QUIZ

 If you knew French, you would know that Mardi Gras means Fat Tuesday.  It is more than a day in many places.  The celebration of Mardi Gras goes on for several days to a week ending on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday.  The partying and celebrating come to an end on that Wednesday for Christians. 

The day is also called Shrove Tuesday by some.  To shrive is to confess and to be shriven is to be absolved.  It is the day to complete your pre-lenten preparation by confessing your sins.  I suppose many will have to do that in between gorging themselves with food and drink and dancing in the streets in wild costume.

Of course, for Christians, Lent is a period (40 days) of fasting, prayer and reflection in preparation for Easter.  The question for today's quiz is:  what will you do or deny yourself during this Lenten season? 

There will be no answer to this one on Friday.