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With five hours to go will finish off the spitted chicken as a sandwich. Maybe some Polish sausage near midnight. Had the last of the Breyers cherry vanilla ice cream after lunch. Now I need to find a good fish monger. Bill, tGf
LOL I've been having these same daydreams all day, and fantasizing about the same foods. The problem with the St. Philip's Fast, I find--in addition to coming at a time of year when it's non-stop partying, drinking, and eating for many people--is that we don't have the liturgical supports as in Great Lent: no Pre-Sanctified Liturgy with greater frequency of Communion, no Soul Saturdays, no Canon of St. Andrew of Crete, etc. It's a private fast and that's about it--much harder to do.
I hustled myself to Five Guys Burgers and Fries last night for a wonderful bacon cheeseburger. This fast is by far the hardest because the culture itself does not stop. At least during Great Lent, there are shadows of the great fast still remaining in the culture, even in Protestant-land. Here, nothing. Lord, have mercy and give me strength.
I share your struggles with keeping the Nativity fast. It really underscores how much of a weirdo religion Orthodoxy is in this country, even (especially?) compared to other Christian branches.
I just wish I had seen these pictures yesterday, and not today.
Something about all the fish days makes me feel complacent.
Sadly they don't really help me. Never been a big seafood guy. :-(
I concur with Anonymous....
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