Let’s do Lent.
Posted by Terry Nelson on Feb 6th, 2008
You’re gonna die!
Ash Wednesday is all about death you know - yeah, that’s pretty much what the ashes signify. Well repentance and penance too, but it’s really about death. So if people on the street look at you funny because you have ashes on your forehead, just look at them real crazy and shout; “We’re all gonna die!” Smile, and keep on walking. (Keep that smile, because you don’t want people to know you are fasting… and yet we keep the ashes on all day? All righty then - let’s do Lent!)
Meménto, homo, quia pulvis es, et in púlverem revertéris
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(Arthur, in this case “homo” just refers to “man” - it has nothing to do with the gays. ;) )