Posts Tagged: fasting

Good Friday, Hello Chocolate

March 29th, 2013
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Today is Good Friday, the Friday before Easter, and many Christians will spend the day praying, fasting and reflecting on the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ.
I am working today so I will try to reflect and pray but I will be squeezing it in between my office projects and the usual running around I do in order to keep all the balls in the air.
Good Friday signals that Easter is almost here and that means that the end of Lent is also almost here.
That’s good news for me because this year for Lent, I gave up … Read More

Fat Tuesday

February 12th, 2013
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Today is Fat Tuesday. For Catholics, today is the last hurrah before lent begins tomorrow.  That is how Mardi Gras come to be.  Essentially, Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday and with Mardi Gras comes some hard partying and parades and good times before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. Lent is a time of fasting and serious reflection, a time of giving something up or doing something that’s personally hard in order to prepare yourself for the celebration of Easter. This year, once again, my demon is sugar. I know all the bad stuff about sugar and how it… Read More

Ash Wednesday

February 22nd, 2012
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I hope everyone had a blast yesterday at whatever Mardi Gras event you might have attended for today is Ash Wednesday which marks the beginning of Lent.  You might have let the good times roll too much and are feeling  some pain and discomfort today from too much alcohol, food or lack of sleep but the good news is that you can offer it up as your lenten penance.  OMG, doesn’t that sound like something a Catholic school nun would have told you? For those of you who are not Catholic, today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent,… Read More