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andydp
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 Posted: 02/28/06 - 21:03 Post subject: Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday
For those of you that observe it remember: no meat and only one light meal for the day.
Me? I've already made a shrimp omelet for my late night dinner.
Wednesday dinner will be angel hair pasta with scallops and shrimp.
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Floridaboiler
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Posted: 02/28/06 - 21:04 Post subject:
thanks for the reminder, I need to unpack the fried chicken I had packed for lunch and substitute a PB&J sandwich.
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Posted: 02/28/06 - 23:26 Post subject:
Is it just me or is switching to scallops and shrimp not a whole lot of sacrifice?
Coming from Louisiana, we always ate better on fridays in lent because it meant fish, crawfish, crab, shrimp.... delicious.
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karlene
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Posted: 03/01/06 - 08:39 Post subject:
So it's ok for me to have Fish and Chips today?! SWEET!
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Posted: 03/01/06 - 08:42 Post subject:
Yep I am all set too. I have to take the kiddies to catichism (sp) later then get my ashes. 
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Posted: 03/01/06 - 08:58 Post subject:
Maybe I'll go to church today....
Time to get some shrimp!
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Posted: 03/01/06 - 15:56 Post subject:
Hmmm...our priest told us one FULL meal and the other two can be very light. And no meat of course. He also gripes every year about wanting to take the fish off the calendar--I think he's with you on the shrimp and scallops not really being a sacrifice, Mechster!
I went to 8AM mass this morning, it was crowded but not too much so. Nice way to start the day. 
Putting away the chocolate for 7 weeks, now THAT was tough..... 
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Posted: 03/01/06 - 16:15 Post subject:
Steak and Guinness Pie! Woo Hoo!!
And four bottles of Guinness to wash it down. I love a challenge! 
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Posted: 03/01/06 - 16:19 Post subject:
well, no meat today (so far) being protestant, we don't exactly feel compelled to go meatless. However, many do because it is a good exercise. I will play a short Ash Wednesday service this evening. I will receive ashes, and continue to examine what I can do as a devotion this Lent season.
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gretriever
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Posted: 03/01/06 - 16:23 Post subject:
Topical question - when did the concept of Ash Wednesday (that is, the ashes on the forehead) start? Not that's it's the beginning of Lent, the actual idea of the ashes themselves?
(asking as I'm not a Catholic)
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Posted: 03/01/06 - 16:29 Post subject:
| gretriever wrote: | Topical question - when did the concept of Ash Wednesday (that is, the ashes on the forehead) start? Not that's it's the beginning of Lent, the actual idea of the ashes themselves?
(asking as I'm not a Catholic) |
interesting question, so I did a quick google search. it seems that ashes on the forehead for Ash Wednesday started sometime between the 600'-900's. ashes in the Bible symbolized penitance, mourning (sackcloth and ashes) and as it was adapted by early christians, it became a sign of repentance (but in a private way, not really associated with any public rite.)
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genie
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Posted: 03/01/06 - 17:56 Post subject:
Here is a little more detailed info from the Catholic.org website:
Why we receive the ashes
Following the example of the Nine vites, who did penance in sackcloth and ashes, our foreheads are marked with ashes to humble our hearts and reminds us that life passes away on Earth. We remember this when we are told: "Remember, Man is dust, and unto dust you shall return."
Ashes are a symbol of penance made sacramental by the blessing of the Church, and they help us develop a spirit of humility and sacrifice.
The distribution of ashes comes from a ceremony of ages past. Christians who had committed grave faults performed public penance. On Ash Wednesday, the Bishop blessed the hair shirts which they were to wear during the forty days of penance, and sprinkled over them ashes made from the palms from the previous year. Then, while the faithful recited the Seven Penitential Psalms, the penitents were turned out of the church because of their sins -- just as Adam, the first man, was turned out of Paradise because of his disobedience. The penitents did not enter the church again until Maundy Thursday after having won reconciliation by the toil of forty days' penance and sacramental absolution. Later, all Christians, whether public or secret penitents, came to receive ashes out of devotion. In earlier times, the distribution of ashes was followed by a penitential procession.
The Ashes
The ashes are made from the blessed palms used in the Palm Sunday celebration of the previous year. The ashes are christened with Holy Water and are scented by exposure to incense. While the ashes symbolize penance and contrition, they are also a reminder that God is gracious and merciful to those who call on Him with repentant hearts. His Divine mercy is of utmost importance during the season of Lent, and the Church calls on us to seek that mercy during the entire Lenten season with reflection, prayer and penance.
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Posted: 03/01/06 - 21:14 Post subject:
I knew there was a connection with the ashes of the palms being used. And the repentance fits with the OT practice of sackcloth and ashes.
Thanks you two!
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genie
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Posted: 03/01/06 - 22:23 Post subject:
You're most welcome, my son......
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Posted: 03/02/06 - 08:48 Post subject:
| genie wrote: |
You're most welcome, my son......
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