Forbidden Meat: Fasting and Abstinence During Advent
Food for Thought: The Joys and Benefits of Living Vegan
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 25 November 2022
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Abstaining from meat, dairy, and eggs during religious holidays has been a tradition for centuries in many religions. In Christianity, for example, during Lent (40 days prior to Easter) and Advent (40 days prior to Christmas), parishioners were forbidden to consume animal flesh as well as as dairy, cheese, and eggs.
In today's episode, we explore this history and demonstrate that not eating animal products was more common than not, especially during the period of contemplation and contrition leading up to the holy days of Easter and Christmas. I share my own experience growing up Catholic, my memories of Fish Fridays, and the meaning of a common English word whose origins are steeped in religious abstinence.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Food for Thought, the place to explore, celebrate and manifest a life-motivated |
| 0:23.1 | and defined by unconditional compassion and optimal wellness. |
| 0:27.8 | Today's episode is Advent, Fasting and Obstaining from Meet. |
| 0:33.8 | Before we begin, my name is Colleen Patrick-Adreau, I'm your host. |
| 0:37.9 | You can find me at JoyfulVegan.com. |
| 0:40.8 | If you're interested in vegan travel, you can check out JoyfulVeganTrips.com. |
| 0:46.7 | This podcast is possible because of the support of listeners like you, there are no sponsors |
| 0:52.4 | or ads on Food for Thought and with your help, we can keep that up. |
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| 1:03.2 | Colleen Patrick-Adreau, to become a supporter today at your chosen level. |
| 1:09.1 | Thank you so much in advance for supporting, for subscribing and for listening. |
| 1:14.3 | I suppose it's not considered subscribing anymore because I listen to podcasts and it looks |
| 1:20.2 | like now it's following podcasts, not subscribing, so I hope you follow this podcast. |
| 1:28.4 | I hope you're doing fabulously well. |
| 1:30.6 | I'm going to tell you right now, this time of year just makes me giddy with excitement, |
| 1:38.0 | especially because living in California, we are now, I'm going to say, I think, officially |
| 1:45.6 | out of, well, we're not out of the drought, but we're officially out of the |
| 1:50.1 | fire season, which is always a relief and it's been raining. |
| 1:55.0 | I think we're officially in the rainy season. |
| 1:57.2 | The ground is wet. |
| 1:58.6 | The light this time of year is low and golden and beautiful. |
| 2:02.7 | We are at the peak of our foliage this time of year and the air just smells so sweet and |
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