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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

The Walls Should Be Smeared With Meat!

Cardinal Sean O'Malley (a Capuchin Monk)

When the question arose about eating meat on Christmas Day, because it fell on a Friday.  St. Francis replied to Brother Morico, "You sin, Brother, calling the day on which the Child was born to us a day of fast. It is my wish," he said, "that even the walls should eat meat on such a day, and if they cannot, they should be smeared with meat on the outside."

Saint Francis of Assisi
Celano, Second Life
Chapter CLI

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2 comments:

  1. Brother Charles9:22 AM

    Amen! Not a Christmas goes by among Franciscans without this quote, though I've not yet seen it carried through literally. :)

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  2. Chris Dickson, F.L.A.4:08 PM

    I am waiting for that day, dear Brother, but with the price of meat these days, I doubt I will ever see it.... ;-)

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