"Remember man, that you are dust
And unto dust you shall return."
Today marks the beginning of the season of Lent, a period for penance and repentance in preparation of Easter.
On Ash Wednesday, Catholics are encouraged to fast, put on "sackcloth" and "sit in ashes". Not literally but basically if you can't fast, then at least abstain from meat, dress down and have some quiet time to yourself for the day. The first one I can sort of do, at least up until dinner since I'll be having chicken for dinner but at least that's white meat. The second bit about sackcloth, well, I totally forgot this morning that it was Ash Wedneday and decided for no reason whatsoever to dress up today. I have a red top on and matching siren red stilettos*. Can you beat that?! So much for dressing down. I don't know how I'm going to be able to slink around in mass this afternoon without someone noticing me clip-clopping down the wooden aisle. Third bit I will probably do at the end of the day.
So, 1.5 out of 3 things ain't that bad right?
* My champion husband of course had to remind me what I used to call my very sexy red stilettos. Due to the fact that the audience of this blog consists of my mom and aunts, I wouldn't go into details. Let's just say the name will cause a priest to blush or worse bar me from church altogether!
1 comment:
hark..! the season of Lent begins.. fast ye people, don thy raw sackcloth as ye shall sit in the ashes of thy humble beginnings.. *thunder*
do I sound like a technicolor Charlon Heston standing in front of the red sea (aka lake in Universal Studios, Calif)? heh
Got your ash annointment on the forehead today..? Was walking around with a huge ash cross on my forehead all day, people were looking at me funny in the office and at burger king.. for the record, i had fish burger after mass, yeah i know; that's a sad excuse for fasting, but heya, it aint red meat :-)
p.s. stations of the cross come next
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