day, Epiphany, January 6 (Anglo-Saxons; see Parker, WITW, 80)

                3. Candlemas, The Purification of the BVM, February 2--from the blessing of candles on this day

                4. Ladymas, The Annunciation of the BVM, March 25 (although it can also pertain to just about any Marian feast)

                5. Georgemas, St. George, April 23

                6. Crouchmas, “Cross Mass,” the Feast of the Finding of the Holy Cross, May 3

                7. Johnsmas, St. John the Baptist, June 24

                8. Petermas, St. Peter [and St. Paul], June 29. Originally, though, it was the Feast of St. Peter in Chains, August 1

                9. Lammas, “Loaf Mass”, August 1. Lammas Day was never officially on the calendar, but it was still a big deal in England and Ireland, when a loaf made from the first grains of the harvest was taken to church and blessed

                10. Marymass or Marymas (aka Lady-Day-in-Harvest), The Assumption of the BVM, August 15

                11. Ellenmas, St. Helen, August 18 [1]

                12. Latter Marymass. The Nativity of the BVM, September 8. If Assumption Day is the first Mary Mass of the season, Mary’s birthday is the occasion for the “later Mary Mass”--at least before the institution of the Feast of the Seven Sorrows of the BVM on September 15 centuries later

                13. Roodmas, The Exaltation of the Holy Cross, September 14.  A “rood” is a crucifix placed on top of a rood screen, that is, lifted high or exalted, as in the "Dream of the Rood". It's amazing how precise our language can be about crosses

                14. Michaelmas, St. Michael the Archangel, September 29

                15. Lukesmas, St. Luke, October 18

                16. Hallowmas, All Saints’ Day, November 1

                17. Saumas, All Souls’ Day, November 2 (not to be confused with a “Soul Mass,” i.e., a Requiem Mass)

                18. Martinmas or Martlemas, St. Martin of Tours, November 11

                19. Andrewmass or Andermas, St. Andrew, November 30

                20. Christmas or Christenmas, December 25

                21. Childermas, Holy Innocents, December 28

                22. Kermas or Kermis, a “church Mass,” that is, the anniversary of the dedication of a church. The term quickly migrated to an “annual fair or carnival, characterized by much noisy merry-making” or, in the U.S., a festival held for charitable purposes.

                  23. We would love to hear from you! Send us an email with your comments or feedback to [email protected] 

                  Let us know what you think, or share a picture of your drinks with us! Find us on Instagram at @drinkingsaints

                  - - - - -

                  “Stay with us O Lord because it is getting toward evening. Bless our drinks and our conversation. Amen”

                  Find more at:

                  https://drinkingwiththesaints.com/

                  Instagram @drinkingsaints

                  Produced by Back Row Media 

                  backrow.fm

                  Instagram @backrowmedia

                  Find the Books:

                  Drinking with the Saints 

                  Drinking with St. Nick

                  Drinking with Your Patron Saints

                  Why We Kiss Under the Mistletoe: Christmas Traditions Explained

                  Dining with the Saints

                  Lost in Translation: Meditating on the Orations of the Traditional Roman Rite

                  26 min
                23. 059 - The Mystical Feasts and Dusting Off Banana Liqueur

                  Mike and Alexandra break from the liturgical calendar to discuss:

                  • Banana liqueur

                  • Listener feedback

                  • A newly approved Marian apparition

                  • Mike invents a new category of feast days

                  • What is the Sabbatine Privilege?

                    • Drink of the Week: Sabbatine Privilege, revised

                    1 oz. banana liqueur

                    1½ oz. dark rum

                    ½ oz. cream


                    Pour all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake forty times. Strain into an old-fashioned glass filled with ice and serve.


                    Join Us on Pilgrimage! June 2025 "Liturgical Living Along the Rhine River" through the Netherlands, Germany, and France. FULL DETAILS HERE


                    We would love to hear from you! Send us an email with your comments or feedback to [email protected] 

                    Let us know what you think, or share a picture of your drinks with us! Find us on Instagram at @drinkingsaints

                    - - - - -

                    “Stay with us O Lord because it is getting toward evening. Bless our drinks and our conversation. Amen”

                    Find more at:

                    https://drinkingwiththesaints.com/

                    Instagram @drinkingsaints

                    Produced by Back Row Media 

                    backrow.fm

                    Instagram @backrowmedia

                    Find the Books:

                    Drinking with the Saints 

                    Drinking with St. Nick

                    Drinking with Your Patron Saints

                    Why We Kiss Under the Mistletoe: Christmas Traditions Explained

                    Dining with the Saints

                    Lost in Translation: Meditating on the Orations of the Traditional Roman Rite

                    38 min
                  • 058 - St. Damien and Our Visit to Moloka’i

                    Mike and Alexandra break from the liturgical calendar to discuss:

                    • Their trip to Hawaii

                    • Leprosy and the leper colony that still exists on Molokai

                    • The work of St. Damien on Molokai

                      • Drink of the Week: The St. Damien Cocktail, amplified

                      1 ½ oz. gin

                      ¾ oz. pineapple juice

                      ¼ oz. lemon juice

                      ¼ oz. grenadine

                      1 pineapple chunk and 1 cherry for garnish

                      1 splash soda water (optional)


                      Pour all liquid ingredients into a shaker filled with ice and shake forty times. Strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with pineapple and cherry. Add sparkling water if desired.


                      Mike’s article on St. Damien: https://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2024/06/the-cordocentrism-of-father-damien-and.html


                      We would love to hear from you! Send us an email with your comments or feedback to [email protected] 


                      Let us know what you think, or share a picture of your drinks with us! Find us on Instagram at @drinkingsaints

                      - - - - -

                      “Stay with us O Lord because it is getting toward evening. Bless our drinks and our conversation. Amen”


                      Find more at:

                      https://drinkingwiththesaints.com/

                      Instagram @drinkingsaints


                      Produced by Back Row Media 

                      backrow.fm

                      Instagram @backrowmedia


                      Find the Books:

                      Drinking with the Saints 

                      Drinking with St. Nick

                      Drinking with Your Patron Saints

                      Why We Kiss Under the Mistletoe: Christmas Traditions Explained

                      Dining with the Saints

                      Lost in Translation: Meditating on the Orations of the Traditional Roman Rite

                      29 min

                    About Drinking With The Saints

                    From the publisher's feed

                    Mix the Bartender’s Guide and Lives of the Saints, shake well, and garnish with good cheer!