Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Mardi Gras


Mardi=Tuesday; Gras=Fat.  A day of excess before a lean season.  In the seminary I remember dreading Lent.  It was much stricter then.  Baltimore springtime was rainy and the chapel benches were sticky from the humidity.  Now the fast is not longer as strict.  Growing in our relationship with God is more important than punishing ourselves.

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