Heart of the City by Steenz for March 17, 2011
March 16, 2011
March 18, 2011
Transcript:
Heart: Why do I have to give something up for lent? I go to church! Isn't that enough? Mrs. Angelini: You don't have to give something up, Heart...but it's nice, once a year, to challenge your power to resist temptation. Heart: Ok, I'll give up candy. Mrs. Angelini: Ah, buono! That's a good little catholic. Heart: Mom never lets me have it anyway, I might as well get some god points.
Calvin Nelson Nelson Premium Member over 13 years ago
Ad Heart’s mom is giving up withholding candy for lent. Dun dun dun!
jeff_white over 13 years ago
I Wish Mark Tatulli would give up running reruns for Lent.
peter0423 over 13 years ago
The best Lenten sacrifice I ever made was, one year, to try for those forty days not to be a jerk and think everything was all about Me.
It turned out to be a pretty deep experience.
billdi Premium Member over 13 years ago
“i can resist everything but temptation.” Oscar Wilde
Clobbered by Science Premium Member over 13 years ago
In first grade, I gave up candy for Lent, and I didn’t make it. In second grade, I tried again and didn’t make it. The next year I realized how ridiculous it all was and I never tried to give up anything for Lent again.
By age 18, I was a firm agnostic and remain so 18 years later. Though by the time I was old enough to be out from under the Lenten no-meat Fridays requirement of my parents, I was a vegetarian.
@Jeff - I wish people would give up demanding that someone be funny 365 days a year (twice a day for Mark), without ever getting a break. No one owes me a laugh a day, in perpetuity. I enjoy the laughs I get and marvel at the brilliance it must take to deliver them continuously for years.
Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 13 years ago
God points, Heart?
peter0423 over 13 years ago
Really. Even the Catholic Church no longer thinks of Lent in terms of “giving up” something to get “God points” — the notion of God as some kind of cosmic vending machine is one of the saddest errors that anyone makes. I hope (but I’m probably wrong) that no one is still teaching kids that.
Lent is taking a time-out and seeing yourself as your really are, in yourself and in relation to others, starting with God. The traditional ways to do that are fasting (not much more self-restraint than skipping a meal), prayer (never a bad idea), and almsgiving (putting others’ needs ahead of your own). If you honestly do those — just as much as you feel moved to — it does you a heck of a lot more good as a human being than those who sanctimoniously swear off smoking or chocolate (but immediately go right back to them afterward), and still are mean-spirited S.O.B.s to everyone around them.
cybergal29 over 13 years ago
I was baptilzed Catholic, but not raised it so I have no idea what Lent was until SCAATY_423 explained it.
Decepticomic about 3 years ago
rerun