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  • 067 - We're back! All Saints (and a couple broken bones)
    Oct 31 2025

    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

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    34 min
  • 066 - Soberish Septuagesima
    Feb 21 2025

    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

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    24 min
  • 065 - Lingering Questions About the Magi & Dueling Cocktails
    Jan 9 2025

    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

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    31 min
  • 064 - St Cecilia and a Jam Cocktail
    Nov 22 2024

    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

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    30 min
  • 063 - St Raphael | Book of Tobit | Help Mike Name This Drink
    Oct 24 2024

    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 podcast@drinkingwiththesaints.com 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

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    30 min
  • 062 - St. Wenceslaus and Pilsner Beer’s Origins
    Sep 28 2024

    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 podcast@drinkingwiththesaints.com

    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

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    23 min
  • 061 - Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Liebfraumilch Wine
    Sep 5 2024

    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 podcast@drinkingwiththesaints.com

    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

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    26 min
  • 060 - Lammas Day and Other "-mas" Days | Wheat Beer
    Aug 1 2024
    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: 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 Twelfthmas Day, Epiphany, January 6 (Anglo-Saxons; see Parker, WITW, 80) Candlemas, The Purification of the BVM, February 2--from the blessing of candles on this day Ladymas, The Annunciation of the BVM, March 25 (although it can also pertain to just about any Marian feast) Georgemas, St. George, April 23 Crouchmas, “Cross Mass,” the Feast of the Finding of the Holy Cross, May 3 Johnsmas, St. John the Baptist, June 24 Petermas, St. Peter [and St. Paul], June 29. Originally, though, it was the Feast of St. Peter in Chains, August 1 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 Marymass or Marymas (aka Lady-Day-in-Harvest), The Assumption of the BVM, August 15 Ellenmas, St. Helen, August 18 [1] 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 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 Michaelmas, St. Michael the Archangel, September 29 Lukesmas, St. Luke, October 18 Hallowmas, All Saints’ Day, November 1 Saumas, All Souls’ Day, November 2 (not to be confused with a “Soul Mass,” i.e., a Requiem Mass) Martinmas or Martlemas, St. Martin of Tours, November 11 Andrewmass or Andermas, St. Andrew, November 30 Christmas or Christenmas, December 25 Childermas, Holy Innocents, December 28 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. We would love to hear from you! Send us an email with your comments or feedback to podcast@drinkingwiththesaints.com 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
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    25 min