Fresh Eggs + Poor Clares = A Sunny Wedding Day?

It's that time of year....wedding season! With all of these tropical storms coming through every other weekend, what bride wouldn't want to ensure a way of having good weather on that special day? Now there's a way that she can, and all she needs are fresh eggs and Poor Clares!

It's been an age-old Spanish tradition for brides to bring fresh eggs to Poor Clare monasteries prior to their weddings as a gift for the nuns. Even though the nuns aren't required to do so, they usually pray to St. Clare- the patroness of good weather- that the bride have a gorgeous wedding day! And even though she isn't required to do so, St. Clare usually intercedes and good weather is said to almost always follow! More importantly, the nuns also pray that the couple have a blessed and fruitful marriage. Of course, it is also said that in order for the prayer to be answered, the bride must offer the nuns the eggs (or even a simple prayer request) with sincerity...not with the expectation of getting something back in return.

If you happen to read Spanish, here is a background on the tradition.

Here is a lively, first-person account of someone who attended the wedding of a bride who brought "huevos a las Clarisas." In English.

Whether or not you have balmy wedding-day weather, my prayers are with all couples who are getting married! As the Poor Clares would say, May God reward you!