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📜✨ NEW SONG: “#AshTag” — Ash Wednesday isn’t a “holy day of obligation”… but Sunday is.

Yep. That’s the joke.
(And also… kind of the point.)

Ash Wednesday is the day the Church puts a sign on our forehead that basically says:
“I’m not God. I’m dust. I need mercy.”

And every year someone objects:
“Didn’t Jesus say not to fast ‘to be seen’?”

Yes. He did.
And He also said: if you do it for attention, congrats—you got your attention. Reward received. Receipt printed.

But ashes aren’t a flex.
They’re not “look how holy I am.”
They’re “remember you will die… so repent and believe.”

It’s communal. It’s public witness. It’s the family admitting the same thing together:
we’re needy, we’re mortal, and we’re coming home.

So here’s your friendly reminder:
If you showed up for the ashes—awesome.
Now show up for the Resurrection.
Because Sundays aren’t “optional side quests.”
They’re the main event.

🎶 “#AshTag” — a snarky-but-reverent Lent kickoff for converts, cradle Catholics, and anyone who’s ever treated Sunday like “maybe.”

#AshWednesday #Lent #Catholic #CatholicFaith #PetersBarque #CatholicMusic #BibleStudy #Catholicism #Repent #Fasting #Abstinence #SundayObligation #ChristianMusic

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Just a reminder: I’m not a musician—I’m a catechist trying my best to teach the faith with the tools at my disposal. I’ve been teaching the faith and apologetics and OCIA/RCIA for 20+ years, so the words and heart/soul are mine, but I do create the music digitally, and the art is AI generated.
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📿🎺✨ NEW SONG (early drop): “Shrove It Like You Mean It”

Shrove Tuesday is TOMORROW—so I’m releasing this one a day early so it has time to circulate before the pancakes hit the griddle.

Mardi Gras isn’t “one last day to sin.” It’s Shrove Tuesday: a day to get shriven (hello, Confession), clear out the pantry (goodbye butter/eggs/sugar), and start Lent with a clean slate and a grateful heart.

We’re a people of feasting AND fasting.
We feast because God is good.
We fast because we refuse to let good things become our god.

So yes—flip the pancakes, share the king cake, laugh, dance, celebrate…
…but keep it ordered: gratitude indulgence, joy chaos, freedom “I couldn’t help myself.”

🎶 “Shrove It Like You Mean It” is a pre-Lent two-step reminder:
Clean the pantry. Clean the heart. Start strong tomorrow.

#Catholic #CatholicMusic #ShroveTuesday #MardiGras #FatTuesday #Lent #Confession #CatholicHumor #CatholicFaith #PetersBarque #ChristianMusic #Catechesis

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Just a reminder: I’m not a musician—I’m a catechist trying my best to teach the faith with the tools at my disposal. I’ve been teaching the faith and apologetics and OCIA/RCIA for 20+ years, so the words and heart are mine—but the music is created digitally, and the art is AI-generated.
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Shout out to the ocia class at St Catherine of Siena Parish with over 65 people joining the church this year! (Wake Forest NC) #short
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