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Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 3659
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 12, 2007 - 04:05 pm: | 
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My daddy was a preacher, my granddaddy and three uncles but until I wrote a review of a book on the observance of the Holiday I didn't know what the hell Lent was.
I was raised in Missionary Baptist Churches.We celebrated Easter (by dressin up, hunting Easter Eggs, mostly)
Any NON CATHOLICS have a similar experience. |
Robynmarie
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Username: Robynmarie
Post Number: 320
Registered: 04-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 12, 2007 - 05:20 pm: |
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Lent is the forty days before Easter. Beginning with Fat Tuesday and Ash Wednesday. Lent is symbolic for the 40 days JC spent in the wilderness. |
Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 7271
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 12, 2007 - 06:27 pm: |
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In New Orleans, doesn't Lent end with Mardi Gras? Jeeze, Chris! All my life I've heard people talk about giving something up for Lent, meaning that for 40 days they would refrain from indulging a bad habit as a form of penance. |
Robynmarie
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Username: Robynmarie
Post Number: 322
Registered: 04-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 12, 2007 - 06:31 pm: |
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Mardi Gras is the beginning of Lent. |
Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 7274
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 12, 2007 - 06:36 pm: |
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OK. I knew Mardi Gras had somethng to do with Lent. |
Doberman23
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Username: Doberman23
Post Number: 748
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, February 12, 2007 - 09:56 pm: |
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what my pockets are currently full of  |
Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 7283
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 13, 2007 - 01:40 pm: |
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"Lent" is also what I did with some money I had, and my grandson better pay me back. Hope I don't have to put a hit out on him. |
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