Mardi Gras

Reclaiming Carnival

February 24, 2017By Joannie WatsonBetween the Sundays, Regular Feature

We are in the midst of the season of Carnival right now. It will culminate next Tuesday on what various cultures call Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, or Shrove Tuesday. Like another upcoming holiday, St. Patrick’s Day, this is a festival of the Church which has been stolen by our secular culture that’s obsessed with eating, drinking, and making merry. To say […]

Journeying to Jerusalem

February 13, 2013By Jef MurrayPonderings in Elfland

Satan Tempting Christ Sketch © by Jef Murray

When I think of Lent, a bubbling brew-pot of images boils in my head. Most of them have to do with Mardi Gras, that tinsel trollop of Catholic feast days. I can recollect more strangeness associated with Lent and Mardi Gras than with any other liturgical season. We were never actually in New Orleans during Mardi Gras, although Lorraine and I were there once […]

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