February 16, 2010
Smells Like Lent
I have read that smell is the sense most connected to memory. Even if you didn't know it was almost Lent, you would know by now here in the friary, as the smell of last year's palms being burned into this years ashes is everywhere.
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Oh I've always wanted to be part of the palm burning :) Have a blessed Lent!
ReplyDeleteAnd just think! Next year you'll be able to throw in all those ICEL missals, too!
ReplyDelete(nyuck, nyuck, nyuck)
Let's hope devoutly!
ReplyDeleteFather LOL!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteNow, of course once we have burnt the old ones, the REAL problem will be getting certain wayward priests to READ the new ones...
So you actually burn the palms to make ashes? Next year I'll send my old palms to your friary, if that's ok. This is the first time I've found someone who actually bothers to do that.
ReplyDeleteWe do it the old fashioned way.
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