Celebrate St. Luke with a Simple Snack or Meal and More!

Whether you like snacking with the saints or celebrating with simple eats at meal time, I've got some ideas for celebrating the feast of St. Luke.

Since St. Luke is one of the Gospel writers, to snack with Saint Luke, simply get some gluten-free Nature's Bakery Fig Bars - or anything like them, cut off the edges on one side and etch crosses into them to make "Bibles".

Then, since St. Luke is often depicted as an ox with wings, pick all the cows out of some Annie's Bernie's Farm Fruit Snacks as "oxen" or use animal crackers or any other cookie or treat with an ox-type shape and put them on a plate.

Set these out with a St. Luke peg doll, image of Saint Luke, or similar, and you are good to go for snacking with Saint Luke!

Or, if you would like a meal instead of a snack, prepare some simple eats!

Last, year, my son made his own Name Day meal:

• scrambled burger, because St. Luke is patron to butchers (and my son loves red meat of any kind)

• "quill pasta", because St. Luke is patron to writers and artists.

Plus, whatever vegetable you like, which in my son's case was broccoli.

Whether going with a simple snack or an easy eats meal, it would be appropriate to read about St. Luke, read portions of the Gospel or retell  what you know about St. Luke would be appropriate.

You might also glean some ideas from the Celebrate St. Luke's Feast Day with Art, Music, and Poetry plans that I shared last year or from other past St. Luke posts.

Some of the things we did as activities during our celebrations last year were:

a picture study...

writing and sharing Letter Poems, and adding symbols of St. Luke into artwork.

Can you find a symbol in each of our drawings? They might include a winged ox, a winged calf, an ox, a picture of the Virgin, a palette and brushes, vials of medicine, physician's robes, an easel, a book and pen, hatchet, a wooden horse, books of his Gospel and of the Acts, a bishop, or someone painting an icon of our Lady.

Plans for all of our St. Luke art, music, and poetry activities are described in full detail here.

However you celebrate St. Luke's feast day, I pray that you have a faith-filled, fun, and meaningful time making memories as you live the liturgical year.

St. Luke, pray for us!