Fat Tuesday
Today is Shrove Tuesday in England, in France it is Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) and in Italy it is called Martedí Grasso and is the climax of Carnival, from the Italian "Carne levare" or the Latin "Carne vale". In English the term Shrove Tuesday comes from the word shrive, meaning "confess".
Today is the day we go to Confession, and make a special point of self-examination; of considering what wrongs we need to repent, what ways we need to mend our lives, and what areas of spiritual growth we especially need to ask God's help in dealing with.
Becoming true disciples means turning to God. This may be a new thing for us; we have to first of all come to a position where we recognise who we are-and who God IS-a process of repentance & restitution, the twin towers of prayer. Rowan Williams explains it this way in his book Insubstantial Evil:
"...to read the world accurately is also to repent...that accurate reading of the world arises from the renewa…
Today is the day we go to Confession, and make a special point of self-examination; of considering what wrongs we need to repent, what ways we need to mend our lives, and what areas of spiritual growth we especially need to ask God's help in dealing with.
Becoming true disciples means turning to God. This may be a new thing for us; we have to first of all come to a position where we recognise who we are-and who God IS-a process of repentance & restitution, the twin towers of prayer. Rowan Williams explains it this way in his book Insubstantial Evil:
"...to read the world accurately is also to repent...that accurate reading of the world arises from the renewa…