Happy Mardi Gras! Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday on the Lenten Calander and the last day of the Carnival Season. (http://www.gotquestions.org/Mardi-Gras-Fat-Tuesday.html ) The Carnival (carne vale- Latin for farewell to meat) Season is a 2 week period full of festivities, dancing, and partying. Fat Tuesday also goes by the name Pancake Tuesday and Shrove Tuesday. (http://www.catholic.org/clife/lent/story.php?id=40600) Mardi Gras/ Fat Tuesday is a way to "indulge before the fast." Although this is the case, Catholics (and any other denomination that celebrates Lent) should consider Fat Tuesday as a day of anicipation and a day of farewell. A goodbye to our sins.... So, Goodbye sins!
Tomorrow starts The Challenge.... Happy Mardi Gras.
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