Shrovetide
Shrovetide
The Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday are known as “Shrovetide,” from an old English word “shrive,” meaning “to confess,” a name gotten from the tradition of going to Confession in the days before Lent started. Shrovetide is traditionally the time for “spring cleaning,” and just as we clean our houses in these days in preparation for Lent, we also “clean our souls” through confession so we can enter the penitential season fresh.