LENT

Yesterday was Fat Tuesday (or as some would prefer: 'big boned Tuesday') and today is Ash Wednesday - the first day of Lent.  The word Lent is derived from old English meaning Spring.  It is a time to remember the suffering of Christ by causing yourself to suffer - by depriving yourself of some worldly pleasures.  It is a time of preparation for Easter.

Lent lasts forty days.  If you count the days from Ash Wednesday to Easter you'll find that there are many more than forty.  What's up?  Answer:  Sundays don't count.  On Sundays, you don't have to deprive yourself.  This makes little sense to me but that's the way it works.    

Okay, now that you know what it's all about, start depriving!  Deprive 'til it hurts.  Maybe, just maybe, by Easter you will be thinner or smarter or healthier or holier or a better person.  Now that sounds like a good idea.
o.o