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It's 12:25 now on the west coast, so it's officially Ash Wednesday here. I thought I'd make a big thread here on OBOB for us to tap into throughout the Lenten season.
I've been so busy since November that I haven't given it much thought about what I would give up for Lent. I think since I don't know at this point, that I'm not going to give up something, but I am going to read a book that my priest recommended a year ago called A Doctor at Calvary by Dr. Pierre Barbet. I've brought it up a couple times, and never got around to reading it (I've been bad at tackling my reading list lately... or for several years). Basically it digs into the physiological experience of Christ during his passion, and some of the more nuanced aspects of his pain that we don't realize.
One thing I remember my priest talking about on Good Friday last year was that Dr. Barbet noted when Christ was sweating blood in Gethsemane, that actually meant his capillaries were bursting and dilating, meaning they were much much more sensitive than normal, thus the pain he suffered from the abuse and torture thereafter was augmented.
Blows my mind every time I think about it.
Any special thoughts or plans for Lent? What's your tradition and ritual beyond the usual?
Well, I just got off work but I should get to bed... gotta get up in 7.5 hours to go to Mass.
Also, this:
I've been so busy since November that I haven't given it much thought about what I would give up for Lent. I think since I don't know at this point, that I'm not going to give up something, but I am going to read a book that my priest recommended a year ago called A Doctor at Calvary by Dr. Pierre Barbet. I've brought it up a couple times, and never got around to reading it (I've been bad at tackling my reading list lately... or for several years). Basically it digs into the physiological experience of Christ during his passion, and some of the more nuanced aspects of his pain that we don't realize.
One thing I remember my priest talking about on Good Friday last year was that Dr. Barbet noted when Christ was sweating blood in Gethsemane, that actually meant his capillaries were bursting and dilating, meaning they were much much more sensitive than normal, thus the pain he suffered from the abuse and torture thereafter was augmented.
Blows my mind every time I think about it.
Any special thoughts or plans for Lent? What's your tradition and ritual beyond the usual?
Well, I just got off work but I should get to bed... gotta get up in 7.5 hours to go to Mass.
Also, this: