Yes The last official day of Lent - Our journey has taken us through many days of prayers - reflections - all preparing us for Easter. Now we enter the Three Days of the Triduum - the three holiest days of the year. Three-peat is a term used primarily in American sports to refer to winning three consecutive championships. In a similar vein a hat-trick is when a player - usually in hockey or football - scores three goals in a single game - not necessarily consecutively. According to NBC Sports the term hat trick invented back on January 26, 1946 when Alex Kaleta of the Chicago Blackhawks - needing a new hat - unable to afford one - struck a deal with Sammy Taft - a Toronto haberdasher - for a free hat if he scored three times in one game. Kaleta went on to score four goals - thus the hat-trick was born. Today - in hockey - spectators throw their hats onto the rink when a hat trick accomplished. The hats - given to charities - the player - or put on display. Tomorrow begins - The Triduum - the three-peat of the three holiest days of the Christian year.
Deacon Dale
