Nate Marshall 

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Work, theology, prayer, and the ordering of the material world as it orders our interior world. Apologist for manual labor. Plumber by trade. Seminarian and would-be writer. Chasing turds and words.
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The Blue Scholar
The Blue Scholar
By Nate Marshall
What do plumbing and St. Benedict have in common? Me. Writing about ora et labora—prayer and work—vocation, theology, philosophy, blue collar life, the trades, plumbing, technology, tools, culture, and more.
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S. Basil the Great: "Do you think that I posit the antiquity of fasting on the basis of the law? Indeed, fasting is older than the law. ...Fasting is as old as humanity: it was legislated in paradise. It was the first command that Adam received: You shall not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. You shall not eat legislat…

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Nate Marshall
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S. Basil the Great: "Do you think that I posit the antiquity of fasting on the basis of the law? Indeed, fasting is older than the law. ...Fasting is as old as humanity: it was legislated in paradise. It was the first command that Adam received: You shall not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. You shall not eat legislat…

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Nate Marshall
2d

I discovered this for myself a couple years ago. It has a fun application to Jesus and Mary:

Our Lord Jesus is truly the “bread-guardian” for He lays down His life and dispenses His flesh, the Bread of Heaven

Our Lady Mary is truly the “bread-kneader” for by her womb came this Bread of Heaven

weird medieval guys
4d

more etymology, did you know that “lord” and “lady” were old english words for “bread-guardian” and “bread-maker?”