Mardi Gras/Carnival 2012

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

It is all over the news so I won't raise a quote. Today is Shrove Tuesday, the day on which you get rid of all your fat and sweets before the 40 days of fasting called Lent in the Christian church. Countries that have heavily Catholic populations, there is usually a public party.

Tomorrow, however, the curtain of a putative 40 day fast precedes the celebration of the Feast of the Resurrection. In some places it is customary to give up something for Lent. What are you giving up this year?

When I was a kid my mother was a strict Roman Catholic and did her best to bring me and my sister up in the faith. Unfortunately, she failed in the face of modern enlightenment, so that we pretty much ignored the 'holy calendar' once we got out on our own. It is a shame, but the rules of the Church, however modernized, have failed with both of us. My father was a bad example to both of us being a strictly brought up, but non-practicing, member of the United Church of Canada. I guess that makes us a products of a Micksed marriage.

  Edited February 21, 2012 by A Nonny Moose  

[hym 358]

What are you giving up this year?

Non-hedonistic activities.

Seriously though, people need to be realistic about what they give up for Lent. Don't give up something that you can't live without. All you're going to do is be miserable for the entire Lenten period.

[Barbarossa 51]

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  Edited September 9, 2012 by Barbarossa  

[Duke87 1,070]

Yawn. Lemme know when it's Easter. That day at least means something to me, as it is an occasion for family gathering.

[Alejandro24 575]

Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, and starts the vegetarian season of the year called Lent. Each friday we must not to eat red meat. I just a single day, a single day untill the Holy Week. :why:

[A Nonny Moose 8,261]

Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, and starts the vegetarian season of the year called Lent. Each Friday we must not to eat red meat. I just a single day, a single day until the Holy Week. :why:

At the time of the Council of Nicea the fishermen were complaining that not enough fish was being eaten, that's why.

[Ocram's Razr 963]

I no longer observe Fat Tuesday or Lent.

What?! Only RED meat? Does that mean that I can eat chicken?

Know what, if I plan to observe Lent next year, I will eat a kosher diet.

[Meg 368]

Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, and starts the vegetarian season of the year called Lent. Each Friday we must not to eat red meat. I just a single day, a single day until the Holy Week. :why:

When I was a kid, it was no meat on any Friday. My father still follows that diet.

At the time of the Council of Nicea the fishermen were complaining that not enough fish was being eaten, that's why.

Yes, basically, that is why.

It turns out that a diet of less-meat-more fish is a good thing but that wasn't known at the time.