Lent is a season of fasting. The day before Lent begins is, for some, the biggest party of the year. In New Orleans, they actually change the rules for Mardi Gras; things that are illegal on any other day of the year are allowed on Fat Tuesday. May as well live it up now, the logic goes, if we're gonna have to be all pious for a month plus. At least, that's how it started. Now, people join the party without knowing why.
The entire point of Lent is to remember. To understand Easter better, and all that leads up to it. To deliberately draw near to God. So I think, if we really had the right perspective, the biggest party of the year would start tomorrow.
It's almost Sunday. When the fasting ends, and the feast begins. Remember why. It's worth celebrating.
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