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Pani Rose
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Posted: Sat Oct 13th, 2007 12:41 am |
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Here is the prayer in honor of Jesus the Lover of Mankind.
Jesus all merciful Samaritan! What thanks can we render to You: for having seen how we had fallen among thieves beneath the tree of paradise, stripped of the garment of grace and wounded by our sins, You did not pass us by, but having shown mercy, You lifted us up from the ground; and having poured the oil and wine of your grace on our wounds, You bound them up and brought us to the inn - the Holy Church, so that through the care of Her priests health may be restored to us. Great is love of your Heart for us, O Jesus Lover of Mankind; glory be to you.
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Credo Catholic
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Posted: Tue Oct 16th, 2007 12:07 pm |
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| I got a taste of humanity recently that I've never seen before. We were out of town this past weekend visiting the grandchildren for the 8th birthday of the oldest. He has autism but has a problem with loud noise, especially fireworks and thunder. But he loves Nascar and we got tickets to the race at Charlotte Saturday night. I've never seen so many drunks and derelicts walking around at one time in my life. Our grandson heard fireworks as we were walking in and couldn't go in until halfway through the race. We had to take turns going down to the concession area of the track to stay with him. Anyway, this was an element of humanity that will stick with me for a long time and I have to think, Jesus died so we could act like this? People were fighting to get out of the parking lot after it was over, like they couldn't let one car get ahead of them. I loved the race, watching how they do the laps and get ahead of each other on the track, but the crowd was in need of some heavenly grace. I imagine its the same way at Mardi Gras, or Times Square at New Year's Eve. I've just never been exposed to snarly people like that! God bless us all, we need it.
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CajunRick
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Posted: Tue Oct 16th, 2007 02:57 pm |
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Credo Catholic wrote: I imagine its the same way at Mardi Gras
Nope. Not even close. In Mardi Gras country (basically from Houston to Mobile and north to Shreveport and Jackson), Mardi Gras is a family holiday filled with many traditions. Few people hurry. Most people arrive very early and set up their barbeque pits, and they're in it for the day, or they show up with their bucket of chicken from Popeye's. There is little public drunkenness, few arrests, little violence, virtually no nudity (except for a couple of square blocks in downtown New Orleans) and most people are polite and friendly. And unless you live here, you have absolutely no idea what it's really like.
Besides, once the parades start rolling, there's no getting out unless you're an ambulance or a fire truck. On the main parade route in New Orleans, the first parade hits the pavement at 8 a.m., and they're still going strong at nightfall.
"Mardi Gras" is not an event. It doesn't have a start and end time. It is a culture unlike anything else in the world, and it lasts twelve months a year. From Ash Wednesday to Twelfth night (Epiphany), it's planning and preparation. From Epiphany to Mardi Gras its balls and parties and parades. It's the social season, the "coming out" for the debutantes. And the "Krewe of Barkus" will march animals from the shelters down the street to be adopted by the bystanders, and the kids will parade in their little red wagons in their neighborhoods, and junior high and high school marching bands will get cheers from the crowd just for walking by, and a standing ovation if they play (even badly).
Trust me, you can't compare Mardi Gras to a NASCAR race or a football game or anything else that starts and ends at a given time. People come when they want and leave when they want (if they can find a route to get from here to there). And everyone has a blast, and 95+% of it is good, clean family fun.
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Rick Luquette
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Credo Catholic
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Posted: Tue Oct 16th, 2007 06:04 pm |
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| Wouldn't it be great if the media would explain the real Mardi Gras to us? It might help some people understand what a true family outing is all about. The only images I have of Mardi Gras are the ones in the two blocks on Bourbon St. and I have never had a desire to go there. The people who do are probably all tourists! The prayer to Jesus, Lover of All Mankind made me think of a not so pretty picture of mankind.
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CajunRick
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Posted: Tue Oct 16th, 2007 06:24 pm |
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Credo Catholic wrote: Wouldn't it be great if the media would explain the real Mardi Gras to us? It might help some people understand what a true family outing is all about. The only images I have of Mardi Gras are the ones in the two blocks on Bourbon St. and I have never had a desire to go there. The people who do are probably all tourists! The prayer to Jesus, Lover of All Mankind made me think of a not so pretty picture of mankind.
The national media also doesn't show the police cars driving down Bourbon Street at midnight announcing that the party is over and Lent has begun, and the thousands of people lined up at St. Louis Cathedral for ashes on Ash Wednesday. That's how Mardi Gras ends.
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