I am Catholic, Gentle Reader, but what’s more I am New Orleans Catholic, which means something different, I think, than just “Catholic.” Given Mardi Gras is a Catholic Holiday, the day before Ash Wednesday, I think it goes to show how important Catholicism is to the city of New Orleans. I grew up Catholic; I went to CCD; I went to a Catholic high school.
But more than that, it is something I believe, even though I don’t seem to be actively religious. Rather, my Catholicism taught me to be spiritual, rather than religious (although it promotes both). My Catholicism is part of my life.
That being said, I don’t know what I’m giving up/going to do for Lent this year–I normally give up one thing and do another thing–and I accidentally ate meat today on Ash Wednesday. Already, I’m feeling like a Bad Catholic.
The Postmodern Bluestocking 
I think I will give up shopping since I seem to have become a bit addicted to new clothes smell
I was thinking of giving up shopping, too!!! Great minds think alike 🙂
I already got the itch 😦 I can do this!
You can do it!!
My grandmother and her sister (who is a nun) got to celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans before she passed last year. She came home with lots of beads! Lol
That’s awesome! The nuns at my high school loved Mardi Gras.
Lol, I was also taught by nuns! Not too many schools still have nuns and brothers working.
They do in New Orleans!!