tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post6250912810595569042..comments2024-03-29T01:24:45.251+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Francesco de ZurburanFr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-20411479041101761442014-08-28T11:53:01.086+01:002014-08-28T11:53:01.086+01:00Which reminds me of the tale of St Hugh of Grenobl...Which reminds me of the tale of St Hugh of Grenoble's visit to his friends the Carthusians: he arrived to find them in a quandary, for they had nothing to eat but a flock of chickens, yet could not eat them lest they offend against the Rule. The holy bishop trusted in the Lord and blessed the chickens, which thereupon transmogrified into tortoises (or was it turtles?), which count as fish, Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17387698013828199070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-39543975415956351522014-08-28T09:34:28.918+01:002014-08-28T09:34:28.918+01:00I particularly like the Zurbaran picture of the ve...I particularly like the Zurbaran picture of the vegetarian Carthusians being offered a joint of meat by their bailiff. They decided to think about what to do: whether to offend the bailiff or break their non-meat eating regime. They considered the question for a whole month by which time the meat was rotten and the problem solved.Nicolas Bellordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08063019108964247676noreply@blogger.com