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And so it begins - The Questions, the questions... [Shrove Tuesday]
Apostolicity ^
| 2/23/2006
| The Rev. Christopher Cantrell
Posted on 02/26/2006 4:24:06 PM PST by sionnsar
Yippee, Shrove Tuesday is February 28th!
It seems that every year at this time, folks start asking questions about that most mysterious of days in the Church Kalendar, Shrove Tuesday. "What's a shrove, father?"; "Why do we eat pancakes on Shrove Tuesday?"; "I don't like pancakes, do I have to eat them? Will I go to hell if I do?" "Where can I buy a shrove, father?"And on, and on, and on it goes.
Shrove Tuesday actually has to do with being shriven of your sins. So, after you have found your priest and made your confession - take a look at some of these resources:
http://shrovetuesday.150m.com/index.html
http://www.chiff.com/a/shrove-tuesday.htm
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/shrove.html A particularly interesting one!
http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/pancake.html
I've always preferred the observation of Shrove Tuesday as the English "Pancake Day", rather than the French "Mardi Gras" (Fat Tuesday). Pancakes just seem so much more wholesome than the debauchery most of us associate with the annual goings on in New Orleans. Girls gone wild, indeed! We can do better, we are Anglicans after all! Pass the syrup, please..... and do have some of the sausage.
TOPICS: Mainline Protestant
KEYWORDS: lent
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Happy Shrove Tuesday to all of you!
SHROVETIDE
The few days before Ash Wednesday, particularly the day before Shrove Tuesday. It is associated with confessing one's sins and has in many places become a time for holding carnivals, as the last time for festivity before the Lenten season of penance.
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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