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Mardi Gras' Catholic Roots [Shrove Tuesday]
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| 02-23-04
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Posted on 02/23/2004 10:53:47 PM PST by Salvation
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posted on
02/28/2006 7:56:45 AM PST
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
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42
posted on
02/28/2006 8:04:24 AM PST
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: Ciexyz
Yum, I can taste the delicious baked fish, baked potato or macaroni, cole slaw, rolls and dessert cup. I may even get a takeout of pierogies. This is fasting?
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posted on
02/28/2006 8:05:01 AM PST
by
NYer
(Discover the beauty of the Eastern Catholic Churches - freepmail me for more information.)
To: kstewskis
Long time no see, howdy Dr. Steve!! Uh ... did you look at the date on his post? It's from 2004. Dr. Steve left FR last year.
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posted on
02/28/2006 8:07:27 AM PST
by
NYer
(Discover the beauty of the Eastern Catholic Churches - freepmail me for more information.)
To: NYer
Our Wednesday Night Faith Formation 101 classes for adults has a menu of
Soup
Bread
Beverage.
No dessert during Lent!
45
posted on
02/28/2006 8:07:44 AM PST
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: Salvation
Meatless minestrone for us tomorrow...
46
posted on
02/28/2006 8:12:19 AM PST
by
Knitting A Conundrum
(Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
To: Knitting A Conundrum
Sounds good to me. What time is supper?
47
posted on
02/28/2006 8:13:22 AM PST
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: Salvation
After the CCD's Ash Wednesday mass at 5....
We eat a lot of that during Lent. I sort of feel we ought to restrict fun festive meals to Sundays during Lent, and I don't serve a lot of meat.
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posted on
02/28/2006 8:16:58 AM PST
by
Knitting A Conundrum
(Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
To: Knitting A Conundrum
Here are some other recipes (at the bottom).
Catholic Culture
Preparing for Lent
No Lent is worthy of the name without a personal effort of self-reformation, of leading a life more in accordance with God's commands and an attempt by some kind of voluntary self-denial to make reparation for past negligence. But the Church, together with the personal effort which she requires of all of us, her children, sets up in the sight of God the cross of Christ, the Lamb of God who took upon Himself the sins of man and who is the price of our redemption. As Holy Week approaches the thought of the passion becomes increasingly predominant until it occupies our whole attention, but from the very beginning of Lent it is present, for it is in union with the sufferings of Christ that the whole army of Christians begins on the holy "forty days", setting out for Easter with the glad certitude of sharing in His resurrection.
"Behold, now is the acceptable time, behold, now is the day of salvation." The Church puts Lent before us in the very same terms that formerly she put it before the catechumens and public penitents who were preparing for the Easter graces of baptism and sacramental reconciliation. For us, as it was for them, Lent should be a long retreat, one in which under the guidance of the Church we are led to the practice of a more perfect Christian life. She shows us the example of Christ and by fasting and penance associates us with his sufferings that we may have a share in His redemption.
We should remember that Lent is not an isolated personal affair of our own. The Church avails herself of the whole of the mystery of redemption. We belong to an immense concourse, a great body in which we are united to the whole of humanity which has been redeemed by Christ. The liturgy of this season does not fail to remind us of it.
This, then, is the meaning of Lent for us: a season of deepening spirituality in union with the whole Church which thus prepares to celebrate the Paschal mystery. Each year, following Christ its Head, the whole Christian people takes up with renewed effort its struggle against evil, against Satan and the sinful man that each one of us bears within himself, in order at Easter to draw new life from the very springs of divine life and to continue its progress towards heaven.
Excerpted from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.
Shrove Tuesday
Here are a few suggestions to help you celebrate the final day before Lent.
- Today is Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras! Try some of the traditional recipes linked here. When eggs were among the foods that were forbidden by the Church during Lent, people would use them up on Fat Tuesday by mixing up large quantities of pancakes or doughnuts (also known as fastnachts).
- Read Maria von Trapp's explanation of the traditions associated with Carnival, or Fat Tuesday here.
- Sing this American favorite, Turkey in the Straw, with your children as part of your Mardi Gras celebrations.
- Discuss Jesus' Gospel teaching for today, He who would be first must be last, with your children and ask them how they can put others in the family before themselves. Keep it simple and practical setting the table, washing the dishes, folding laundry, watching the littler ones, doing homework right away.
- What does it mean to become a child spiritually, that we may enter Heaven and be received by Christ Himself? We can learn much from St. Therese of the Child Jesus about spiritual childhood. Begin reading her Story of a Soul.
- Read Fr. William Saunder's article, Shrove Tuesday and Shrovetide, from the Catholic Culture Library.
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posted on
02/28/2006 8:20:36 AM PST
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: Salvation
I never heard it called "Shrove Tuesday" until we moved to MA, and that was where I first learned about the pancake thing. It was always just Mardi Gras, when, growing up in MS, my Aunt used to take my sister and me along with her 7 kids to New Orleans every year. When we were younger, we'd go on Sunday, but when we were in high school, we started going on Fat Tuesday.
I think the first Mardi Gras parade in the US was held in Mobile, AL.
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posted on
02/28/2006 8:40:53 AM PST
by
SuziQ
To: Salvation
Yes, washed in the Blood of the Lamb, thanks.
51
posted on
02/28/2006 8:41:23 AM PST
by
Bosco
(Remember how you felt on September 11?)
To: Salvation
Remember when EVERY Friday was no meat? Our Catholic School's cook treated us on Fridays; since our lunch was usually fish sticks or something equally bland, she made homemade Cinnamon rolls for us. SO GOOD that my mouth still waters when I think of them. I finally got the recipe a few years ago, but haven't reduced it to a manageable number yet. The recipe is for 500 rolls! LOL!
52
posted on
02/28/2006 8:46:47 AM PST
by
SuziQ
To: NYer; Salvation; kstewskis
Uh ... did you look at the date on his post? It's from 2004. Dr. Steve left FR last year. Last week Salvation posted to me.."thanks for the ping, Sockmonkey" I hadn't remembered the ping, and when I looked at it, I had done the ping back in May or June..
These "resurrected" threads can be confusing at times.
To: Salvation
54
posted on
02/28/2006 9:38:46 AM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: SuziQ
We have fish sticks in our freezer. :)
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posted on
02/28/2006 9:40:09 AM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: trisham
I do not like fish sticks. I'll buy frozen fish filets, so I can thaw them out quickly, if I need to, but I just don't like fish sticks anymore. The fish inside is too mushy for me.
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posted on
02/28/2006 11:42:21 AM PST
by
SuziQ
To: NYer
Obviously not.
I was just hoping that he came back from FReeper purgatory :)
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posted on
02/28/2006 12:55:21 PM PST
by
kstewskis
(Disclaimer: Not responsible for driveling random postings during the Lenten Season...)
To: kenth
A freind of mine who rarely eats sweets of any kind gave up chocolate. It was incredible how often he found himself being tempted into eating chocolate that Lent!
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posted on
02/28/2006 9:36:22 PM PST
by
narses
(St Thomas says “lex injusta non obligat”)
To: SuziQ
We can still abstain from meat every Friday if we wish. I usually do.
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posted on
02/28/2006 9:41:32 PM PST
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: NYer
This is fasting. Well, it's meatless. And the money goes to support the church.
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posted on
03/01/2006 1:11:28 AM PST
by
Ciexyz
(Let us always remember, the Lord is in control.)
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