What Does The Prayer Really Say? (Free subscription) | 02/25/2009
From The Catholic League: February 25, 2009 Progressives Celebrate Ash Wednesday We thought you’d like to know how progressives view penance. Here is what Roger Ray had to say about the issue in today’s edition of the News-Leader, a Springfield, Missouri newspaper: "As a member of a progressive Christian church, I am more likely than most to encounter folks [...]
Jaded Objectivity (Free subscription) | 02/24/2009
I am not Catholic. In fact, my personal experiences with Catholicism can be traced to a single wedding that I attended back in 1984. I am, however, a Louisianian. So tomorrow the devout Catholics can celebrate Ash Wednesday, but today is for me and my ilk. Laissez les bon temps rouler!! Mardi Gras is steeped in Catholic beliefs, but leave it to the city of N'Awlins (that's "New Orleans" for...
MavTV (Free subscription) | 02/24/2009
_ Happy Fat Tuesday. That’s the literal translation for Mardi Gras, the annual celebration between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday. If you live in New Orleans, La., Mobile, Alabama, or Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this is a big day for you. Party up but be careful. I love New Orleans. If you haven’t been there since that hurricane [...]
Blondie and Brownie (Free subscription) | 02/24/2009
Happy Fat Tuesday ! It's time to celebrate. In Western Christianity Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras is the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent , a forty-day-long liturgical season of fasting and prayer before Easter. Tradition holds that during Lent all meat and dairy products were forbidden. No meat and no dairy products = no rich foods. No rich foods = no pancakes...
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