Catholic Saints Emulate Christ in Vegetarian Diet

[Catholicveg]

GREATER THINGS SHALL YOU DO THAN I HAVE DONE
SAID JESUS CHRIST TO HIS FOLLOWERS:
What you have done to these the least of My brethren you have done unto Me.
CATHOLIC VEGETARIAN SAINTS
rest at http://catholicveg.blogspot.com
St Francis of Assisi, St Clare, stigmatist St Therese Neumann, St. Martin de Porres, St John Chrysostom, St Anthony of Padua who preached to fishes when humans would not listen.. St Nicholas of Tolentino* believed they were following the example of Jesus in not eating His animals. Trappists, Cistercians, Benedictines, Franciscans all have had a tradition of vegetarian diet, to which many still adhere. The pretzel was says George Cornell former AP religion writer a Lenten bread, symbolizing arms folded in prayer.. Lentils were named as such because they were a Lenten vegetarian alternative to animal flesh. Meatless Fridays were the last vestige of early Christian abstinence from meat in following
Christ's example. A papal bull once excommunicated anyone who attended a bullfight because the barbaric cruelty in them. This was later amended to excommunicate only priests who blessed bullfighting.
BIBLICAL ORIGINS
Genesis 1: 29, Isaiah 65, Daniel 1 Exodus 26: 34 are some of the thousands of quotes in the Bible on vegetarian diet. The command to feed the hungry, given by Jesus in His Sermon on the Mount, implies vegetarianism since the flesh of animals yields 100 to 1000 lbs an acre, dairy products around 10,000 lbs. an acre, some vegetables, 81,000 lbs. an acre, and fruits from centenarian fruit trees 450,000 or more lbs. an acre. Therefore Genesis fruit trees yield 450 times what slaughterhouses yield. Daniel O'Steen, of National Right To Life, felt he must be consistent in his prolife stance and so many years ago became a vegetarian. Clare Obis, mother of 6 boys, created a successful media campaign when Mike Royko refused to allow her vegetarian gluten ribs in his cooking contest. Fr. Ron Lengwin of KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh believes that the apple Adam ate was the first heart of a butchered animal. Rep Dennis Kucinich (Democrat Cleveland) is a vegan who has worked for the rights of blue collar laborers, for the
environment, and for peace. Vegetarian monasteries in Massachusetts, New York, Kentucky, Ohio serve only meatless meals.. Ron Pickarsky, former Catholic brother, now married,
has worked with commercial establishments helping them to transition http://www.eco-cuisine.com
JB exec of an Ohio corporation, rings a bell for the Knights of Columbus in public places, and has in the past inquired where he could get vegan no feather sleeping bags to be consistent in his vegetarian diet. D. Marshall, New York homeless shelter worker, is a vegetarian who does not proselytize the poor who come in to his welcoming inn. Catholic colleges such as Georgetown have responded to the growing number of their vegan students by providing options. Thomas Merton, author of Seven Story Mountain and Trappist monk, was a vegetarian, and activist for interfaith cooperation. For this he may have been murdered. EL, New York environmentalist, poet, and mystic, originally became vegetarian for economic reasons, while one of his teachers, Fr. Daniel Berrigan, eats no meat. CW, Catholic nurse, was nursing her child one day when a mosquito landed on her arm. She decided to nurse him too. One Catholic seminarian experimented with pot once.. and his perceptions slowed down. The chicken leg he was gnawing on became the leg of a chicken. That day he stopped eating meat and stopped smoking pot. A Catholic secretary for Cleveland Amory's Fund For Animals became vegan. K Fromer Blanc, Brooklyn nun, is a vegetarian as are millions of other Catholics. Father Mario Mazzoleni, now deceased, wrote on his decision to become vegetarian. His book is translated
by a Notre Dame professor.
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[Crance]

But how do you explain the eating of Bulls and Goats that are sacrificed in the OT?

Also, do you include fish? Jesus had fish with His Apostles for breakfast in John Chaprer 21.

I'm not putting down a Veg diet. Everyone can choose that on their own, but it is not a law from God!

... Peace

[Paul N]

Christ did not have to eat meat nor did his mother, they had perfect bodies, they could live forever. St. Joseph ate meat at his meals.

[Jan Fredericks]

We have been failing to fulfil God's commission to be good stewards of His creatures (when He gave us dominion over them). Satan has been having a field day with billions of animals who suffer daily in factory farms. God has compassion on His animals (Ps. 145:9) and being made in His image we should also. We've been silent too long.
Jan
Founder, God's Creatures Ministry
Chair, Catholic Concern for Animals-USA

[M McCormick]

Unfortunately, St. Francis was not a vegetarian. http://www.ewtn.com/library/ISSUES/ZFRANECO.H...

[SAM]

M McCormick wrote:

Unfortunately, St. Francis was not a vegetarian. http://www.ewtn.com/library/ISSUES/ZFRANECO.H...

What about the LOAVES AND FISHES?

[Mary Hammond]

Crance wrote:

But how do you explain the eating of Bulls and Goats that are sacrificed in the OT?
Also, do you include fish? Jesus had fish with His Apostles for breakfast in John Chaprer 21.
I'm not putting down a Veg diet. Everyone can choose that on their own, but it is not a law from God!
... Peace

I think for the saints it was not a law, no, but a discipline. My daughter is a strict vegan and I am working on it. My downfall are milk products although I love choc. soy milk. But my coffee absolutely requires half and half and well, cheese, cheese, cheese.
But my daughter? Absolutely entirely fully vegan. I am going to give her these websites.