Lent is Here
On Tuesday Feb. 25th, the smell of pancakes wafted through our school hallways as we were celebrating Shrove Tuesday, otherwise known as Mardi Gras or Pancake Tuesday! Perhaps you, too, were eating pancakes on Tuesday.
Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday which is the first day of Lent. It’s a day of penitence, to clean the soul, and a day of celebration as the last chance to feast before Lent begins.
Lent is a time of abstinence, of giving things up. So Shrove Tuesday is the last chance to indulge yourself, and to use up the foods that aren’t allowed in Lent. Historically in the old days, there were many foods that Christians would not eat during Lent such as meat and fish, fats, eggs, and milky foods. So that families wouldn’t be wasteful, they would have a feast on the shriving Tuesday, and eat up all the foods that would go bad over the next 40 days.
Pancakes became associated with Shrove Tuesday because they were a dish that could use up all the eggs, fats and milk in the house with just the addition of flour.
In addition to indulging in some pancakes, students were asked to reflect on what this year’s Lenten Promise might be. How will we behave more like Jesus?
What is your Lenten Promise this year?
Dear Mrs. Sullivan,
My Lenten Promise is not to eat any sweets or go on any small screens for 40 days.
From,
Henry
Dear Mrs. Sullivan there was a lot of Lent promises I could do but
I do the same one every year because it is so hard.My promise is
stop eating choclate to me its hard. What is your lent promise?
J.F
Dear mrs.sullivan my lent promise is to be niec to my sistir for 40 days of lent.
Dear Mrs.Sullivan,
My Lenten promise is to give up all TECH not including TV though.My brothers are trying to with me but it’s not going so well yesterday they immediately asked for games! Ha ha!!
From C.M