Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, and you know what that means: Remember man thou art dust and into dust thou shalt return.
But until then, the good news is that it's Mardi Gras time.
EpiLog has lots of links to delicious recipes for your eating pleasure. more HERE.
YUM GUMBO
so how do Catholics reconcile the pagan Mardi Gras, full of revelry, dancing, music, fun, and good eats with the season of Lent, where you are supposed to fast and do good deeds for 40 days?
Well, as Teresa of Avila replied to a critic who asked her why a she could be nun who was pledged to a life of prayer and penance yet could enjoy a gift of a well cooked partridge:
Penance is penance, but partridges are partridges.
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