#6: Priests Were Kept on a Strict Diet
When it comes to being a priest, everyone knows that the lifestyle isn’t the easiest one to lead. There was a time when choosing the monastery life meant you’d have food on the table and a place to live for the rest of your life, which isn’t a bad deal. But that’s not to say these priests weren’t making sacrifices…
As a priest, you wouldn’t starve, but it’s not like you could have as much food as you wanted… These days barely any of us have enough self-control to stop ourselves from eating a packet of potato chips. So can you imagine what it must have been like for these priests?