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		<title>Carnivale and Mardi Gras</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Steffan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carnivale and Mardi Gras celebrations are linked to Ash Wednesday, Lent, fast and abstinence. Can you tell us more about the connections between these events? Ash Wednesday is the beginning of the 40 days known as Lent. Every year, Christians highlight this penitential season as a time of self-examination, reformation of one&#8217;s life, and continued development of a deeper spiritual life. The recommended practices of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving become the focus of Lenten activity and ritual. Each of these spiritual practices is aimed at personal discipline as well as continued concern for the other, especially the poor or alienated. Forty days is a symbolic biblical period of time, during which personal transformation occurs and out of which people surface as more spiritual, ready to carry out God&#8217;s mission. Relying on God&#8217;s providence and care, no matter how difficult life becomes, is crucial to Lenten spirituality. Fasting was initially more strict, permitting only one simple meal a day without meat, fish or other delicacies. Such things were not even allowed in the house. In order to prepare for this in an age of no refrigeration, people gathered to consume whatever was not allowed during Lent. This led to parties or [...]]]></description>
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