Tag Archives: Septuagesima

Burying the Alleluia

For those who follow the traditional calendar with the "Gesima" Sundays, you would have done this on the day before Septuagesima.  But for those of us who follow the revised Latin Rite calendar, on Shrove Tuesday all the children will … Continue reading

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Carnival

Some of you might be participating in a carnival somewhere near where you live, that last fling of merriment before getting serious for Lent. The Carnival is an old tradition in many countries, particularly flamboyant in Brazil, much of the … Continue reading

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