tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post114142480992676071..comments2023-10-08T07:07:36.538-04:00Comments on Search the Sea: Ashes and AmbivalenceGannet Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374279595560691174noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-1141846049494759522006-03-08T14:27:00.000-05:002006-03-08T14:27:00.000-05:00Very funny; this brings back many memories.VVery funny; this brings back many memories.<BR/>VVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05099178229759202562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-1141842160874107832006-03-08T13:22:00.000-05:002006-03-08T13:22:00.000-05:00I am a cafeteria Catholic. I respect all religions...I am a cafeteria Catholic. I respect all religions and their rituals. <BR/>Funny that you worried about your daughter in NO because I did too. Mine went there with her friends and stayed till Fat Tuesday. I had the same thought. My hubby on the other hand said, "She better keep her shirt down and not be on 'Girls Gone Wild' video." LOL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-1141602362319705832006-03-05T18:46:00.000-05:002006-03-05T18:46:00.000-05:00We went out Friday night to a Mexican restaurant (...We went out Friday night to a Mexican restaurant (which can be different than a Mexican food restaurant). Most of the staff still had their ashes on, including a young man who despite his busboy uniform is obviously not following in Christ's footsteps, as advertised by the other mark on his face, a gang tattoo. I think leaving the ashes on your forehead is so much less important than the mark of the ashes on your heart. You are a kind and gentle soul who tries to be Christ-like everyday and your concern about offending your colleagues, your comment about the business manager and all the other details of a (very) busy day show that. As a deeply spiritual person, if it didn't feel right at the moment to keep the symbol of a moving religious experience on in a noisy bar, removing it was not a "mistake." It seems to me you're doing a darn good job of weaving the sacred and secular together in your life.<BR/>DebbiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-1141564127848542422006-03-05T08:08:00.000-05:002006-03-05T08:08:00.000-05:00I loved this from beginning to end. Catholicism is...I loved this from beginning to end. Catholicism is all about guilt and atonement. Lent is about sacrifice. It is funny how you ate a large Lenten feast after the service.(in Catholic terms) and went and has margaritas afterwards!!<BR/><BR/>Yet, you would make and exceptional Catholic!!alphawomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12788721975727895601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-1141498351907200422006-03-04T13:52:00.000-05:002006-03-04T13:52:00.000-05:00I was thinking the same thing that Bean said. I a...I was thinking the same thing that Bean said. I actually welcome that you have so many conflicts in your life regarding the secular and religious. It is what makes our country what it is. Unlike my home state that wants to make Christianity the official state religion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-1141492496694296142006-03-04T12:14:00.000-05:002006-03-04T12:14:00.000-05:00...Should I go to church and then wipe them off? I......Should I go to church and then wipe them off? I was sure that none of the rabbis would say anything, but the kids would be full of questions and no doubt at least a few of the adults would be grossly offended. ..<BR/><BR/>you should have left them on and gone to work. the grossly offended are little people. after all, they are totally upfront with their religious beliefs. they wouldn't wear a miniskirt to make you feel better, or join you for dinner on yom kippur ...you should be able to wear your ashes for ash wednesday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-1141443773098960472006-03-03T22:42:00.001-05:002006-03-03T22:42:00.001-05:00Robin, I do so love reading what you have to say. ...Robin, I do so love reading what you have to say. I love your honesty. I love your openness. I love your questioning nature. You are truly a special person, and it is an honor to know you through this medium. As you know, our belief systems are not totally in sync, but that does not stop me from admiring you and counting you as someone I deeply respect and care about.<BR/><BR/>Please keep giving us more of all of this - and a very happy birthday to you dear grandmother.<BR/><BR/>Love, Vicky xVickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190888051321451729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-1141443749366589462006-03-03T22:42:00.000-05:002006-03-03T22:42:00.000-05:00Wiping off ashes to go to a Mexican restaurant? N...Wiping off ashes to go to a Mexican restaurant? Not necessary, I think...<BR/><BR/>Robin, sometimes I think you are too ecumenical for your own good...Lisa :-]https://www.blogger.com/profile/02237889098638895390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-1141439577065466782006-03-03T21:32:00.000-05:002006-03-03T21:32:00.000-05:00Well, I have to admit, I wasn't thinking humor whe...Well, I have to admit, I wasn't thinking humor when I wrote this. You just never know what will happen when you send your little missives out into the world, do you? <BR/><BR/>And another teacher DID come to work after going to mass and wiping her ashes off. I had no idea you weren't supposed EVER to wipe them off.<BR/><BR/>I did see in Reverend Mother's blog that at her church they don't eat -- they leave church hungry. I guess at mine we mix more things together. Which was the point of the entry -- so many things coming at me in one day. Trying to be in the world -- a nonChristian one, in my case -- and in the church.<BR/><BR/>Well, I guess I'm glad you enjoyed yourself. Sigh.Gannet Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16374279595560691174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13080538.post-1141436859450127452006-03-03T20:47:00.000-05:002006-03-03T20:47:00.000-05:00I loved this from the first paragraph, but started...I loved this from the first paragraph, but started belly-laughing as it went on.<BR/><BR/>Brownies--during lent--and BEFORE church?<BR/>Dinner before church??<BR/>A lenten dinner with "amazing food"??<BR/>Opting to go for the margaritas as lenten SACRIFICE?!<BR/><BR/>Holy cow, you're NOT Catholic, are you???? How funny was this?? I get the serious tone about the other stuff, truly, but ohmygosh.<BR/><BR/>And ALL of my grammar school years came flooding back: you NEVER wash the ashes off, not ever, for any reason. (I was afraid to wash my face before bed or take a shower the next morning!) And you never complain about your sacrifices, either: no whining about being hungry, or craving chocolate, or your neck hurting because you slept without a pillow. You're not supposed to brag about your suffering. <BR/><BR/>Ohmygosh, I'm laughing again...because the ashes you never wash off are the most public statement of all, aren't they?<BR/><BR/>Oh, truly G. Girl...I can't wait to see what the single man says...Paula J. Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08423739397150379559noreply@blogger.com