{"id":31514,"date":"2022-03-01T08:45:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T16:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/?p=31514"},"modified":"2022-03-01T08:55:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T16:55:44","slug":"oh-my-its-fat-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2022\/03\/oh-my-its-fat-tuesday.html","title":{"rendered":"Oh, my! It’s Fat Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Today, Tuesday, is the day before my liturgically minded Christian friends observe Ash Wednesday, and launch into their long \u201cfast.\u201d (Scare quotes because, hey, its not really a fast, is it?)<\/p>\n

Fat Tuesday, I gather, in French is Mardi Gras. In the liturgical calendar it is called Shrove Tuesday. It\u2019s meant to be a moment of self-reflection. But, for humans, it can go in several ways. And, I\u00a0suspect excess ever as much as self-reflection dates from about five minutes after the inauguration of Ash Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Enjoy\u2026<\/p>\n

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