Fast from hurting words and say kind words Fast from sadness and be filled with gratitude. Fast from anger and be filled with patience Fast from pessimism and be filled with hope. Fast from worries and have trust in God. Fast from complaints; contemplate simplicity. Fast from pressures and be prayerful Fast from bitterness; fill your hearts with joy. Fast from selfishness and be compassionate. Fast from grudges and be reconciled Fast from words; be silent and listen Happy Lent
Just for the record, Pancake Day / Doughnut Day are the secular versions of Shrove [which means you have to go to confession and get your sins forgiven, i..e shriven] Tuesday. www.calendarpedia.com/when-is/images/pancake-day-2022.png
The Egyptian god Osiris has a resurrection story. The Norse god Odin impaled himself and hung on a tree for nine days, attaining knowledge, immortality and leadership of all the gods. You might conclude that Christianity hoovered up the best bits from all the earlier religions!
Anyday is a day for making pancakes, & I can buy reduced price pancakes & hotXbuns in Scotland all year round. Xmas is a season for us, not just the name of a certain day, Many balconies still have fairy lights on daily, it brightens up our bleak & rainy world.
Well, it isn't Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday here, because in Denmark we eat sticky buns or cream filled ones on the Monday prior to Ash Wednesday. Pa ncakes are not traditionally connected to any holiday, here.
Forty day after Christmas, the 2nd February is called La Chandeleur, Candelmas in English and is when everyone eats pancakes in France. Not on Shrove Tuesday.
Shrove Tuesday really comes from the verb to shrive or to be shriven . People made pancakes in order to use up all the left over food so that during Lent they could be in their eating habits with Lent finally culminating in the feast of Easter . It is possible that Whitewavemark 2: has an interest in history without needing to “ scoff “ .
Going back to the original topic of re-labelling Shrove Tuedday Pancake Day, I feel a bit sad when I hear children everywhere referring to Children in Need Day as Pudsey Day. It seems that the real sentiment of the day is lost on them
You will be amused that my pancakes went down extremely well in the church venue for the FAB cafe. The vicar ate 6 pancakes with great gusto and not a trace of remorse or thought for the privations of Lent…
Not everyone is religious. To those of us who are not, it’s pancake day. - and yes, I know what shrove Tuesday etc is all about. I was raised Roman Catholic. Do enjoy your religion, but don’t push it on to others!
And before you waffle about Lent etc, bear in mind that Easter was pinched from other religions, so I have no trouble “pinching” pancake day from Christian’s,
Ouch!
So what other religion was the resurrection of Christ taken from?
Pancake day yesterday for DH and I consisted of 2 gluten free pancakes each then filled with sausage, bacon mushrooms and beans with a poached egg on top. Yummy!