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- From: mjsmith@cac.washington.edu (Martha Smith )
- Subject: Re: Questions
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 19:35:27 GMT
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- In article <Bzo2ux.560@news.iastate.edu>, sister@iastate.edu (Chad M Bormann) writes:
- |> I was wondering what pentecoste and ash wednesday were for, can anyone
- |> enlighten me here?
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- |>
- |> --
- |> A Kiss from my lips
- |> could melt your heart,
- |> or turn it to stone.
- |> --SISTER
- FOR? - like the rest of the liturgical calendar they are FOR re-enacting the history of salvation, for the education/spiritual growth of the believers
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- Pentecost commerates the gift of the Holy Spirit after Christ's ascension
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- Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the pentitential season of lent
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