i live in Mobile Alabama and i never knew that the two things had something to do with each other.
no links...i wont read them
2007-02-20 02:55:56 · 5 answers · asked by Mandy 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
+ Mardi Gras +
Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday is a celebration that ends at midnight on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday when the entire Church starts 40 days of fasting and prayer.
+ Ashes in the Bible +
"O daughter of my people, gird on sackcloth, roll in the ashes." (Jeremiah 6:26)
"I turned to the Lord God, pleading in earnest prayer, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes." (Daniel 9:3)
"When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in the ashes." (Jonah 3:6)
"And all the Israelite men, women and children who lived in Jerusalem prostrated themselves in front of the temple building, with ashes strewn on their heads, displaying their sackcloth covering before the Lord." (Judith 4:11; see also 4:15 and 9:1)
"That day they fasted and wore sackcloth; they sprinkled ashes on their heads and tore their clothes." (1 Maccabees 3:47; see also 4:39)
Jesus refers to the use of sackcloth and ashes as signs of repentance: "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes." (Matthew 11:21, Luke 10:13)
+ Ashes Wednesday +
As the beginning of Lent, Ash Wednesday calls us to the conversion journey that marks the season.
As those preparing to join the Church enter the final stage of their preparation for the Easter sacraments, we are all called to walk with them so that we will be prepared to renew our baptismal promises when Easter arrives.
When we receive ashes on our foreheads, we remember:
+ Who we are
+ That we are creatures of the earth
. "Remember that you are dust"
+ That we are mortal beings
. "and to dust you will return"
+ That we are baptized
+ That we are people on a journey of conversion
. "Turn away from sin and be faithful to the gospel"
+ That we are members of the body of Christ
+ That smudge on our foreheads will proclaim that identity to others, too
With love in Christ.
2007-02-20 17:10:20 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The mardi gras, Fat Tuesday is the casting of evils with the use of wearing a mask. You may even see a money tree pass by.
Ash Wednesday: At first, clerics and men had ashes sprinkled on their heads, while women had the sign of the cross made with ashes on their foreheads. Eventually, of course, the ritual used with women came to be used for men as well. In the 12th century the rule developed that the ashes were to be created by burning palm branches from the previous Palm Sunday. Many parishes today invite parishioners to bring such palms to church before Lent begins and have a ritual burning of the palms after Mass.
For more pertinent information, click on this web site.
http://www.factnet.org/cults/catholic/re...
With love in Jesus Christ; he is the king of kings.
2007-02-21 05:20:03 · answer #2 · answered by imacatlick2 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Fat Tuesday is the day we eat a bunch of expensive doughnuts..Ash Wednesday is when the doughnut left overs are pasted on our foreheads...
2007-02-20 11:00:03 · answer #3 · answered by metoo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fat Tuesday is the day we eat a lot and Ash Wednesday is the day for fasting . That mean that we dont eat at all and pray all day and repent for our sins
2007-02-20 11:18:28 · answer #4 · answered by ♥Milkshake♥ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
gorge and drink -fat tues
put some ash on your forehead and repent- ash wed
thats that....
2007-02-20 10:59:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋