Mardi Gras
Posted in Arts and Crafts on 01/14/2010 06:47 am by adminMardi Gras
what is mardi gras and why do people celebrate it?
I want to know what is mardi gras and why people celebrate it every year?
Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) is the day of feasting and celebration before the penitential season of Lent starts on Ash Wednesday.
The Catholic Church and many other Christians Churches follow the Biblical practice of Jesus Christ and the Jews in setting aside days where the entire Church fasts and prays as one in a attitude of constant renewal.
By the solemn forty days of Lent the Church unites herself each year to the mystery of Jesus in the desert and in spiritual preparation for the celebration of His Passion, Death, and Resurrection.
This season of penance is an intense moment of the Church’s penitential practice and are particularly appropriate for spiritual exercises, penitential liturgies, pilgrimages as signs of penance, voluntary self-denial such as fasting and almsgiving, and charitable and missionary works.
The Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches also observe the season of Lent. Many modern Protestant Churches consider the observation of Lent to be a choice, rather than an obligation.
For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 1438:
http://www.nccbuscc.org/catechism/text/pt2sect2chpt2.shtml#1438
For Lenten resources, see:
• http://www.usccb.org/lent/
• http://americancatholic.org/Features/Lent/default.asp
• http://americancatholic.org/Newsletters/CU/ac0205.asp
With love in Christ.
Mardi Gras 2011
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