I had a Jewish friend in college. He was very interested in the faith of my birth, and I was interested in his Jewish faith. He told me about his holidays, and I filled him in the the fun holidays of the Christian faith.
The one that interested him was Easter, and whole whole Lenten season. He particularly had trouble understanding Ash Wednesay which he misunderstood as Ask Wednesday. He came to me and asked, "What are you asking for on Ask Wednesday".
I told him we didn't ask anything except why I have to put dirt on my forehead. I said it probably wasn't actually ashes of the previous years Palm Sunday palsm, but was really cigar ash from the smokey backrooms of the papacy.
Posted by psugrad98 at February 9, 2005 08:40 AM
