How To Respond To "happy Ash Wednesday"

[Hubertus]

Also, there is some joy to be had in uniting your suffering with Christ, isn't there? That's kind of the way I look at it. I've been looking forward to Lent!

[Groo the Wanderer]

reply 'and with your spirit!'

[fides quarens intellectum]

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Every year a few random people wish me a happy Ash Wednesday. In the past, when I tried to explain that "have a happy" is not the appropriate greeting for Ash Wednesday, they seemed to not care.

Do y'all have any ideas?
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[Norseman82]

You could respond "Have a lousy Lent".


(Believe it or not, that was reportedly said in jest by a priest in an Ash Wednesday homily).

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"I hope you die a martyr's death."
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That might work with Klingons!

[Ice_nine]

Kick them in the balls/ovaries






I'm pretty sure it's what Jesus would do

[got2luvjc]

[quote name='kujo' timestamp='1329926361' post='2391144']
[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=4]Agreed with [color=#000000]mikolbe. They're just trying to be nice. Don't let a lack of knowledge of the semantic eccentricities of Catholicism get in the way of you being appreciative. [/color][/size][/font]
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That's my point of view as well My non-denominational friend greeted me with something like "uuummm... happy Ash Wednesday?" and I replied with something like "well, I don't know if 'happy' is the word to use, since it's a season of sacrifice, but I do appreciate your warm wishes!"