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