Ash Wednesday
Stone Bridges
02-03-2006, 20:54
Who went to Ash Wednesday service? I went to the 7:00pm Ash Wednesday mass. I also brought a new Rosary with a little pouch. Happy Lent everyone!
Lunatic Goofballs
02-03-2006, 21:03
I almost did, but I thought, "What Would Jesus Do?" Since he never went to church on Ash Wednesday, neither did I.
I waited for the delivery of my new bed instead. :)
What exactly is Ash Wednesday anyway?
Stone Bridges
02-03-2006, 21:04
I almost did, but I thought, "What Would Jesus Do?" Since he never went to church on Ash Wednesday, neither did I.
I waited for the delivery of my new bed instead. :)
May your bed collapse on you and you get a spring in your back you heathen! j/k (just kidding).
Stone Bridges
02-03-2006, 21:05
What exactly is Ash Wednesday anyway?
It marks the beginning of Lent, and it's where they take the ash of the palms that they burned from the previous year, and they put the sign of the cross (using the ash) on your forehead.
Lunatic Goofballs
02-03-2006, 21:10
What exactly is Ash Wednesday anyway?
It's forty days before Easter(not countung Sunday). It marks the beginning of Lent. It's kind of like Thanksgiving marking the beginning of the shopping season; Only Forty More Repenting Days Until Jesus Comes Back. :)
Hullepupp
02-03-2006, 21:17
I get my cross the last time in 1976....
Fuck the Lenten fast ...gimme meat and beer...
I didn't go; I'm a bad Catholic. Never mind that I was at work from 7am til 8pm yesterday. ;)
It's forty days before Easter(not countung Sunday). It marks the beginning of Lent. It's kind of like Thanksgiving marking the beginning of the shopping season; Only Forty More Repenting Days Until Jesus Comes Back. :)
I suppose the Bible tells people to do this? The ash thing I mean?
Stone Bridges
02-03-2006, 21:28
I suppose the Bible tells people to do this? The ash thing I mean?
Nah, it's a tradition started by the Roman Catholic Church.
Lunatic Goofballs
02-03-2006, 21:35
Nah, it's a tradition started by the Roman Catholic Church.
Yes. The Catholics love their ceremonies.
A cynic might think that they keep things overcomplicated to keep their positions cemented and the sheep too ignorant to question the shepherds.
But I prefer to think that they just enjoy the elaborate shows. :)
Drunk commies deleted
02-03-2006, 21:39
What exactly is Ash Wednesday anyway?
You go to church to get ashes smeared on your forehead and to be reminded that despite the fact that you're here today you will inevitably die, so be careful you don't piss off Jesus.
Stone Bridges
02-03-2006, 21:41
You go to church to get ashes smeared on your forehead and to be reminded that despite the fact that you're here today you will inevitably die, so be careful you don't piss off Jesus.
LOL! 10!