Wednesday, February 25, 2009

meaning of ash wednesday

Ash Wednesday

The meaning of Ash Wednesday, and how it relates too mardi gras & the oscars.

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Title:Ash Wednesday after Fat Tuesday Mardi Gras Description:Today is Fat Tuesday in New Orleans meaning no schools, no work, no postmasters, etc everywhere was closed to celebrate big day!!! Midnight turns into Ash Wednesday you are humble!!! SmileTitle:Ash Wednesday Description:The day before Ash Wednesday has a number of names, Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, Carnival and Shrove Tuesday.<br /><br />The highlight of the year for Christians is Easter, the day when our Lord rose from the dead. Lent is a period of forty week days preceding Easter and it is a time of preparation. Lent always begins on a Wednesday, called Ash Wednesday.<br /><br />Ash Wednesday is a special day because it is the day when the ashes of last years Palm Sundays palm are placed on the heads of the Christian faithful. We shall explore the history of Ash Wednesday, the forty days of lent and the focus of the Sundays preceding Holy Week and Easter.<br /><br />If you would like a high resolution PowerPoint of this and other presentations please email danmayne@SaintPaulMinistries.net and the high resolution PowerPoint will be returned to you in an email. <br /><br />Also see www.SaintPaulMinistries.net for high resolution PowerPoints weekly readings by clicking on Weekly Readings and Illustration tab, and as always the materials are free.Title:Mardi Gras French Description:A video about Mardi Gras and French vocabulary related to Mardi Gras. <br /><br />Mardi Gras ("Fat Tuesday" in French) is the last day of the period of carnival (or "le carnaval" in French). Carnival occurs between January 6th each year and ends on Ash Wednesday, which marks the arrival of the fasting days of Lent. The name, Mardi Gras has come to represent the entire carnival period. <br /><br />Laissez les bons temps rouler!!! <br />Happy Mardi Gras!!! :)Title:Saturday Sesh ... Description:Ok so I had a nice saturday with skating and NEW ORLEANS MARDI GRAS !!!<br /><br />Parade is The Krewe of Choctaw.<br /><br />**Small Update**<br />From now until Fat Tuesday(2.24.09) I will have small clips of exciting things involved with New Orleans Mardi Gras!!!<br />I will have a big montage at the end also!Title:Mardi Gras party WITH SHOWBIZ&VISA. Obama Girl Returns Description:Have you ever wondered where Mardi Gras came from or WHY it is celebrated the way it is? <br /><br />The origin of "Fat Tuesday" is said come from the ancient Pagan custom of parading a fat ox through the town. Mardi Gras, French for "Fat Tuesday," is celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday. It is the last "fling" before the Christians observe 40 days of Lent (a season that, for many Christians, requires fasting and praying). The beginning of the Mardi Gras Season is always observed on January 6th, coinciding with Little Christmas (also known as Twelfth Night). Mardi Gras Day, however, can fall between February 3rd and March 10th. Since the date of Mardi Gras varies, the length of the season also varies from each year. The day on which Mardi Gras falls upon depends on the Lunar calendar, which is used by the Catholic Church to determine the date of Easter. Mardi Gras is always 47 days before Easter Sunday. <br /><br />The official colors of Mardi Gras, purple, green and gold, were chosen in 1872 by King Rex, also known as the King of Carnival. Each color has an underlying meaning: <br />�Purple represents justice <br />�Green represents faith <br />�Gold represents power <br /><br />Mardi Gras Lingo:<br /><br />"If you go to New Orleans, you gotta go see the Mardi Gras..." and you better know the lingo too!<br /><br />Banquette - (Bang-ket) New Orleans term for sidewalks. "If you stand on the banquette, you won't get run over by the float!"<br /><br />Barn: A warehouse owned by a Krewe to build and store the floats. <br /><br />Beads: Plastic necklaces thrown from floats and balconies during Mardi Gras. They vary in color, size, style, length, and quality. People are known to do some outrageous things to acquire beads during Mardi Gras (especially on Bourbon Street). Until the 1970s to early 1980s, beads were made of glass, however glass beads were dangerous (they would break in the catchers' hands and on the ground) so they were outlawed and replaced with the plastic beads. <br /><br />Canal Street: The widest thoroughfare in the world, located in New Orleans.
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Ash Wednesday opens Lent, a season of sacrfice, today (The Alliance Review)
Photo By Kevin Graff/The Review Deacon Ralph Chase of St. Ann Catholic Church puts palm leaves into a fire to burn them down to ashes for the Ash Wednesday service at the Sebring church.

During Lent, bone up on your fresh fish skills (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)
Published: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 8:14 p.m. Ash Wednesday begins the season of Lent, which is marked by a day of fasting, abstinence from meat and repentance.

Ash Wednesday marks start of Lent (Las Cruces Sun-News)
To read a message about Lent released by Pope Benedict XVI, click here. LAS CRUCES — Many Christians in southern New Mexico and around the world will start the season of Lent today with an intimate, hands-on experience.

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For some Christians, harsh times add meaning to Lenten season ... - Allentown Morning Call  Lent begins today, Ash Wednesday, and lasts 40 days, until Easter. Reflecting Christ's 40 days of fasting and temptation in the desert, Lent is supposed to turn the gaze of the faithful away from this tumultuous world and toward the promise of the next ...

Cardinal Mahony's message - Los Angeles Times  Like most Catholic prelates, Mahony sends a yearly letter to his flock on Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, the 40 days preceding Easter. His letter this year is remarkable in its plain-spoken delineation of the season's inescapable secular context ...

Ash Wednesday has local Catholics preparing to enjoy fish on Fridays - Press of Atlantic City  While growing up, the church required both fasting and abstinence at times during Lent, meaning the one meal permitted had to provide enough protein to carry you through the day. Fish, in some form, was the perfect medium. The requirement to eat fish ...

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