Thinking about Lent this morning & I realized.....

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Was this the original sense of peanut butter jelly time??

It's an Orthodox joke. We abstain from meat, eggs, and dairy for the 40 days of Lent. We become really good friends with a variety of bean dishes, vegetable recipes, and especially peanut butter and jelly for a fast (no pun intended) relief from our hunger.
 
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It's an Orthodox joke. We abstain from meat, eggs, and dairy for the 40 days of Lent. We become really good friends with a variety of bean dishes, vegetable recipes, and especially peanut butter and jelly for a fast (no pun intended) relief from our hunger.
No, I get that. I just wondered if this was the original sense of the PBJ-time song/dance. Specifically Orthodox Christian? or did it have some other source and get adopted for this purpose?

40 days of veganism, sounds like a good time. I'm already vegetarian, but the eggs and dairy would be a big change. Probably good for me, though, in more ways than one.
 
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No, I get that. I just wondered if this was the original sense of the PBJ-time song/dance. Specifically Orthodox Christian? or did it have some other source and get adopted for this purpose?

40 days of veganism, sounds like a good time. I'm already vegetarian, but the eggs and dairy would be a big change. Probably good for me, though, in more ways than one.


Well, that's a strange supposition. I would just think it falls under the heading of "A strange little piece of silliness." and let it go at that.
 
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No, I get that. I just wondered if this was the original sense of the PBJ-time song/dance. Specifically Orthodox Christian? or did it have some other source and get adopted for this purpose?

40 days of veganism, sounds like a good time. I'm already vegetarian, but the eggs and dairy would be a big change. Probably good for me, though, in more ways than one.
The Peanut Butter Jelly song is unrelated to Orthodoxy :) though it is a rather apt description of my lunches last week! Or "Almond butter jelly time!"
 
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Lent is a time of preparation for remembering Jesus death and resurrection. It is like to 40 days of fasting of Jesus in the dessert, preparing Him for the start of His ministry

It is a discipline to be used according to conscience and people should be charitable about how various people practice or don't practice it.

It can be a very meaningful remmmemberance
 
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Lent is a time of preparation for remembering Jesus death and resurrection. It is like to 40 days of fasting of Jesus in the dessert, preparing Him for the start of His ministry

absolutely

It is a discipline to be used according to conscience and people should be charitable about how various people practice or don't practice it.

I think this is where we would disagree. while absolutely true that we should never judge anyone for what they do or don't do, Lent is not for the individual's conscience only, but must be given with pastoral guidance. I say this since this is the Orthodox forum (if you want to debate, there is St Justin's for that), and this part is not what we believe.

It can be a very meaningful remmmemberance

and right on the money again.
 
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College for me :)

And for nostalgia sake:

I showed this to my husband last night, since he never saw it. He rolled his eyes and said something along the lines of ,"so this is what you guys did at 3am in the morning during college?" (teasingly) :) Yep! Lol, it was a great (mindless) break from homework all the time! Crazy times :)
 
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