Feast Day of St. Macarius
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the_gneechFrom my new "Forgotten English" calendar today...
Feast Day of St. Macarius, a fourth-century patron of chefs and confectioners. Once a confectioner himself, Macarius, who lived a desert existence during the last six years of his life, subsisted on an ascetic diet consisting of raw vegetables such as beans and cabbage. His nonviolent attitude toward animals was so deep-seated that once, as penance for having "murdered" a fly, he spent months allowing himself to be tormented by these insects. Nineteenth-century English physician Sir Robert Hutchinson took a less enthusiastic position on vegetarianism, saying that it "is harmless enough, although it is apt to fill a man with wind and self-righteousness."
-The Gneech
Feast Day of St. Macarius, a fourth-century patron of chefs and confectioners. Once a confectioner himself, Macarius, who lived a desert existence during the last six years of his life, subsisted on an ascetic diet consisting of raw vegetables such as beans and cabbage. His nonviolent attitude toward animals was so deep-seated that once, as penance for having "murdered" a fly, he spent months allowing himself to be tormented by these insects. Nineteenth-century English physician Sir Robert Hutchinson took a less enthusiastic position on vegetarianism, saying that it "is harmless enough, although it is apt to fill a man with wind and self-righteousness."
-The Gneech
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Yess. That's much batter.
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