My newly "born again" colleague at work is somewhat skeptical that I am taking the afternoon off to go to church and not play golf. Church is only on Sunday...if nothing more important comes up.
We're supposed to be fasting!
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O fer cryin' out loud! Good Friday is no day for feasts. Any real Catholic is fasting. Deport these Marxists back to Mexico.
(What? Whaddaymean they're *legal.* Hmmmph. Darn.)
I wish you all God´s blessings on this Holy day. This is a beutiful account of a beutiful tradition, I wonder is it similar to the traditions of most Americans? Today is a national holiday here in my country, Iceland. Until this year every store had to be closed, but gas stations could be open. Sadly in some ways to me, although being a staunch free marketer, it has been changed and many stores, specially high service stores are open. I just hope nobody goes shopping today, so in the future they will be mostly closed.
It has been rather funny though to see people walk to a store close by to where I live wich is traditionally open 24-7 and finding to their surprise it is closed. They watch the store, scratch their head, and then finally realise when reading the sign in the door it is closed. Sadly this will not be the case any more and this holy day will become more like any other.
In iceland this is a national flag day, but you are supposed to flag in half mast, to remember the day that Jesus died, as it is customary to fly flags at half mast when some dies. Every public institution flies our beutiful cross flag at half mast today, and many companies and individuals. Sadly that is though not as common as before. Best wishes from Iceland and Happy Easter,
Leifur
Our local school district says they have th day off only because there are so many absences. Not because it is a religious holiday. I am just happy that the school across the street didn't call it Spring Day again this year.