Beer blogger tests monk tale

“Not by bread alone…” – but by liquid bread alone. J. Wilson of Prescott, Iowa is consuming nothing but beer this Lent: “Beer blogger texts monk tale.”

I recall from the time of my studies in Austria that one brand of beer hasย “Mรคrz” on the label – for “March,” the month when one drinks more beer and fasts from food. Austrians seemed divided on whether that interpretation is historical or legendary.

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Anthony Ruff, OSB

Fr. Anthony Ruff, OSB, is a monk of St. John's Abbey. He teaches liturgy, liturgical music, and Gregorian chant at St. John's University School of Theology-Seminary. He is widely published and frequently presents across the country on liturgy and music. He is the author of Sacred Music and Liturgical Reform: Treasures and Transformations, and of Responsorial Psalms for Weekday Mass: Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter. He does priestly ministry at the neighboring community of Benedictine sisters in St. Joseph.

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