It’s Ash Wednesday, and the Catholic memes proliferating on Twitter prove that nothing is sacred. The jokes celebrate the centuries-old tradition and highlight some relatable Catholic experiences.
https://twitter.com/reel_catholic/status/1103389941252452352
If your knowledge of Catholicism is limited to what you picked up from Lady Bird, here’s a quick primer on the yearly tradition: Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting. A priest will place ashes in the shape of a cross on the forehead of those observing the holy day while saying, “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
Ash Wednesday also marks the beginning of Lent, during which practicing Catholics give up one luxury of their choosing until Easter.
Hopefully, you didn’t give up memes for Lent, so you can laugh at these without any Catholic guilt.
https://twitter.com/BillDonaghy/status/1102638251486134273
When you realize that Lent starts this week but it feels like Christmas was only yesterday pic.twitter.com/5Mrbwca5f2
— Kaitlyn Hunter (@kaitmcallahan) February 7, 2016
When somebody spell God with a lowercase g pic.twitter.com/1PvKscT50c
— Tee (@TeezyF252) April 24, 2016
Lent starter pack: pic.twitter.com/xnT6tciJjd
— Sam Stryker (@sbstryker) February 17, 2016
when you’re supposed to be performing mass but ur getting roasted in the group chat pic.twitter.com/gi6jk3pqlO
— bronco busted dad (@JordanFrame) May 10, 2016
https://twitter.com/hosterthepeople/status/697614733386469377
Expectation vs. Reality#AshWednesday pic.twitter.com/xDLhlwhmQq
— Jim🅱️o (@jamesartreynold) March 6, 2019
https://twitter.com/jacklikesdogs/status/1103375886273970176
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H/T BuzzFeed
