Comments on: Lent 2008 http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2008/01/31/lent/ "When things speed up hierarchy disappears and global theater sets in." --Marshall McLuhan Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:46:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Adam Villanihttp://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2008/01/31/lent/comment-page-1/#comment-171606 Adam Villani Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:12:37 +0000 http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2008/01/31/lent/#comment-171606 I'm within walking distance of the Cathedral at work, and they have a convenient 12:10 Mass, nicely scheduled to give downtown workers a little bit of time after noon to get there, so that should be nice. I’m within walking distance of the Cathedral at work, and they have a convenient 12:10 Mass, nicely scheduled to give downtown workers a little bit of time after noon to get there, so that should be nice.

]]> By: Mikehttp://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2008/01/31/lent/comment-page-1/#comment-171543 Mike Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:38:44 +0000 http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2008/01/31/lent/#comment-171543 I mostly grew up in Oklahoma, where: A: The only reasonable mass to get to from the suburbs was evening and B: If anyone saw ashes on your forehead, 99% they'd say, "Here, lemme get that off for ya..." So of course the first thing we did when we got home was wash our faces. It was a huge change to move to New Jersey. On my first Ash Wednesday there, I was in a business meeting with 8 other people as noon approached. I cleared my voice and said, "I'm going to leave now, I need to go to Church..." and *everyone* said, "Oh, yeah..." and carpooled to mass! Even better was Manhattan, where for one day a year you could look at those hundreds of strangers on the subway and say, "Ah, my brothers and sisters." I used to leave the ashes on in NYC because of the solidarity. I don't feel so much of that here, maybe because of the lack of crowds, so I'm back to spit-scrubbing my forehead after mass. I mostly grew up in Oklahoma, where:

A: The only reasonable mass to get to from the suburbs was evening

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B: If anyone saw ashes on your forehead, 99% they’d say, “Here, lemme get that off for ya…”

So of course the first thing we did when we got home was wash our faces.

It was a huge change to move to New Jersey. On my first Ash Wednesday there, I was in a business meeting with 8 other people as noon approached. I cleared my voice and said, “I’m going to leave now, I need to go to Church…” and *everyone* said, “Oh, yeah…” and carpooled to mass!

Even better was Manhattan, where for one day a year you could look at those hundreds of strangers on the subway and say, “Ah, my brothers and sisters.”

I used to leave the ashes on in NYC because of the solidarity. I don’t feel so much of that here, maybe because of the lack of crowds, so I’m back to spit-scrubbing my forehead after mass.

]]> By: Tracyhttp://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2008/01/31/lent/comment-page-1/#comment-171539 Tracy Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:23:54 +0000 http://www.PieAndCoffee.org/2008/01/31/lent/#comment-171539 I also love how we inevitably seem to read the Gospel about going into your closet to pray, about washing your face and putting on clean clothes...and then we all walk out of there with a very clear mark of ashes on our faces! I'm trying to be more faithful in the Daily Office. And I'm hoping the family schedule will extent to daily mass at least once during the week. I also love how we inevitably seem to read the Gospel about going into your closet to pray, about washing your face and putting on clean clothes…and then we all walk out of there with a very clear mark of ashes on our faces!
I’m trying to be more faithful in the Daily Office. And I’m hoping the family schedule will extent to daily mass at least once during the week.

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