Today is Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday/Shrove Tuesday... will you be acknowledging or celebrating in any way?
Tomorrow the season of Lent starts on the Christian calendar... do you practice any form of self-denial as part of your spiritual path, whether now or at another time of the year?
The extent of our celebration will be having pancakes for dinner tonight.
No, nothing special. It's not part of DH's and my spiritual practices.
Gypsy
Blessings,
Gypsy
)O(
Well, you have to remember first that Mardi Gras is not part of Lent.
You're so right that Mardi Gras is a CULTURAL event nowadays. I remember as a Catholic kid growing up in the 50s, we'd have a favorte Sunday meal before Ash Wednesday, with dessert, etc. We'd each pick something to sacrifice: candy, desserts, an hour of TV a nite, alcohol for the adults, beer after work, # of cigs smoked a day, snacks, and so on. ;) Also, Fridays were NO MEAT and fasting days. Adults had light food and one meal at dinner. It was fish, pancakes, eggs, etc.
Our family did not celebrate Mardi Gras. It was something people faraway did to have fun, parties and treats before starting the sacrifices of Lent. Our culture didn't celebrate it. We watched on TV, though. :P On Ash Wednesday we would go to church at night and there was a ritual with the priest, then we'd kneel at the Communion rail and the priest would dip his thumb in ashes, and make a cross on everyone's forehead to symbolize death, and Jesus' dying for us. It was all very mystical as a child. :)) It was so kewl to walk around with ashes on our foreheads! :P I always gave up desserts or candy/snacks.
WOW! :D Down the ol' memory lane!
Gypsy
Blessings,
Gypsy
)O(
Today is Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday/Shrove Tuesday... will you be acknowledging or celebrating in any way?
~~Nope, we do not do anything for Mardi Gras here~~
Tomorrow the season of Lent starts on the Christian calendar... do you practice any form of self-denial as part of your spiritual path, whether now or at another time of the year?
~~I am currently in self-denial until I finish school. I hope I will have time to read, relax, garden, bicycle, and all kinds of fun stuff!! I will have to work but my free time will not need to be spent studying~~
**Star**
Many Christian denominations observe Lent besides Roman Catholics.
R